Advisory Board Members

(List updated 1/31/2006. Membership on the Advisory Board does not constitute an endorsement of the contents of John Burton’s Workers’ Compensation Resources.)

David Appel, Director - Economics Consulting, Milliman, Inc.

Robert M. Aurbach, Chief Executive Officer, Uncommon Approach, Inc.

Christine Baker, Executive Officer, Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation, State of California

Peter S. Barth, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Connecticut

Keith T. Bateman, Vice President of Workers' Compensation, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America

Monroe Berkowitz, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Rutgers University

Richard J. Butler, Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University 

Alan Clayton, Principal, Bracton Consulting Services PTY LTD, Croydon Hills, Victoria, Australia

Ann Clayton, Ann Clayton and Associates, Lexington, Massachusetts

Donald T. DeCarlo, Attorney, Lake Success, NY

Allard E. Dembe, Sc.D., Associate Professor and Chair, The Ohio State University School of Public Health

Donald Elisburg, Attorney, Potomac, MD; former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards

James N. Ellenberger, Former Deputy Commissioner, Virginia Employment Commission

Thomas W. Gleason, President/CEO, Risk Recovery, Inc.; former President IAIABC

Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology, University of North Carolina

Hiroko Hayashi, Professor of Law and Attorney at Law, Fukuoka University, Japan

Jay S. Himmelstein, M.D., Director, Center for Health Policy, Umass Medical School - Shrewsbury Campus

Douglas Holmes, President, UWC-Strategic Services on Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation

Larry Holt, Executive Director, National Council of Self-Insurers

Denis Hughes, President, New York State AFL-CIO

H. Allan Hunt, Assistant Executive Director, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

William G. Johnson, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University

Gregory Krohm, Executive Director, International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC)

Alan B. Krueger, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Lex K. Larson, President, Employment Law Research, Inc.

John H. Lewis, Attorney and Consultant, Boca Raton, FL; President, USA-Integrated Health, Inc.

Barry I. Llewellyn, Senior Divisional Executive, Regulatory Services, National Council on Compensation Insurance

Jerry L. Mashaw, Sterling Professor of Law and Management, Yale Law School

Paul Mattera, Senior Vice President and Chief Public Affairs Officer, Liberty Mutual

Robin R. Obetz, Of Counsel, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP, Columbus, OH

Eric J. Oxfeld, Executive Director, International Workers' Comp. Foundation

Tom Rankin, Former President, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Virginia P. Reno, Vice President of Research, National Academy of Social Insurance

Timothy P. Schmidle, New York State Workers' Compensation Board

Sandra Sinclair, Associate Scientist and Director of Operations, Institute for Work & Health, Canada

Emily Spieler, Dean and Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law

Robert B. Steggert,  Vice President, Casualty Claims, Marriott International, Inc.; and former President, National Council of Self-Insurers

Terrence J. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Care Ontario

Allyn C. Tatum, Vice President of Claims, Tyson Foods, Inc.; former President IAIABC; President, National Council of Self-Insurers

W. Frederick Uehlein, Founder and Chairman, Insurance Recovery Group

C. John Urling, Jr., Owner, Jack Urling's Publications; Former Commissioner, Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Appeal Board; Former President IAIABC

Richard A. Victor, Executive Director, Workers Compensation Research Institute

Paul C. Weiler, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Edward M. Welch, Director, Workers' Compensation Center, Michigan State University

Melvin S. Witt, Editor Emeritus, California Workers' Compensation Reporter

Bruce C. Wood, Assistant General Counsel, American Insurance Association