MICHAEL ALVAREZ

Michael Alvarez is the Area Manager of the Consultation Education and Training Unit of Cal/OSHA, Sacramento and vicinity. He was Transportation Engineer and Program Manager with the Department of Transportation and principal person for the State’s Highway Congestion Monitoring Program in 1987 to 1990. In 1976 – 1987 he served as Compliance Safety Engineer with Cal/OSHA in Sacramento district office. Michael Alvarez received a B.A. in Management and Engineering in California State University, Sacramento.

Christine Baker is the Executive Officer of the Commission on Health and Safety and Worker’ Compensation in San Francisco since its inception in 1994. She has served in several management capacities in the Department of Industrial Relations since 1984, including Chief of the Division of Labor Statistics and Research and Deputy Director for the Division of Workers’ Compensation. Previously, Ms. Baker worked at various research organizations and taught college courses on US military bases in Japan and Korea and at Confucian and Catholic Universities in Seoul, Korea. Ms. Baker was selected to participate in the Leadership California Program in 1997 and is member of the Department of Insurance’s Fraud Committee. She has also served voluntarily in various capacities in several workers’ compensation organizations including the Chair of the Safety Committee with the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, the Workers’ Compensation Research Group, and Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. Ms. Baker earned a Masters Degree and achieved Ph.D. candidacy at the School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.

ROBIN BAKER

Robin Baker, Director of the Labor Occupational Health Program at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. From 1978 to 1981, she directed a worker training program for electronics workers in Silicon Valley. In 1978 she served as the Research Coordinator, Division of Health Services and Health Educator, Cal/OSHA Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Health Services in 1977. She has published numerous articles and resources on worker training. She currently directs more than a dozen federally and state funded projects ranging of experience of injured workers in the California Workers’ Compensation system, to a pilot school-based program to educate teen workers. Robin Baker received a M.P.H. from University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. from University of California, Santa Cruz.

Robert L. Balgenorth is the President of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California. The Council represents more than 200 building trades union locals, and is dedicated to improve the lives and working conditions of approximately 300,000 men and women employed in California’s construction industry. Mr. Balgenorth entered the construction trades as an apprenticeship instructor. He began serving I.B.E.W. Local 441 in elected positions including Recording Secretary, Vice President and Business Manager. He was elected Executive Secretary of the Orange County Building Trades Council in 1984, and as President of the State Council in 1993. Mr. Balgenorth is serving on many different state boards and commission including the California Apprenticeship Commission, the Workforce Investment Board, and The California Residence Commission. He is Co-Chair of the Facilities Committee of the Commission on Building for the 21^st Century. In 1999, Governor Davis asked Bob to be a member of the Governor’s historic trade mission to Mexico.

Dr. Chris Benner is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of California and will soon be Assistant Professor in the Geography Department at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his Doctorate in the City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley. His work focuses on the relationships between development in information technologies and transformation of work and employment. He has written extensively on labor flexibility, non-standard employment, employment insecurity, regional development policy and new forms of labor organizing. His recent work examines the availability and effectiveness of labor market intermediaries in Silicon Valley, and their implications for labor market policy.

Les Boden is a professor at the Occupational Health Program at Harvard University, School of Public Health. In 1985, he jointed the faculty at Boston University School of Public Health, where he directs the Environmental Health doctoral program. From 1988-1997, he served on the Mine Health Research Advisory Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services. For the past several years his primary research focus has been the economic and human consequences of workplace injuries and illnesses. Mr. Boden also co-chairs a group advising the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on its research agenda on the social and economic consequences of workplace illness and injury. In addition to his work, his publications include articles on occupational safety and health regulation, workers’ compensation, labor-management health and safety committees, worker involvement in occupational health and safety, workplace medical screening, the legal and public health use of scientific information, and other topics. Les Boden received a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Brandeis University and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Julianne Broyles is the Director of the Insurance and Employee Relations for the California Chamber of Commerce in 1993. She is responsible for all issue areas covering the relationship between employers and their employees. This includes wage and hour law, employment discrimination, health, safety, unemployment disability, workers’ compensation, violence in the workplace, and immigration issues. Recently, Julianne played an instrumental role in organizing grassroots support among both employers and employees in favor of changing California’s eight-hour overtime rules. Additionally, she continues as chair of the California Employers Coalition VDT/CTD Coalition on Ergonomics, a position she has held for the past four years. Julianne joined the Chamber staff in 1991 as legislative analyst, concentrating on environmental, Cal/OSHA, and family leave issues. From 1986 to 1991, she worked as a legislative assistant to State Assembly Minority Whip Tom McClintock in the California Legislature and confidential assistant to House Minority Whip Trent Lott in the United States House of Representatives. She also administered the Defense Budget Project, which investigated fraud and waste in the U.S. defense budget for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C. Julianne Broyles majored in Political Science and Economics at Loyola Marymount University and the University of San Diego.

