Bernie Buonanno

Director at RevJet

Bernie Buonanno is the current Director at RevJet. Prior to this, Buonanno served as Senior Vice President, Channel Sales and Marketing at Universal American from January 2005 to September 2008. In this role, Buonanno was responsible for spearheading the development of unique and innovative lead generation strategies modeled on best practices exhibited by elite/top producers.

Some of Buonanno's notable contributions during their time at Universal American include leading a nationwide agent/broker distribution network of the top 10 FMOs with over 50,000 producers, positioning UA as first to market with new Medicare Advantage health insurance and prescription drug coverage by establishing FMOs and general agencies (GAs) that focused on concierge level of marketing and sales support for top producers, and launching two new companies (Union Bankers and Marquette National Life) with associated low-cost senior life and health products targeting key demographics segments in 65+ market.

Prior to their time at Universal American, Buonanno served as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Allmerica Financial Corporation from May 1995 to December 2004.

Bernie Buonanno first earned their Bachelor of Arts in English and American Literature/Film Studies from Brown University. Bernie then pursued postgraduate studies in Agile Leadership Management from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. Afterwards, Bernie completed postgraduate studies in Communications and Management from Emerson College. Lastly, they pursued postgraduate studies in Business Management from Bryant University.