Workers' Comp Committee

The mission of SIIA’s Workers’ Compensation Committee is to identify opportunities to create and/or increase membership value for companies involved with self-insured workers’ compensation programs and to assist the association in communicating its membership services to this market niche.

Shelly Brotzge (Chair)
Regional Underwriter, Group Self Insurance
Midwest Employers Casualty

Freda Bacon
Administrator
Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund

Joseph P. Blanche
President, FutureComp Division
USI/FutureComp

Charlie Caldwell
President & CEO
Midlands Management Corp.

Michael Choo, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Paradigm Outcomes

Kimble Coaker
CEO
ATA Comp Fund

John Means Cooper
Vice President, Excess Workers' Compensation
AmWINS Brokerage of the Carolinas

Ed Costner
President
Casualty Actuarial Consultants, Inc.

Carol DiPietro
Vice President, Sales
Parading Outcomes

Chrissy Gaul
Vice President Marketing
Carisk

Eric J. Hornick
Chief Claims Officer & Actuary
The Black Car Fund

Virginia Johnson
Executive Vice President, National Accounts
Franco Signor LLC

Steve Kokulak
Vice President, Workers' Comp.
MagnaCare

Michael Morris
CEO/Administrator
Louisiana HomeBuilders SIF

Shawn Mackey
VP - Excess Workers' Compensation 
AmWINS Brokerage of New York, Inc.

Sally Pace
CEO
Connect Healthcare Collaboration, LLC

Leslie Sargent
Territory Vice President
Ventiv Technology

Andrea Shopher
Regional Underwriting Manager
Safety National

William Shores
President
Shores, Tagman, Butler & Company, P.A.

Stan Smith
Founder and CEO
gradient A.I.

Stu Thompson
CEO
The Builders Group

Matthew Yehling
Director of Claims
Midwest Employers Casualty

Mike Zucco
Director of Business Development
ATA Comp Fund

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