Staff notes: December 2009

General Counsel Jim Blackburn and Meeting Coordinator Penny Cummings both celebrated 25-year anniversaries with the NCACC on Dec. 3.

Donna Walker has been promoted to Risk Services Specialist, a new position created as part of the Pools' transition to providing in-house claims services. Walker will help with oversight of the claims transition, and will work with all three pools – Group Benefits, Workers' Compensation and Liability & Property – on complex management and technical issues.

The Risk Management Pools added two new employees Dec. 1: Robert Perkins as Health Network Development Specialist and Alissa Willett as Wellness Program Coordinator. In his new position, Perkins will oversee the development of the Carolina Access for Public Entities (CAPE) network. Willett will serve as a resource to members of the County Health Plan in the area of wellness and assist members in developing or enhancing new and existing wellness programs.

Risk Control Manager Bob Carruth presented on the NCACC's transit claims and experience at the N.C. DOT Community Transportation Conference in mid-November.

Outreach Coordinator Lisa Nolen and Outreach Associate Neil Emory presented Joyce Logan, a Durham County Tax Division supervisor, with a prize package during the Nov. 23 meeting of the Board of Commissioners. Logan's name was drawn from the pool of 18 county officials who volunteered to help staff the NCACC's booth on county government during the 2009 N.C. State Fair.