Speakers
Take a look at our speakers scheduled for National Comp.

Denise Algire
Director of Health
Albertsons Companies

Brian Allen
Co-Founder
Optimized Outcome

Michael Anderson
Chief Product Officer
Filevine

Alexis Archibald-McLeod
Global Claims Manager
Enviri

Brittany Atkinson
Partner
Chartwell Law

Erica Baird
Risk Control Manager
Safety National

Darryl Barnes
Chief Technology Officer
Sonex Health

Ryan Belflower
Director, Training and Compliance
Sutter Health

James Benham
CEO and Co-founder
Terra and JBK

Joseph Berardo Jr
Executive Chairman of the Board
Carisk Partners

Julie Black
Director of Product Development
MyMatrixx by Evernorth

Pam Bloom-Pugliese
Director, Product Management
ODG by MCG, a Hearst Corporation

Andrew Bloom
Managing Director
Kind Souls Foundation

Renee Botello
Director of Risk Management
WKS Restaurant Group

Fernando Branco
AVP, Claims & Chief Medical Officer
Midwest Employers Casualty

Reghan Brandt
Chief Digital Operations Officer
K2 Insurance

Ross Bridges
Managing Partner
Vessell Bridges Murphy Law Offices

Andrea Buhl
President of Casualty
Sedgwick

Mark Byers
Vice President of Risk Management
Coca Cola Consolidated

Jeanmarie Calcagno
Partner / Attorney
Kopka Law Group

Emily Cameron
Head of Product & Customer Success
Crosstie

Hector Cano
VP of Workers Compensation Claims
Frank Winston Crum Insurance

Ryan Cantor
Ryan Cantor, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Origami Risk
Origami Risk

Ron Carter
CEO
RXBridge

Drew Cashatt
Manager, Absence Management - Accomodations
American Airlines

Marty Cassavoy
Senior Vice President of Compliance & Business Development
ExamWorks Compliance Solutions

Natasha Charleston
Director of Behavioral Health Services
Scott Cherry
Chief Medical Officer
Axiom Medical/VONA

Michael Choo
Chief Medical Officer, Workers' Compensation
Paradigm

Ryan Christen Oliphant
Settlement Consultant | President
Ringler | The Christen Team

Jennifer Cogbill
Senior Vice President, GBCARE Advisor Team
Gallagher Bassett

Stuart Colburn
Attorney
Downs & Stanford, P.C.

Lynn Combs
Shareholder
Kopka Law Group

Bryan Conner
Senior Manager Workers' Compensation
American Airlines

Michael (Mike) Conroy
Sales Account Executive
The Institutes Knowledge Group

Marc Cunningham
Chief Sales Officer
Crawford U.S.

CJ Cypcar
Senior Vice President, Product Development
CorVel Corporation

Eric Czerwin
Director of Sales
The Institutes Knowledge Group

Rajiv Das
Medical Director
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Tracey Davanport
Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations at Sedgwick
Sedgwick

Isis Davidson
Partner
Chartwell Law

Shawn Deane
General Counsel
Ametros

Derek Demun
Previous Injured Worker
N/A

Michelle Despres
Chief Operating Officer
PhysNet

Ross DeYoung
Director, Integrated Leave Management & Compensation
Meijer

Leslie Dunham
Managing Director, Medical Strategies & WC Claims
Travelers Insurance

Kate Farley-Agee
Vice President, Product Management for Network Solutions
Enlyte

Steven Feinberg
Medical Director
Feinberg Medical Group

Jean Feldman
Sr. Director Managed Care, Workers Compensation Claims
Sentry Insurance

Frank Fererri
Media Director
WorkersCompensation.com

Ken Fichtler
CEO
Gaize, Inc.

Rachel Fikes
Chief Experience Officer
Rising Medical Solutions

Stacey Foote
Vice President, Claims
The MEMIC Group

Shane Fordham
Vice President, Client Enablement
Optum

Helen Froehlich
Senior Vice President of Utilization Management
Enlyte

Harriet Gaither
Team Manager
Acrisure Claims Services

Kathleen Galia
President, Workers’ Compensation Solutions
Paradigm

Kimberly George
Global Chief Brand Officer
Sedgwick

Porcha Gillespie
Sr. Manager WC Claims
Sunbelt Rentals, Inc.

David Gladden
Director of Employee Safety
Sutter Health

Cliff Goldstein
Attorney
Oursource Consulting

Jeffrey Green
Risk Manager
Larimer County

Annette Griffith
Senior Claims Analyst
American Airlines

Yvonne Guibert
Vice President, Education Strategy
Institutes of Health

Robert Hall
Medical Director
Optum

Greg Hamlin
Senior Vice President, Chief Claims Officer
Berkley Industrial Comp

Daniel Hanlon
Director of Training
Noble S.C.O.U.T.

Ron Heredia
Founder & Director
Good Mood Legal

Melissa Icban
AVP of Casualty Claims
Sedgwick

Marcos Iglesias
Chief Medical Officer
AF Group

Rich Ives
Senior Vice President, Business Insurance Claim
Travelers

David Jennings
Vice President of Clinical Services
HOMELINK

Jennifer Jones
Attorney
Cranfill Sumner LLP

Ceil Jung
Director of Clinical Operations
Stubbe Case Management

Jeffery Kaczynski
Manager and U.S. Workers' Compensation Leader
Sollers Consulting

Tricia Kagerer
EVP Health, Safety & Environmental
Jordan Foster Construction

Les Kertay
Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Dr Les Kertay & Associates

Ashton Kirsch
Attorney/Shareholder
Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.

Amy Kolarova
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

K. Max Koonce
Chief Claims Officer
Sedgwick

Sara Kruser
Workers' Compensation Strategist
C.R. England, Inc.

Sally Kucharczyk
HQ Managed Care | Clinical Operations | Occupational Care People Experience and Operations - TR
Pepsico

Ilene Kusens
Psychologist
Pacific Evaluation & Treatment Center

Michael Lacroix
Behavioral Health Medical Director
The Hartford

Kurt Leisure
Vice President, Risk Services
The Cheesecake Factory

Robyn Lewis
National Director Strategic Growth, Workers' Comp and Injury Prevention
Select Medical

Monica Lindsay
Director of Workers' Compensation
University of Pennsylvania

Debra Livingston
CEO and Founder
ReEmployAbility

Frank Lott
Vice President, North America Risk Management and Insurance
First Student

Jonathan Luchs
CMO Premier Radiology Services
Premier Radiology Services

Devon Mahaney
AVP, Utilization Management & Physician Review Services
Broadspire

Steve Manning
IT Manager
HealthCare Comp

Janet Mars
Senior Manager | Risk Management
Netflix

Katie McCabe
Occupational Therapist, Ergonomics Analyst
Mayo Clinic Health System

Joseph McClendon III
Founder
Neuroencoding Institute

Scynthia McNabb Syfrett
Workers’ Compensation Manager
Sharp HealthCare

Weston Mills
Partner
Gilson Daub

Dawn Moore
VP, Utilization Management
Enlyte

Paul Morizzo
Director, Program Management Center of Excellence
Walmart Claims Services

Satish Narayanan
Chief Data & Information Officer
MedRisk
