Governance

WCRI Board of Directors

The responsibility for policymaking rests with the Institute's Board of Directors, a representative group that is elected by the membership for staggered three-year terms.

• Joseph Wells, Everest Insurance, Chair
• Joan Vincenz, United Airlines, Vice Chair
• Richard Ives, The Travelers Companies, Inc., Vice Chair
• Jon Stewart, Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance, Treasurer
• Paul Kearney, AF Group
• Adnan Pathan, AIG
• Cathey Jackson, Albertsons Companies
• Steven A. Bennett, American Property Casualty Insurance Association
• Debra Kane, CNA
• Russell J. Pass, Gallagher Bassett
• Melissa Zaparanick, The Hartford
• Doug Anderson, Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Justin Romine, Marriott International, Inc.
• Kevin Brady, The PMA Insurance Group
• Kimberly George, Sedgwick
• Diana Haven, Stanford University
• Wayne Hamilton, Walmart
• Neil DeBlock, Zurich North America

Other Officers
Ramona P. Tanabe, President and CEO, WCRI

WCRI Research Committee

The Research Committee, composed of representatives of member organizations, establishes the research priorities and plays a key role in assuring the quality and practical value of the Institute's studies.

• Barry Dillard, The Walt Disney World Company
• David Gamble, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
• Michael Gavin, Injured Workers Pharmacy
• David Huth, PMA Companies
• Martin T. King, Kaiser Permanente
• Daniel T. Labezius, Eastern Alliance Insurance Group
• Greg Larson, Sentry Insurance
• Emily Peak, PharmD, Cadence Rx
• Joe Powell, Gallagher Bassett
• Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Marriott International, Inc.
• Mark Long, Ametros
• Jacob Wein, The Travelers Companies, Inc.
• John Winkler, Selective Insurance Company of America

Disability and Medical Management Program Advisory Board

This board establishes research priorities for the Disability and Medical Management Research Program which evaluates innovations in disability and medical management to help policymakers and others understand what innovations actually work.

• Susan Mellody, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Chair
• Paul King, myMatrixx
• Joanne Moynihan, The Travelers Companies, Inc.
• AIG
• Andrea Mills, Ametros
• Erica Fichter, Broadspire Services Inc.
• Joseph Berardo, Jr., Carisk Partners
• Julia Stenberg, CNA
• Anne Levins, Enlyte
• Mary O'Connor, The Hartford 
• Daryl Corr, Healthesystems, LLC
• Mary O'Donoghue, MedRisk, Inc.
• Kent Spafford, One Call
• Tron Emptage, Optum
• Kevin Turner, Paradigm
• K. Max Koonce, Sedgwick, Inc.
• Kim Haugaard, Texas Mutual Insurance Company
• Matthew Lungen, Zelis