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Key Speakers

Eric Guthrie
PhD
Senior Demographer
Minnesota State Demographic Center

Lynn Wehrman
Keynote
President & CEO
Digital Accessibility by WeCo

Kate Perushek
Commissioner
MN Department of Labor and Industry
Session Presenters

Sharon Benkufsky
Medical Policy Specialist
State of Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Sue Conley
Shareholder
Arthur Chapman Kettering Smetak & Pikala, P.A.
Norb Cuellar
Attorney
Cuellar Law Office

Annie Davidson
EVP, Policy & Innovation
Sanderson Firm PLLC

Michelle Doheny
Business Technology Director
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Kurt Duncan
Orthopedic Surgeon (Spine Specialty)
TRIA Orthopedics

Kassi Erickson-Grove
Attorney
Senior Staff Attorney
The Hartford

Andrea Everling
Vice President of Actuarial Services
MWCIA

Aaron Frederickson
Mediator/Arbitrator
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Tom Garza
Compliance Service Officer
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Denise Holmes
Workers’ Compensation Program Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Ender Kavas
Research Analysis Specialist
MN Department of Labor and Industry
Hared Mah
Research Scientist
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Brian Mak
Director, WC Alternative Dispute Resolution Unit
State of Minnesota, Department of Labor and Industry

James Nethercut
Mediator/Arbitrator
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

David Nierenstein
Attorney
Fitch Johnson Larson

Betsy Ohrn
Strategic Program Analysis Manager
MN Department of Employment & Economic Development

Patti Provencher
Mediator/Arbitrator
MN Department of Labor and Industry
Robert Santoro
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Michael Schultz
Attorney
Michael Schultz Law Firm

Jerry Sisk
Lawyer
Owner/ President
Mottaz & Sisk Injury Law

Nichole Sorenson
Director of Research and Data Analytics
MN Department of Labor and Industry

Wes Spain
Special Investigations Operations Manager
SFM

Jessica Stimac
Assistant Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Chris Wehr
Attorney
Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren ltd.
Adrianna Anlauf
Claim Representative
SFM Mutual Insurance

Nathan Gaffaney
Team Business Leader
SFM Mutual Insurance Company
Cole Wynveen
Team Business Leader
SFM Mutual Insurance Company

Joanna Page
MS, CRC, QRC #119
Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant
Page Rehabilitation

Joe Lolich
Workers’ Compensation Program Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
