Meet the Team

Founder | Insurance & Financial Services Leader

Richard “Rick” Lender brings nearly 40 years of insurance and financial-services experience to Senior HealthCare Brokers. His career has been built around helping individuals, families and businesses understand complicated financial and insurance decisions. A personal experience navigating Me

Founder | Insurance & Financial Services Leader

Richard “Rick” Lender brings nearly 40 years of insurance and financial-services experience to Senior HealthCare Brokers. His career has been built around helping individuals, families and businesses understand complicated financial and insurance decisions. A personal experience navigating Medicare and disability coverage helped shape his focus on health insurance. Rick is also a U.S. Coast Guard veteran and remains active in community and small-business initiatives throughout the region.

Licensed Insurance Broker | Medicare & ACA

Valencia Brown is a licensed insurance broker who helps individuals and families understand Medicare and ACA Marketplace coverage. She works closely with clients to review their healthcare needs, prescriptions, providers and budget so they can make informed coverage decisions. Valencia is also act

Licensed Insurance Broker | Medicare & ACA

Valencia Brown is a licensed insurance broker who helps individuals and families understand Medicare and ACA Marketplace coverage. She works closely with clients to review their healthcare needs, prescriptions, providers and budget so they can make informed coverage decisions. Valencia is also active in SHB’s community and clinic outreach, where she focuses on listening, answering questions and making health insurance easier to understand. There is never a charge for her guidance or enrollment assistance.

Licensed Insurance Broker | Medicare & ACA

Tom Uhl helps individuals and families navigate Medicare and ACA Marketplace coverage. After a long career in technology leadership, he brought his analytical and problem-solving experience to health insurance, where he focuses on making complicated coverage choices easier to understand. In additi

Licensed Insurance Broker | Medicare & ACA

Tom Uhl helps individuals and families navigate Medicare and ACA Marketplace coverage. After a long career in technology leadership, he brought his analytical and problem-solving experience to health insurance, where he focuses on making complicated coverage choices easier to understand. In addition to working directly with clients and community partners, Tom supports SHB’s website, digital presence and marketing materials, helping ensure the information the company provides is clear, current and useful. He also works closely with clinics and community organizations on outreach and education.

Licensed Insurance Broker | Medicare

Tommy Thrower helps individuals and families understand their Medicare coverage options. He works with clients to review their healthcare needs, providers, prescriptions and costs, and helps explain the differences between available coverage choices in straightforward language. Tommy can also assist wit

Licensed Insurance Broker | Medicare

Tommy Thrower helps individuals and families understand their Medicare coverage options. He works with clients to review their healthcare needs, providers, prescriptions and costs, and helps explain the differences between available coverage choices in straightforward language. Tommy can also assist with the application and enrollment process and remains available when clients have questions about their coverage. There is never a charge for his guidance or enrollment assistance.

Licensed Insurance Broker | Medicare

Kim Norton helps individuals and families understand their Medicare  coverage options. She works with clients to review healthcare needs, providers, prescriptions and costs so they can better understand the choices available to them. Kim can also assist with applications and enrollment and remains avail

Licensed Insurance Broker | Medicare

Kim Norton helps individuals and families understand their Medicare  coverage options. She works with clients to review healthcare needs, providers, prescriptions and costs so they can better understand the choices available to them. Kim can also assist with applications and enrollment and remains available to help answer coverage questions after enrollment. There is never a charge for her guidance or enrollment assistance.

Office Manager | Former Registered Nurse

Lori Lender serves as Office Manager for Senior HealthCare Brokers, helping support the day-to-day operations that keep the team organized and responsive to clients. Her background as a registered nurse gives her additional perspective on healthcare, patient needs and the importance of clear communi

Office Manager | Former Registered Nurse

Lori Lender serves as Office Manager for Senior HealthCare Brokers, helping support the day-to-day operations that keep the team organized and responsive to clients. Her background as a registered nurse gives her additional perspective on healthcare, patient needs and the importance of clear communication. Lori helps coordinate office activities, supports the brokerage team and contributes to a client experience focused on service, accuracy and follow-through.