People Moves: New Faces at Hub and at North Carolina Industrial Commission

Hub International, a global insurance broker, has named Mark Bowron senior vice president and chief marketing officer for the Carolinas, Hub announced.

Bowron, a licensed property and casualty advisor, was previously the director of carrier relations for PCF Insurance Services and was chief brokerage officer at Gallagher. He will be based in Charlotte.

Headquartered in Chicago, Hub provides risk management, insurance, benefits and wealth management services.

Industrial Commission Gets Three New Deputy Commissioners, Keeps a Full Commissioner

The North Carolina Industrial Commission will see three new faces at the deputy commissioner positions, and one full commissioner was reappointed.

This week, Patrick Wooten, a deputy state attorney general for workers’ comp matters since 2003, was named deputy commissioner. Wooten has litigated hundreds of complex workers’ compensation cases before the Industrial Commission on behalf of state agencies and institutions, the Commission said in a bulletin.

Wooten earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his law degree from North Carolina Central University.

Michelle Denning, who has worked at the Industrial Commission and at the attorney general’s office, was also named deputy commissioner.

She represented the Industrial Commission in noninsured cases and in penalty enforcement matters and later represented the N.C. Department of Public Safety in workers’ compensation litigation, the Commission explained. Denning earned her undergraduate degree from Meredith College and her law degree from Regent University School of Law.

Anne Harris, a long-time claimants attorney, also was recently named deputy commissioner.

Harris earned her undergraduate degree from Emory & Henry College, her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law, and her L.L.M. in elder law from Stetson. While practicing law, Harris was a North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission certified mediator.

The Commission also announced that Amber May had been named general counsel. She recently returned to the Industrial Commission after eight years as Rules Review Commission counsel at the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings.

May earned her law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Meredith College.

In February, Gov. Roy Cooper named Myra Griffin to a second, six-year term, which begins July 1. Her appointment is subject to confirmation by the state General Assembly. The governor named Griffin vice-chair of the commission in 2019 after serving as deputy commissioner.

Commissioners are the first step in the appeals process in workers’ compensation claims disputes, after deputy commissioner issue decisions. The governor appoints commissioners and the Commission chair appoints deputy commissioners.

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