John F. Burton, Jr. has been Dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University since July 1994. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of the Institute of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers. Former positions include: Professor, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University from 1978-1990; Professor (initially Associate Professor) of Industrial Relations and Public Policy, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago from 1966-1978; and Chairman, National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws, 1971-72. Dr. Burton has been widely published on workers’ compensation issues in a variety of publications. His professional activities include: Editor, Workers’ Compensation Monitor, a bimonthly newsletter; Founding Member, National Academy of Social Insurance; and member of the Ohio Bar. His research interests include: workers’ compensation, social insurance, employment law, and public sector bargaining. Dr. Burton received a Bachelor’s Degree from Cornell, a LL.B. from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Diane Bush is the Project Coordinator at the Labor Occupational Health Program, University of Berkeley. Ms. Bush coordinates a statewide task force on young workers’ health and safety, curriculum development and training for youth employment trainers, intervention research on education for teen agricultural workers, and development of a state and national resource network on young worker health and safety. Ms. Bush has coordinated LOHP’s Young Workers Project since 1995. The project now serves as a statewide and national resource. Project work includes curriculum development and training for youth employment programs, teachers, and employers, and coordination of a California task force on Young Workers’ Health and Safety. Former positions include: Director of the California Tableware Education and Enforcement Program, Health Education/Grant Writing Consultant, self-employed, Program Coordinator and Health Education Specialist for the California Public Health Foundation, Program Director for the California Public Health Foundation, and Program Director for Occupational and Environmental Health with the American Lung Association of San Francisco. She has published numerous articles, videos, and resources on worker training and environmental health. Diane Bush received a B.S. in Zoology and B.A. in French at the University of California, Davis and M.P.H. in Community Health Education at the University of California, Berkeley.

JILL A. DULICH

Jill A. Dulich is the Regional Director of Marriott International, Inc. She is responsible for management of workers’ compensation and general liability operations in California and Hawaii. She also serves in high-level positions with several organizations, including the California Self-Insurers Association, Alliance of Workers’ Comp Professionals, Californians for Compensation Reform, Self-Insurers Security Fund, and the Easter Seals Society of Southern California. Jill A. Dulich received her Law Degree from Western State University, College of Law in Fullerton, California and a Bachelor of Science Degree and Masters Degree in Education from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.

MARY E. GARRY

Mary E. Garry is Manager of Global Risk Management at Hewlett Packard. Prior to her current position, she was manager of Corporate Workers’ Compensation at Hewlett-Packard from 1988 to 1998. Her previous work experience includes Manager of Corporate Services at Varian Associates and Occupational Health Nurse at Western Electric and Ford Motor Company. She has published several papers on workers’ compensation issues was the Management Chair for the California Governor’s Task Force on Workers’ Compensation in 1993. She has served on the Editorial Review Panel of AAOHN Journal, Steering Committee on Workers’ Compensation of the California Manufacturer’s Association, American Board of Occupational Health Nurses, a faculty appointment at UCSF School of Nursing and received the Shering Award for Occupational Health Nurse of the Year in 1977. Mary E. Garry received a R.N. from St. Joseph College of Nursing in San Francisco and a B.A. from University of Redlands.

Dr. Robert J. Harrison is the Attending Physician at the Occupational Health Services and HIV/HBV Exposure Program at the University of California in San Francisco. Currently, Dr. Harrison is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, Lecturer for School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, and Chief of Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program at the California Department of Health Services. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Occupational Health/Preventive Medicine and has written numerous articles in the areas of occupational and environmental medicine. He currently serves in several organizations and committees such as: Physicians for Social Responsibility, American Public Health Assn., Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Assn., American College of Occupational Medicine, ANSI Z365 Accredited Standards Committee (Control of Cumulative Trauma Disorders), International Commission on Occupational Health, QME with Industrial Medical Council, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Continuing Medical Education Committee, Surveillance Planning Workgroup (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), UC Office of the President – Environmental, Safety and Health Panel, Infection Control Committee, Hospital Safety Committee, Biosafety Committee, AIDS Coordinating Council, Residency Advisory Committee, and Communicable Diseases Advisory Committee with UCSF. Dr. Robert Jay Harrison received a B.A. at University of Rochester, an M.D. at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and an M.P.H. at the University of California, Berkeley.

