Incentivizing Best Practices That Support School   District Staffing Stability

Greetings! Please join us on October 21, 2021, for a presentation by the Puget Sound Workers’ Compensation Trust (PSWCT) Return-to-Work Manager, Aliza Hauser and the Executive Director, Clairmonte Cappelle. After nearly three years of focused return to work efforts within the PSWCT, we will examine the Return-to-Work Incentive Program. Our review involves an analysis of the benefits school districts achieved by having a successful Return-to-Work Program, plus the financial and psychosocial takeaways they are receiving while continuing to keep their employees actively working.

Aliza Hauser MA, CRC, PHR has over 20 years of experience in workers' compensation, ADA accommodation, and the successful reintegration of injured workers into the workforce. Aliza has been the Return To Work Manager of the Puget Sound Workers’ Compensation Trust since 2018. Prior to joining PSWCT, Aliza was a Disability Services Specialist with King County and a Rehabilitation Counselor with Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Aliza received her bachelor’s from Illinois State University and her master’s in rehabilitation counseling from Western Washington University. She holds designations as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and is currently the Board President of Neurology Vocational Services. 

Clairmonte Cappelle is a seasoned workers’ compensation risk management executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience in occupational health, workers’ compensation managed care, excess workers’ compensation claims management, and public entity risk pools.  He is the Executive Director of Puget Sound Workers’ Compensation Trust and Unemployment Pool. Other leadership roles include Vice President of Corporate Health and Workers’ Compensation Managed Care at a Midwest academic health care system, and Vice President of Claims at a St. Louis based excess workers’ compensation carrier.  He focuses his efforts on creating value for employers through programs and strategies aimed at reducing total cost of risk while maximizing injured worker outcomes.  Mr. Cappelle is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with bachelor’s and master’s degrees.