David Benenhaley is director of risk management at the Piggly Wiggly Carolina Company Inc. in Charleston. He is president of the South Carolina chapter of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) and serves on the board of directors of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association.

A graduate of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Brian Teusink is senior executive vice president at PHT Services, Ltd. in Columbia. PHTS administers Palmetto Hospital Trust, a workers’ compensation group self-insurance pool for not-for-profit healthcare organizations in South Carolina. Brian plays a leading role in strategic planning, communications with the board, and all corporate relationships, and is also responsible for management of the company’s financial operations.

John Mellette has been with SCANA since 2000 and is currently the Senior Insurance Risk Analyst in the Corporate Insurance department having most recently served as SCANA’s workers’ compensation manager.

John has 25+ years experience in occupational safety & health, insurance and risk management within various settings including county government, manufacturing, service and utility indutries. He has a BS in Occupational Safety & Health and is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) in the Comprehensive Practice as recognized by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. He also has an Associate in Risk Management (ARM) professional designation from the Insurance Institute of America.

Tosca Walls is a workers’ compensation claims manager at Companion Third Party Administrators, LLC. She is a graduate of Austin Peay State University where she earned a Bachelor’s in finance & economics.

A former president of the SC Self-Insurers Association, Ted Contos is president of Walker, Hunter & Associates, a TPA with more than 30 years of experience in diverse industries. Ted is a graduate of Georgia State University, where he majored in finance.

Jim Connor is Claim Supervisor with Sedgwick Claim Management Services, Inc. where he has been employed since 1991. He has been involved in the administration of self insured and alternative risk funding programs since 1980.

A graduate of Bethel College, Jim is a former president of the SC Self Insurers Association.

Earl Ellis is a shareholder at Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims. For more than 30 years, he has focused his practice on workers’ compensation, representing a large number of self-insured companies, such as textile mills, manufacturing plants, public utilities, and large retail establishments in defense of workers’ compensation claims. He is lead counsel for the self-insurance funds for hospitals and governmental entities throughout the state.

He is a past president of the South Carolina Bar, past chair of the House of Delegates, and the organizer and first president of the Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Section. He also is past president of the South Carolina Self-Insurers Association. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Earl is active in the community and serves as President of Columbia Green and the Columbia Film Society and Nickelodeon Theatre.

Joe Hutchinson is senior safety specialist & workers' compensation administrator at Santee Cooper Power. He has more than 20 years of experience in workers' compensation claims insurance and work place safety in the electric utility industry.

Joe attended Charleston Southern University. He is a Certified Utility Safety Administrator (CUSA) through the Nation Safety Council and Certified Workers' Compensation Professional (CWCP) through Michigan State University.

A former president of the South Carolina Self-Insurers Association, Jerry Johnson is the risk manager for BMW Manufacturing Co. in Spartanburg. He was previously a corporate claims manager and corporate risk manager at Wellman, Inc.

David Hill Keller, Of Counsel to Constangy, Brooks & Smith, is a graduate of Houston University and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He graduated with a BA degree from the University of Houston and a JD degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

David served as a staff attorney for the South Carolina Supreme Court from 1981 to 1984 and as staff attorney for the South Carolina State Accident Fund from 1984 to 1985. A frequent lecturer on workers’ compensation law, he is a member of the South Carolina and American Bar Associations and served one term as editor of the Workers’ Compensation Volume of South Carolina Jurisprudence. He is a former trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, member of the Greenville Planning Commission, having served two years as chairman, and a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the South Carolina Army National Guard.

Harvey Mathias is Director of Risk Management Services for the Municipal Association of South Carolina. He is the Pool Administrator for three self-funded insurance programs for the municipalities of South Carolina – workers’ compensation, property/liability, and health benefits.

A graduate of Clemson University, Harvey has 24 years of experience in administering municipal self-insurance programs in North Carolina and South Carolina. In addition, he has served for 20 years on the Board of Directors of NLC Mutual Insurance Company, a captive reinsurance company licensed in Vermont for State Municipal League Pools all across the United States. He also serves on the Executive Committee of NLC Mutual and chairs the Claims Management and Loss Control Committee.

Hugh McAngus, a principal in McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, is a prominent workers’ compensation attorney in Columbia, South Carolina. He is named in The Best Lawyers in America. A graduate of the University of the South, he received his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

A former president of the SC Self-Insurers Association, Hugh is a certified mediator and active in developing workers’ compensation law on the national and state level. He is past president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association and former Secretary of the Defense Research Institute’s Committee on State and Local Defense Organizations.

Leslie Mitchum is the risk manager for the City of North Charleston where she has been employed since 1994. She is a graduate of the College of Charleston. She previously worked as NC OSHA Compliance Officer and OSH Specialist with the Charleston Naval Shipyard.

Jarrett Robinson is director, environmental health and safety for TCi Tire Centers LLC. He is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, and has 20 years of experience in occupational safety and claims management.

M. Clifton Scott is a senior staff attorney with the South Carolina Association of Counties. He holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina, and an MBA from Old Dominion University. In 2005, Clif served on the Governor's Task Force on Workers' Compensation Reform.

Mike Chase, an attorney with Turner Padget Graham & Laney, is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and USC School of Law. A Certified Civil Court Mediator, he is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Workers’ Compensation, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.

Moby Salahuddin is managing editor of the association’s website and produces its quarterly newsletter, Workers’ Comp News. He was previously a writer at The State newspaper, where he won awards from the SC Press Association and the SC Hospital Association, among others. His work has appeared in several national and statewide publications.

Moby was a Richardson Fellow at Davidson College and received a master’s degree in international studies from the University of South Carolina, where he also did graduate work in journalism.