The Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced the winners of the 2015 Carrie Nevans Community Service Award. This year’s award recipient in Southern California is Donald Marshall, Zenith vice president. Dr. Lee Snook, a pain management specialist, is the Northern California recipient. The awards will be presented at the upcoming 22nd annual DWC educational conference luncheons.

Donald C. Marshall is the vice president and national director of the Anti-Fraud Program for Zenith Insurance Company. He was a police officer for 12 years and worked as a patrolman and, later, became a Detective assigned to the White Collar Crime Unit. He was appointed to the State of California Fraud Assessment Commission by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2010 and elected Chair in November 2011. Over the past 20 years, he has worked at a number of insurance carriers including Progressive, California Casualty, Nationwide (GatesMcDonald), CalFarm and Zenith. Mr. Marshall has also been qualified and has testified as an expert witness in insurance fraud in both Municipal and Superior court. He has received his Certified Fraud Examiner, Fraud Claim Law Specialist and Accredited Healthcare Fraud Investigator designations, is a former member of the Executive Board of the National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Association. He has his BS degree in Criminal Justice Administration from California State University East Bay and is a Licensed Private Investigator. His efforts at detecting and preventing workers’ compensation fraud have helped combat fraudulent practices, resulting in reducing insurance costs and protecting California employers and employees.

Dr. Lee Snook is the vice speaker of the California Medical Association House of Delegates and president of Metropolitan Pain Management Consultants in Sacramento. Dr. Snook has served as a qualified medical evaluator (QME) since 1995 and, since 2012, as the Pain Medicine expert on the Medical Evidence Evaluation Advisory Committee (MEEAC). Dr. Snook graduated from the University of Nevada, School of Medicine in Reno, NV. He did his internal medicine and anesthesiology residencies at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin. He is board certified in anesthesiology, internal medicine, addiction Medicine and pain medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Addiction Medicine.He continues to play an active role in developing MEEAC’s recommendations for the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule, which forms the evidence-based guideline for treating workers in California. His reasoned, thoughtful approach balances practical patient management experience with scientific evidence from the medical literature.

The DWC’s 22nd annual educational conference is the largest workers’ compensation training in the state and allows claims administrators, attorneys, medical providers, return to work specialists, employers, and others to learn about the most recent developments in the system as well as ongoing DWC programs. The Los Angeles conference (February 9-10) is almost sold out; registration is still open for the Oakland training (February 19-20) at the Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel.