WorkCompCollege.com is a true community-driven effort, ultimately supported by dozens of workers’ compensation professionals whose primary desire is to “leave the industry better than they found it.” This effort is being led by WorkCompCollege.com founders, who are:
President
Robert Wilson
Bob Wilson is a founding partner and former President & CEO of WorkersCompensation.com. He is an experienced presenter for the workers’ compensation industry and is the author of “From Bob’s Cluttered Desk”, a blog repeatedly named as a top workers’ compensation blog by LexisNexis. Additionally, he has been named one of the “50 Most Influential People in Workers’ Comp” by the SEAK National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conference and is the recipient of a Comp Laude Industry Leader Award. Known for an extraordinary sense of humor, his presentations reflect both entertaining and practical advice for both people managing claims as well as the people “picking up the tab”. Bob serves on the Board of Directors for Kids’ Chance of America, Inc. and is a founding board member and past-president of Kids Chance of Florida, Inc. Contact Bob at rwilson@workcompcollege.com.
You may visit Bob’s personal website and blog at www.bobscluttereddesk.com.
Provost
Mark Pew
Mark Pew is an award-winning international speaker, author and jurisdictional advisor in Workers’ Compensation. The RxProfessor has focused on the intersection of chronic pain and appropriate treatment since 2003. Mark created “Qualified Medical Intervention” that won a 2012 Business Insurance Innovation Award. He received WorkCompCentral’s Magna Comp Laude award in 2016, IAIABC’s Samuel Gompers Award in 2017, named “Top 100 Healthcare Leader” by IFAH in 2021 and received the Health 2.0 Outstanding Leadership award in 2022. He is co-founder of The Transitions and Advancing Advocacy and has served on the Advisory Boards of Harvard MedTech, Simple Therapy, and Goldfinch Health. Mark was inducted into Who’s Who in America in 2024. Contact Mark at mpew@workcompcollege.com.
You may visit Mark’s personal website and blog at www.therxprofessor.com.
Melissa Steger
Executive Vice-President Business Development
Melissa Steger is the Executive VP of Business Development and partner of WorkCompCollege.com. Prior to this role, Melissa supported WorkCompCollege.com on the Board of Trustees and Dean for the School of Humanities, while also being a member of the faculty.
Melissa retired after 30 years of workers’ compensation experience gained from the public, private, and regulatory sectors. Her career consisted of building and leading innovatively expansive programs, managing large teams, and presenting before audiences across the country and internationally. She ended her career as the Associate Director of Workers’ Compensation for The University of Texas System where she administered the self-insured workers’ compensation and unemployment programs providing coverage for over 140K employees of the academic and health institutions across the state.
Melissa served on the Texas and national boards for PRIMA and held the national presidency in 2021-2022. She received the Texas PRIMA Risk Professional of the Year award, a Servant Heart Award, and the PRIMA Chapter Service Award. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, Master of Public Administration degree, and is a certified risk manager.
She presently serves as a director for the Kids’ Chance of Texas and is the owner of Melissa Steger Enterprises where she offers consulting services based on her 30 years of workers’ compensation, people, and program management experience. Melissa’s services combine her career experience and horse ownership lessons to highlight the importance of patience, compassion, and communication in relation to management skills and customer service delivery. Melissa is a strong believer in claim advocacy, enjoys mentoring, and is thankful to support an industry she loves. Contact Melissa at msteger@workcompcollege.com.
Director
Donald A. Abrams, PA
Donald A. Abrams, PA is a 1977 graduate of the Albany Medical College Physician Assistant program, specializing in and actively practicing orthopedic surgery for more than 15 years. Overseeing several exceptionally successful start-ups, Mr. Abrams has established himself as a leader in cost containment strategies for the workers compensation professional. Now celebrating his tenth year with Clinical Compensation Consultants, Mr. Abrams has participated and spoken at hundreds of local, regional and national educational conferences on a multipole of topics germane to the workers comp professional. Additionally, Mr. Abrams has presented a number of webinar-based lectures endorsed for continuing education credits by the Texas Department of Insurance. Described as an excellent and passionate speaker, Mr. Abrams continues to strive to deliver each of the workers’ compensation professional he is honored to provide services to the level of expertise that best serves all participants in the workers’ compensation system. Contact Donald at dabrams@workcompcollege.com.
You may visit Don’s corporate website at comp-consultants.com.
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