Victoria E. Heza is the Acting Deputy Chief for Cal/OSHA Enforcement, Division of Occupational Safety and Health with the California Department of Industrial Relations. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Heza served as the Regional Manager, Field Operations with Cal/OSHA Consultation Service from 1991 to 1996. From 1986 to 1991 she was the Industrial Hygienist for Cal/OSHA Consultation. Previous to her career with Ca/OSHA, she worked in the Health and Safety Department for the United Paperworks International Union in Nashville, Tennessee. Victoria E. Heza received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology at Adelphi University, New York and earned her Master of Science in Public Health in Toxicology at the University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Jay Himmelstein is the Assistant Chancellor for Health Policy and Director of the Occupational and Environmental Health Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Occupational Health/Preventive Medicine and has written numerous articles in the areas of occupational medicine and health policy. Dr. Himmelstein served between 1988 and 1992 as one of the two physician members of the Massachusetts Public Health Council, the body responsible for overseeing the activities of the state Department of Public Health. In 1991, he was selected to be one of six Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy fellows given the opportunity to spend their sabbatical year in Washington, D.C. studying and participating in health care policy and polities. In this capacity, Dr. Himmelstein worked on the staff of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee on issues related to national health care reform. He has recently been named National Program Director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored Workers’ Compensation Health Initiative, a 6-million dollar grant program funding demonstration and evaluation in workers’ compensation medical care.

Dr. John Howard is the Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, California Department of Industrial Relations. He is licensed with the Medical Board and State Bar in the state of California; and Medical Board and District Court of Appeals in District of Columbia. Previously, Dr. Howard served as the Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine in 1983, and Assistant Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Executive Director of the 1986 White House Initiative on Medical Liability and Malpractice in Washington, DC from 1986 to 1988. His professional affiliation includes the American, California, and San Diego County Bar Associations, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, American College of Physician Executives, and the National Health Lawyers Association. Dr. John Howard received a Bachelor of Science at the University of San Diego, a Doctor of Medicine at Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, a Master of Public Health at Harvard University, a Juris Doctor at University of California, Los Angeles, and Master of Administrative Law and Economic Regulation at George Washington University, National Law Center, Washington DC.

Lori C. Kammerer is the Managing Director of the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation, formerly Californians for Compensation Reform, since January 1991. She is responsible for developing and directing the association’s programs. Ms. Kammerer is recognized statewide for her successful coalition-building, fund-raising and grassroots membership development techniques. Her extensive experience in enhancing the visibility of issue campaigns for nonprofit associations and political races have led to successful wins. Ms. Kammerer joined CCWC as Deputy in December 1986 and was responsible for all membership activities of the association. From 1986 to 1990, Ms. Kammerer successfully developed the association’s membership from 500 members to well over 5,000 employers and business organizations. Before joining CCWC, Ms. Kammerer consulted with several political campaign management firms including Woodward and McDowell, Townsend & Company, and Ray McNally & Associates on statewide initiatives and local campaigns. She has conferred with the Maryland-based fund raising firm of Odell, Roper & Associates during the 1984 presidential campaign. Additionally, she served as an associate editor for the American Financial Services Association in Washington, D.C. Ms. Kammerer launched a public relations campaign for the Sacramento Business Council during its formative years, bringing nationally known political and entrepreneurial figures to address the Council’s business executives in Sacramento. She is a volunteer public relations consultant to various philanthropic organizations. Lori C. Kammerer is a graduate of Business and Communications from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

J. PAUL LEIGH

J. Paul Leigh is the Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, Davis from 1998 – 2000. Previously, he was an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor of Economics with San Jose State University from 1981 to 1984, Senior Health Economist at Stanford University Medical Center in 1986, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky from 1984 to 1986. He has published over 130 articles and publications on a variety of occupational safety and health and other microeconomic and macroeconomic issues and has presented papers and delivered public lectures at several universities. His teaching experience involves Statistics, Econometrics, Labor Economics, Forecasting, Health Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Economics of Preventive Medicine. J. Paul Leigh received a B.A. from University of Oregon and a Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin.

