Cultivating Change
September 10-13, 2024
CAJPA 2024 Annual Conference • South Lake Tahoe
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:15 am
Opening Keynote
Eric Boles
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Managing Safely of the Mind: A Unique Approach to Workplace Mental Health
Eric Preston, Keenan
Design Immunity & Failure to Warn - Has Design Immunity Become Moot in Light of the CA Supreme Court’s Ruling in Tansavatdi?
Maria Nozzolino, Esq. Partner at AGHW Law
Amanda N. Griffith, Esq. Litigation Manager, Sedgwick
Fundamentals of Pooling
Speaker: TBD
Returning to Onsite Work: Legal, Disability and Workers’ Compensation Considerations
Sarah Centeno, Workers’ Compensation Program Manager, FIRMS/MSIA
Stacey Sullivan, Litigation Manager, ERMA
Susan DeNardo, Litigation Manager, PLANJPA
WOW Session: TBD
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch On Your Own
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Dessert in the Exhibit Hall
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Where’s My Risk Manager? Who’s My Risk Manager? Is it the JPA?
David Nunley CPCU, ARM, AIC
How To Go to Trial Before the Trial
Jesse Bernal, Bernal and Robbins Panel TBD
Foundations of Effective Governance Speaker: TBD
Increased Enforcement of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act in 2024: How to Avoid Penalties and Comply
Heather Sanderson, Sanderson Firm PLLC
Marinda Griese, California Joint Powers Risk Management Authority (CJPRMA)
WOW Session: TBD
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Don’t Hire the Perp: Avoiding Organization-Killing Pitfalls During the Recruitment Process
Jill Ostrove, ePlace Solutions
The Six Habits that Strong and Effective Public Agency Investment Programs All Share
Christopher McCarry, Chandler Asset Management
Pooling Finance and Fiscal Oversight
Speaker: TBD
Tackling the Complexities of Disability Management (FMLA, LOA, ADA and WC)
David Setzkorn, Senior Vice President Workforce Absence & Disability Practice Leader, Sedgwick
Nidra Kumaradas, Executive Director of Workers’ Compensation, ASCIP
WOW Session: TBD
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Networking Reception, Tahoe Blue Event Center
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Late Night Event, Harrah’s South Shore Room
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Strategic Surveillance Planning Improving the Outcomes
Brian Bergstrom, Keenan
2024 Case Law Update
Mike Pott, PRISM
Stephan Birgel, ASCIP
Risk Management & Member Services
Speaker: TBD
Empowering Your Security/Police Personnel for Their Effective Role in Workplace Violence Prevention
Brian Erdelyi, Keenan
WOW Session: TBD
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
A Leader’s Guide to the Markets
Lesley Murphy, PFM Asset Management
Let’s Give AI a Good SWOT! Discovering the Risks and Opportunities that AI presents to Our Jobs and Our Risk Pools
Robin Flint, ACWA JPIA
Leonardo Costantino
What’s Changed and Changing
Marcus Beverly, Alliant
Mike Harrington, Bickmore Actuarial
The Power of Virtual Primary Care: Leveraging Technology to Increase Access to Care and Improve Health Outcomes Among Geographically Diverse Employee Populations
Dr. Heather Towery, Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Enterprise Partnerships, Eden Health
Nicole Henry, Director of Benefits, SISC
WOW Session: TBD
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Dessert & Grand Prize Drawing
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Wrangle Employment Practices Liability Risk and Saddle Up for Success
Eric De Wames, Michael Sullivan & Associates
Ransomware Simulation - Is Your Organization Ready?
Dan Raynes, Rubrik
Tom Pelster, PRISM
The Language of the JPA, Part 2
Robert J. Kretzmer, Director, Property & Liability, SISC
Premises Liability: Advances in Slip/Trip/Fall Analysis
John Leffler, PE, YA Engineering Services
WOW Session: TBD
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Closing Reception, Tahoe Blue Events Center
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
7:30 am
Full American Breakfast
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Keynote and Legislative Speaker: Mike Madrid & Membership Meeting