Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources

Walnut Valley Unified School District

Dr. Diane Perez is the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources at Walnut Valley Unified School District (WVUSD). Throughout her 30-year career in education, she has served as a school counselor, Director of Child Welfare and Attendance and Student Services (both at the district and county level), Superintendent, and Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources....

Executive Vice President of Workers' Compensation

Athens Administrators

With 17 years of experience in the insurance industry, and over 5 years with Athens, Doug has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the California Workers' Compensation system.

Doug is a tireless worker who is always looking out for his client's success, and he is committed to bringing top-notch service to every customer of Athens....

CEO

NavigatED

Dr. Gail Angus is a nationally sought-after speaker and consultant. She loves sharing the knowledge she has gained from her 30 plus years of experience working public education....

Director

Good Mood Legal

Dr. Heredia is the Director of Good Mood Legal and adjunct faculty in the Department of Psychology at East Los Angeles College. He is also an instructor with workcompcollege.com. He has worked in a forensic psychology practice for 22 years where he has interfaced with workers' compensation claimants and he has reviewed/critiqued psych reports from AME, QME, IME and treating psych doctors who have submitted substantially flawed reports and/or testimony....

Division Chief of Workers' Compensation

City of Los Angeles

Dr. Tyrone Spears, WCCP, ARM, IPMA-SCP, Division Chief of Workers' Compensation for the City of Los Angeles. Tyrone Spears began his workers' compensation career over 20 years ago. Currently, he is the Division Chief of Workers' Compensation for the City of Los Angeles....

Director of Risk Management

Safety National

Ed Pratt is the Director of Risk Control at Safety National with over 40 years of accident prevention experience. Ed works directly with our customers in their ongoing risk evaluation and risk improvement efforts....

Construction Program Manager

California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Edward Villanueva joined the CSU Chancellor Office, CPDC team in April 2020. As the Construction Program Manager, Edward is the CSU Coordinator for the Owner's Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) along with several other areas of responsibility including maintaining the forms, contracts, and documents used in construction, supporting the CPDC website, and assisting campuses that have questions regarding Bidding & Construction documents.

Edward joined the CSU after 10 years at the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) as the Deputy Program Manager working directly on the ACE Project....

Managing Partner

Michael Sullivan & Associates

Managing Partner, Eric De Wames, leads Michael Sullivan & Associates' employment law practice for its ten offices throughout California. Mr. De Wames is a vetted trial attorney, representing businesses in the full range of employment and labor law matters including wage-and-hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims....

Senior Vice President

Keenan

Eric Preston has been with Keenan & Associates since 2004 where he started as a Loss Control Consultant. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Human Resources, with emphasis in Human Resource Management, from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Eric earned his Associate in Risk Management for Public Entities (ARM-P) designation in 2008, his P&C broker license in 2011 and his CSRM designation in 2014....

JPA Manager

San Diego County Office of Education - Joint Powers Authority

Felicia Amenta has led the way for the last 15 years + as the Workers' Compensation Program Manager for the San Diego County and Imperial County Schools JPA. Her Program Management responsibilities include oversight of the CA self-insured workers' compensation program for the San Diego County and Imperial County Schools JPA with over 60 school district, community college, and charter school members in the workers' compensation pool....