CCWC Elects Two New Board Members
The California Coalition on Workers' Compensation (CCWC) is pleased to announce the election of two new Board members --- JILL DULICH, Senior Director, Marriott Claims Services, and SUZANNE GUYAN, Director of Product Development, CompPartners. We look forward to their service and contributions in 2010 and the years to come. Their biographies are included below.
JILL DULICH has been Senior Director for Marriott Claims Services, as part of Marriott International, since 1983. She is responsible for management of workers' compensation, auto and general liability losses for all Marriott managed operations within eight western states and also manages three satellite offices in Hawaii, Oregon and Nevada. Prior to Marriott International, Ms. Dulich was a Continuing Unit Supervisor for Allstate Insurance Co., a Unit Supervisor in workers' compensation at Alpha Beta Co. and Vice President of Claims at R. L. Kautz & Company. She was a former Commissioner and 2003 Chair of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, having been appointed in 1998 by Governor Pete Wilson to be the private employer representative.
Ms. Dulich is active in workers' compensation in various states and was the former Chair of the Board and Executive Committee Chair of the California Self Insurers Association. She currently serves as Treasurer and participates on the Nominating Committee, Board of Managers and Executive Committee. She is also the Chief Financial Officer and Trustee for the Self Insurers Security Fund and acts as Program Chair and Board Member for the Self Insurance Guaranty Funds of America. Jill is also a member of the Legislative Committee of the Oregon Self Insurers Association and the Washington Self Insurers Association.
Ms. Dulich has served on numerous committees, including the Office of Self Insurance Plans Advisory Committee; Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi's Workers' Compensation Task Force; Joint Technical Advisory Committee for 1993 Workers' Compensation Reform; and Division of Workers' Compensation Information System Steering Committee. She is also a frequent speaker for various organizations.
Ms. Dulich received her B.S. and M.A. from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. She also received her J.D. from Western State University College of Law.
SUZANNE M. GUYAN joined CompPartners, a workers' compensation, disability, and group health managed care organization, as Director of Product Development in 2008.
Ms. Guyan has a diverse and comprehensive background in workers' compensation and employee benefits. She started out with Liberty Mutual as a multi-line claims examiner over workers' compensation, property and automobile claims. Prior to CompPartners, she served as Director for Membership for the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).
For more than 13 years, Ms. Guyan worked in employee benefits for Costco Wholesale. She joined the company in 1993 as Workers' Compensation Manager and was promoted to Director of Workers' Compensation and Disability Programs. Later, as Director of Employee Benefits, she assumed a legislative affairs role, advocating on behalf of Costco for workers' compensation reform in several states, including California, Illinois and Texas.
Ms. Guyan is a past chair of the California Coalition of Workers' Compensation and a former board member of both the Association Washington Business and the Washington Self Insured Association. She is also the former chapter president of Disability Management Employers Coalition in Seattle, Washington and co-chaired the California Workers Compensation Forum Conference in both 2005 and 2006. Ms. Guyan holds a Bachelor's degree from Indiana State University. |
