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EXECUTIVE BOARD
President: Edward W. Goldsmith, Esq., Maryland Subsequent Injury Fund
1st Vice President: Michael H. Daney, Esq. At-Large 2016
2nd Vice President & Program Planning Chair: Barry D. Bernstein, Esq. At-Large 2015
Treasurer: Angela G. Kozlowski, Esq., Baltimore City Bar Association
Past President: Matthew J. Peffer, Esq., Maryland Association for Justice, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lissa H. Bales, Maryland Chamber of Commerce
Eric Buchner, MD, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland
Matt Drzik, At-Large 2017
Shelby Dubato, Chesapeake Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector (CARPPS)
Fatima Garland, Maryland State Bar Association
Matthew Gordon, Esq., At-Large 2018
J. Michael Harrison, Esq., Uninsured Employers' Fund
Jermaine Jones, Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Unions
Brian Katzenberg, Esq., At-Large 2017
Angela Kozlowski, Esq., Baltimore City Bar Association
Lyndsey Meninger, Esq., Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
Luz Neighoff, Baltimore Claims Association
Eric Schmidt, M.A., CPWIC Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS)
Ashlee K. Smith, Esq., Workers' Compensation Defense Bar and the Maryland Defense Counsel
Erin Thorne, At-Large 2017
Honorable Maureen Quinn, Workers' Compensation Commission Chairman (Honorary Appointment)
2003 Barry M. Chasen, Esq.
2002 Mark Hackman, Esq.
2001 Jack Ulrich, Esq.
2000 Paul Rose
1999 Jayne Gresch
1998 Robert Erlandson, Esq.
1997 Quinten Davis
1996 Woods Bennett, Esq.
1995 Charles Nolte
1994 Jeff Horowitz, Esq.
1993 Rudy Rose, Esq.
1992 Jim Fitzpatrick
1991 Edward Schaffer
1990 The Honorable Jeffrey Weinberg, Esq.
1989 The Honorable Jeffrey Weinberg, Esq.
1988 Edward Petrick
1987 Mark Vincent, Esq.
1986 Joseph B. Harlan, Esq.
1985 Bruce Ingerman, Esq.
1984 Charles J. Krysiak, Esq. - Founder
PAST PRESIDENTS
2024 Edward W. Goldsmith, A.A.G.
2023 Matthew J. Peffer, Esq.
2022 Frank Lipshultz, Esq.
2021 Frank Lipshultz, Esq.
2020 Frank Lipshultz, Esq.
2019 Dr. Lynn Staggs, MD
2018 Michael Schaffer
2017 Dr. Charles Thorne, D.C.
2016 Alex Katzenberg, Esq.
2015 Maija Jackson, Esq.
2014 Heather Kraus, Esq.
2013 Edgar Dodd
2012 Benjamin T. Boscolo, Esq.
2011 Jody Malcolm
2010 Joe Jagielski, Esq.
2009 Scott Brown, M.D.
2008 Nancy Harrison, Esq.
2007 Patrick Roberson, Esq.
2006 Mark Snyder, Esq.
2005 Stan Haynes, Esq.
2004 Lynne Levin
2024 Maryland General Assembly Joint Committee on Workers'
Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight
Appointed jointly by Senate President & House Speaker
Senator Katherine A. Klausmeier
Senate Chair
James Senate Office Building, Room 123
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes
House Chair
Lowe House Office Building, Room 313
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Appointed by Senate President
Senator Pamela G. Beidle
Miller Senate Office Building, Room 2 West
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Appointed by House Speaker
One Vacancy
Appointed by Senate President & House Speaker
Representative of Maryland Business Community
Ms. Mary Anne Reuschling
TransCon CSI
1509 West Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Representative of the Maryland Labor Organization
Hank Sorenson
Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters (NRCC)
Local 177 Council Representative
Representative of Maryland Building and Construction Labor Organization
Tom P. Hayes
CHOICE - Community Hub for Opportunities in Construction Employment
Baltimore Area Representative
815 16th Street, NW
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Two Members of the Public
Mr. Michael G. Comeau, Esquire
3509 Glen Oak Drive
Jarrettsville, MD 21084Debora Fajer-Smith, Esquire
6404 Ivy Lane, Suite 400
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Member of Insurance Industry
Thomas J. Phelan
Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
8722 Loch Raven Boulevard
Towson, MD 21286
Member of a Workers' Compensation Rating Organization
David Benedict
National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)
State Relations Executive, Mid-Atlantic Region
Member of Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland
Gary W. Pushkin, M.D.
2506 Saint Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Members of the Bar
Mr. Rudolph L. Rose, Esquire
Defense Lawyer
25 South Charles Street, Suite 1400
Baltimore, MD 21201Mr. P. Matthew Darby, Esquire
Plaintiff Lawyer
32 West Road, Suite 210
Towson, MD 21204
Maryland Certified Rehabilitation Service Provider
Jody Malcolm
MalcolmDubato, LLC
Founding Member
11025 Stratfield Court
Marriottsville, MD 21104
Self-Insured Local Government Entity (per Chapter 5 of 2011)
Mr. Ronald J. Travers
Anne Arundel County Office of Law
Assistant County Attorney
2660 Riva Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
Workers' Compensation Commissioner - Ex-officio
Commissioner Maureen E. Quinn
Workers' Compensation Commission
10 East Baltimore Street
Baltimore MD 21202
Committee Staff
Nathan McCurdy, Ryan Hollen and Erica White
Department of Legislative Services
Legislative Services Building
90 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410.946.5530, 301.970.5510, 1.800.492.7122 ext. 5530 (toll free)
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