GIDEON LETZ

Dr. Letz is the Medical Director at the State Compensation Insurance Fund since 1987. Currently, he also serves as a Staff Physician of Occupational Medicine at Kaiser Permanente, and Medical Consultant at Accordia Benefits Services since 1995. Dr. Letz is also the Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco since 1980; a member of the California Medical Association since 1981; a member of the Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association since 1982; board of directors at the Western and Environmental Medicine Association since 1994; a member of the American Occupational and Environmental Medical Association since 1994; a member of the Statewide Advisory Committee to the University of California Occupational Health Program since 1987; a member of the International Association of Accident Boards and Commissions since 1993; and a member of the State Personnel Board since 1987. Previously, he was a Public Health Medical Officer of the State Department of Health Services from 1980 to 1987. He was the Attending Physician at the San Francisco General Hospital from 1980 to 1990 and the Chairman of CMA Scientific Advisory Panel on Occupational Medicine from 1991 to 1994. Dr. Letz has published articles and publications on a variety of occupational and environmental medicine, chemical hazards, occupational injuries, and other medical case studies. Dr. Gideon Letz received a B.A. from University of California in Los Angeles, an M.P.H. Degree from University of California in Berkeley and M.D. Degree from University of California in San Francisco.

JOAN LICHTERMAN

Joan Lichterman has been working as an editor for most of her professional career, which was derailed for more than a year when she developed computer related injuries. In October 1990, before returning to work with a voice activated computer system, she founded the East Bay RSI Support Group in Oakland, California, to provide information and support for herself and others suffering from or at risk of getting repetitive strain injuries. At the same time, she became involved in state and federal efforts to promote workplace health and safety. In February 1999, after making sure the East Bay group would continue, Joan stepped aside as the group’s leader to devote her volunteer energies to the CTD Resource Network, Inc., which she co-founded in 1998 to provide a larger, nonprofit vehicle to share resources among injured workers, health care professionals, developers and vendors of adaptive equipment, and others interested in preventing cumulative trauma injuries in the U.S. and abroad. CTDRN received federal nonprofit status in March 1999, and its directors are working to develop a stable funding base and expand beyond the organization’s current on-line forums.

Hal Lindsey is Executive Director of Corporate Health and Safety for the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He is responsible for directing the occupational health and safety program, as well as the workers’ compensation, medical and security services functions for the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. Prior to this current position, Hal was Manger of Occupational Safety and Health for the Southern California Edison Company, where he also worked as an attorney, claims adjuster, and journeyman lineman. He started his career in the utility industry as a groundman in 1963. Hal has participated in the drafting of numerous OSHA standards which affect industry in California, and in 1995 he was Chief Delegate for the United States National Committee at the International Electro-technical Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, for the establishment of international safety standards for work in electrical substations. He received his law degree in 1980 from Valley University College of Law, Los Angeles, California and is a member in good standing of the California State Bar.

Irina Nemirovsky is the Research Program Specialist of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation with the California State Department of Industrial Relations. Prior to her work with the Commission, she was a Consultant at the United Nations Development Program in New York from 1998-1999, and a Research Assistant at the Natural Heritage Institute in San Francisco in 1995. Ms. Nemirovsky has published several articles such as Globalization with a Human Face: Human Development Report, 1999, State v/s Markets in Health Care Reform: The Impace of Use Fess in Russia, 1998 and Comparison Study of the Parana-Paraguay Waterway Project and the San Francisco Bay Estuary, 1995. Ms. Nemirovsky received a B.A. in Political Economy and Environmental Science at the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Science in Economic Development at Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Frank Neuhauser is the Project Director at the UCDATA Survey Research Center at University of California, Berkeley since 1994. Mr. Neuhauser’s projects involves survey development, data base analysis, records comparisons, and data analysis over periods of up to 3 years. Mr. Neuhauser directs projects evaluating the impact reform legislation on the vocational rehabilitation benefit for CHSWC, analyzing medical-legal evaluations and various dispute resolution processes in determining permanent disability levels, and the privatization of the workers’ compensation system. He also developed contract with DWC assessing data resources and data needs of the division for both administration and research, and recommend changes in management to increase the impact of the new information system. Prior to his position, he worked as the Project Manager with the California Business-Higher Education Forum, Task Force on Fiscal Reform, a Research Associate with the California Department of Social Services, Research Assistant with Berkeley Institute for Research in Policy Solutions, Researcher with Department of Workers’ Compensation, and Research Analyst with the California’s Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. Frank Neuhuaser received a B.A. in Economics at University of California, Los Angeles, and Masters of Public Policy at University of California at Berkeley.

