SCOA 2021 Annual Meeting
Keynote Speakers
The Honorable T. Scott Beck
Chairman South Carolina Workers Compensation Commission |
The Honorable T. Scott Beck was first appointed to the South Carolina Workers’ Commission in 2008. He graduated with a BS degree from Penn State and received his JD degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Prior to joining the Commission, he served in various positions in law enforcement and as an Assistant Attorney General. Beck also served as a City Councilman in North Augusta, S.C. and was elected to the SC House of Representatives serving from 1996-2000.
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James D. Kang, M.D.
Thornhill Family Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Harvard Medical School Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital |
James D. Kang, M.D. is the current Chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and The Thornhill Family Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. A spine surgery specialist, Dr. Kang was previously the Vice-Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Endowed Professor in Spinal Surgery. He was also the Director of the Ferguson Laboratory for spinal research which is an internationally recognized research laboratory dedicated to spinal research.
Dr. Kang has become an international leader in the basic science and clinical treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). During his tenure as Director of the Ferguson Laboratory at UPMC, Dr. Kang led the development of novel therapies for IDD based on the latest gene transfer and stem cell technologies. Currently, Dr. Kang’s research team is performing comprehensive preclinical studies addressing feasibility, safety and efficacy of these technologies. The results to date have garnered much favorable international attention, strongly suggesting that cell and molecular approaches have excellent potential for making the translation from the laboratory to the clinic. In recognition of his career-long interest and scientific work, Dr. Kang is the recipient of numerous awards including the highest societal awards for spinal research conferred by the leading international spine societies: The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, the Cervical Spine Research Society, and the North American Spine Society. Dr. Kang, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, completed his medical degree at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1986. This was followed by a general surgery internship and an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1992. He then completed a spine surgery fellowship at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland under the mentorship of Dr. Henry Bohlman. He held a faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh continuously since 1993 until his recent transition to the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2015. He has a passion for golf and other outdoor activities. He is currently a member at Woodland Golf Club in Boston. He is a former member of the St. Clair Country Club and Chartiers Country Club in Pittsburgh. |
Sam McCleery
Vice President, Open Innovation and Commercialization Lab Under Armour |
Sam McCleery has worked "both sides of the ball" in sports. He started his career on the brand side, migrated to media technologies and then back to brands. Throughout his journey, innovation has always been at the core of his work. Starting with Adidas, Prince Tennis, he then produced the first and only tennis events for The White House, founded the first augmented reality company in sports (the yellow first and ten line for football), spent time at Cablevision in New York and has split the last 10 years at ESPN and Under Armour.
Sam lives in Princeton, NJ but spends half the year in Yemassee, SC. Married he has two children and six grandchildren who, he proudly notes, all play lacrosse. |
Donna Smith
Chief Client Officer FAIR Healt |
As Chief Client Officer, Donna Smith maintains an effort to bring value to the various stakeholders that cross multiple market segments in the healthcare ecosystem. Donna has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, concentrating on benefits administration, managed care, payor and claims solutions.
Prior to joining FAIR Health, she was an independent consultant to a variety of entities in the healthcare and benefits sector, including health plans, third-party administrators and other companies serving the health insurance payor and self-funded employer markets. For these entities, her consulting services concentrated on marketing, sales and organizational strategic planning. In addition, Donna also served the provider community, working with small physician group practices to evaluate electronic medical record (EMR) solutions, based on meaningful use evaluations. Earlier in her career, Donna served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a technology company, SBPA Systems, a role she retained when the company was acquired by SunGard, a leading technology and services provider of employee benefits, healthcare claims adjudication, business process automation and reporting solutions for the health and benefits insurance industry. In addition to focusing on business development, sales and marketing, Donna developed customer service, implementation and account management teams as well as executive and customer advisory groups. Donna has participated in several key industry associations—including Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA), Health Care Administrators Association, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Institute for Healthcare Consumerism (IHC) and Institute of Medicine (IOM)—by serving in many capacities, such as focused panels, workshops, task groups and committees, including a Board of Directors appointment with SIIA. Donna continues to participate and speak at various industry forums representing the many sectors FAIR Health serves. She holds a BS in Business Management and Marketing from Louisiana Tech University |
