January Hot Topics 2023-2024

Kathleen Davenport is a Business Consultant with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for Southwest Ohio.  She assists employers located in Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Hamilton, Highland, Montgomery, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto and Warren Counties. 

Kathleen has worked for BWC since 1994.  During her tenure with BWC, she has worked both as an Employer Service Specialist and a Claims Service Specialist.  As a Business Consultant, Kathleen serves as a liaison between BWC, area employers and employer associations.  Kathleen also works with employers in BWC’s Individual Retrospective Rating Program and Large Deductible Program.  

Joe Miller is an Account Executive at Sedgwick with 29 years of experience in workers’ compensation program administration as well as risk and absence management.  He specializes in consulting with both private and public employers to effectively manage their workers’ compensation policies and claims.  He is a graduate of Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Communications and is currently pursuing his ARM designation.    

Dustin is an account executive with Sedgwick Managed Care Ohio.  He has been helping businesses operating in Ohio with their workers’ compensation programs for over 19 years.  Dustin has helped countless employers mitigate their workplace injury claims and enhance their overall program management from both the Managed Care and Third Party Administration perspectives.

Jennifer L. Whitt brings more than two decades of experience to Weston Hurd’s Labor and Employment Group. Her practice focuses on workers’ compensation and occupational safety and health, defending both state-funded and self-insured employers before the Ohio Industrial Commission and in Ohio’s courts. Jennifer’s practice also includes ligation and tort actions representing large and small clients. She has represented clients in the health care, manufacturing, hospitality, construction, trucking and automotive industries as well as school districts and municipalities throughout all phases of the administrative process and all court levels. Jennifer received her B.A. cum laude from the University of Mount Union and her J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law.

Travis has an extensive loss control background and he designed the loss control protocols for the field risk managers. He and his department provide extensive risk management services to our public entity and educational institution clients. Travis has worked with hundreds of municipal and school clients. His professional specialties include: Emergency Action Planning / Accident Investigation / Safety Management System.

Travis earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio.  In addition, he is a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) and a Certified School Risk Manager (CSRM).

Katie Johnson is the Executive Director of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials. Katie is the seventh Executive Director and the first woman to lead the organization since its inception in 1936.

Katie was the Deputy Executive Director for OASBO prior to being named Executive Director. In that role, she served as legislative lead and in-house legal counsel for the association, keeping staff and members abreast of legal and regulatory compliance issues in school business. In addition, she has served as the chief learning officer, developing curriculum to support OASBO’s strategic plan and the Ohio school business profession.

Katie also serves on boards and committees focused on public finance, including serving as a member on the Finance and Appropriations Committee for Columbus City School District, as Treasurer of the Confluence Community Authority, and as past President of the Ohio Chapter of Women in Public Finance.

Katie holds a bachelor's degree in Business Finance from the University of Colorado, a master’s degree in Education from The Ohio State University, and a law degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.