TOM RANKIN

Tom Rankin is President of the California Labor Federation, the state AFL-CIO federation. For many years, Mr. Rankin also served as the labor member on the Governing Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, which recommends policy premium rates to the state insurance commissioner. Mr. Rankin’s previous employment was a union representative and organizer. He currently serves as Commissioner on the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation. An attorney, Mr. Rankin received his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.

ROBERT T. REVILLE

Robert T. Reville is a Labor Economist and is Research Director for the RAND Institute for Civil Justice. His research interests include income distribution, income support programs, and the impact of disability on employment. He is the principal investigator for an evaluation of workers’ compensation permanent disability for the State of California. In this evaluation, RAND is examining the relationship between the disability rating mechanism used in California to set permanent partial disability benefits and the postinjury earnings losses if disabled workers. The study will also suggest ways to improve return to sustained work for injured workers based upon an empirical evaluation of the practices of California employers. Dr. Reville is principal investigator of a study of workers’ compensation permanent disability and return to work in New Mxico. Finally, he is an investigator on a project funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health comparing the economic outcomes of workplace injuries across several states.

KNUT RINGEN

Knut Ringen is a Consultant and Former Director of The Center to Protect Workers’ Rights, an organization created by the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, to conduct and/or sponsor research and study concerning the quality of working conditions in the construction industry. He is a member of the faculty of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Dr. Ringen chairs the Department of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health, and is a member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Advisory Board. Among many honors, he is elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Collegium Ramazzini. He specializes in the development of research and service programs with an emphasis on workers and other special populations, and has been instrumental in developing many health programs that have achieved national significance. He is an author or editor of more than 70 scientific publications. Dr. Ringen received the Doctor of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University for his research on the development of health policy. He also holds a Master of Hospital Administration degree from the Medical College of Virginia and a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University.

MARGARET L. ROBBINS

Margaret L. Robbins is the Ergonomics Training Project Manager with California Labor Federation. She manages all aspects of OSHA funded training-of-trainers program. Previous positions held were Health Care Quality Project Manager with California Labor Federation, Labor Liaison with Occupation Safety and Health Administration, Senior Field Representative with Service Employees International Union, Acting Chair with Chicago Area Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health with Chicago Lung Association, Research Assistant with Boston University School of Public Health, Paralegal Consultant at Sanford Lewis, and a United States Air Force Officer at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. Ms. Robbins has been a member of The Newspaper Guild since 1998 and the National Council of Field Labor Locals, Local 2391, American Federation of Government Employees from 1997-1998, Secretary-Treasurer of Union of Union Representatives from 1995-1997, and Bargaining Committee and Contract Action Team from 1991-1997. Margaret L. Robbins received a B.S. in Chemistry at Arizona State University and Master of Public Health from Boston University of Public Health.

STEPHEN J. SMITH

Stephen (Steve) J. Smith was appointed by Governor Gray Davis as the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations effective January 4, 1999. As Director, he is a member of the Governor’s cabinet, the state designee for the Cal/OSHA Program, the Administrator of Apprenticeship and an ex-officio member of the State Compensation Insurance Fund Board of Directors. Mr. Smith served as deputy campaign manager for the Governor’s gubernatorial campaign and had previously worked on his staff when Gray Davis was Lieutenant-Governor. Smith has an extensive background in public sector labor relations, having spent over nine years as a government relations administrator for the California State Employees Association. He has also managed several successful ballot measure campaigns in California on behalf of organized labor. Stephen J. Smith graduated from the University of California, Davis.

LAURA STOCK

Laura Stock is the Associate Director of the Labor Occupational Health Program, School of Public Health, Center of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Stock was Program Administrator with the Occupational Health Service, University of California, Berkeley, Stress Management Consultant with Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, Health Educator at Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center in Boston, Massachusetts, Counselor/Educator at Dimock Community Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, and a Teacher at Alternative Learning Project at Providence, Rhode Island. She is a member of American Public Health Association, Occupational Health Section, California Public Health Association, Society for Public Health Educators, and Coalition of Labor Union Women. Laura Stock received a Spanish Certificate in Madrid, Spain, a B.A. in Social Science at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island and Master of Public Health at University of California, Berkeley.

LINDA STUTZMAN

Linda Stutzman, Principle and founder of Disability Management Insights, a provider of legal nurse consulting services and consulting in the areas of disability management, occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation. Linda is a Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist Case Manager, a Legal Nurse Consultant holds designation of Certified Professional in Disability Management. She attends Cal State Hayward University in a certificate program that is approved by the American Car Association for legal nurse consultants. Prior to establishing her business Linda developed and managed Employee Occupational Health and Internal Industrial Case Management Programs in the hospital industry. These programs focused on mutually beneficial outcomes between employees and employers. With over 25 years of experience as a registered nurse, she has spent the last 12 practicing in occupational health and safety, workers’ compensation, case management and disability management. Linda also serves as the Ombudsperson for the Los Vaqueros Reservior and Dam Project under Labor Code Section 3201.5, Alternative Dispute Resolution for the construction industry. The California Workers’ Compensation Enquirer published Linda’s article, which is included in the handouts. It is entitled "Carve-Outs – An Opportunity For Occupational Disability Management." Linda has served as an advisor to the Department of Industrial Relations Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation, and has testified as an expert witness to the California State Senate regarding her experience as an Ombudsperson. She is an officer of the Board of Directors of the Northern California Chapter of the Disability Management Employers Coalition.

JULIANN SUM

Juliann Sum is the Attorney and Industrial Hygienist for the School of Public Health, Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley. She conducts research to document experiences and problems faced by injured workers who have requested workers’ compensation benefits, prepare strategies for union seeking to improve health and safety conditions for members through collective bargaining, and assist as a consultant in designing and analyzing the results of a focus group to identify best methods to ensure safe work practices in the construction industry. Ms. Sum was the project coordinator of the Educational Factsheets, 1998 for injured workers and the executive producer of the Introduction to Workers’ Compensation, 1998, an educational videotape. She authored "Navigating the California Workers’ Compensation System: The Injured Worker’s Experience", prepared for the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC). Ms. Sum also currently serves as the Consulting Attorney for Santa Clara University, East San Jose Community Law Center in San Jose since 1998. Her previous work experience includes Associate Attorney of Environmental Law Foundation in Oakland, Litigation Associate of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Legal Intern for Natural Resources Defense Council, Extern to Justice Donald B. King at the California Court of Appeal in San Francisco, and Industrial Hygienist/Business Representative for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245 in Walnut Creek from 1979-1986. Juliann Sum received a B.S. in Biophysics at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, a M.S. in Environmental Health Sciences-Industrial Hygiene at Harvard University, School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, and a J.D. at University of California, Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, California.

SUZANNE TERAN

Suzanne Teran is the Bilingual Training Coordinator for the Labor Occupational Health Program at University of California, Berkeley since 1996. Her previous work employment includes the Contra Costa County Health Department from 1994-1995, California Department of Health Services from 1990-1994, California Medical Association from 1989-1990 and a Field Manager for Campaign California from 1987-1989. Ms. Teran authored Pesticide Exposures to Children from California’s Central Valley: Results of a pilot Study, Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 1997, and Health and Safety Training Kits-Protecting Workers from Job Hazards and Hoe Chemicals Affect the Body, 1996. Suzanne Teran received a B.S. in Biology at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and a M.P.H. in Community Health Education at the University of California in Berkeley, California.

JOHN C. WILSON

John C. Wilson is the Executive Director of the Schools Excess Liability Fund (SELF).  SELF is a statewide Joint Powers Authority with over 1,100 California educational agencies as members.  Mr. Wilson held positions with several organizations, including the California Chamber of Commerce, California Coalition on Workers' Compensation, California Self-Insurers Security Fund, California Institute for Public Risk Analysis, Northern California Council of Self-Insurers, and gubernatorial appointment to the Fraud Assessment Commission.  Previously, Mr. Wilson was Assistant Treasurer and Risk Manager for DiGiorgio Corporation in San Francisco, California.  He was also an Industrial Hygiene, Safety Representative and Administrator for Rockwell International, Space Division of the self- funded Workers' Compensation Program covering 30,000 employees involved in the Apollo and Saturn ll space programs.  Mr. Wilson received his Bachelor of Science Degree in the field of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from the University of California, Los Angeles.