Executives & Key Personnel Bios

Executives

JOSEPH M. GNESIN

  • President of G.C.G. Risk Management, Inc.
  • Licensed Insurance Broker
  • Vice-President, Association of Safety Groups
  • Involved on state legislative level promoting Workers’ Compensation Law reforms
  • Founded G.C.G. Risk Management, Inc. with his father, Raymond Gnesin, and partners, Lawrence Grimm and Charles Cates.

ROSS L. GNESIN

  • Attorney, admitted to practice in NY State, 1985; in NJ, 1984; in CA, 1988
  • Licensed Insurance Broker
  • Licensed Casualty Adjuster
  • Treasurer, New York Workers’ Compensation Bar Association
  • Presenter on Workers’ Compensation for a variety of industries, including healthcare, contracting, transportation, hospitality and tourism, and manufacturing, American Society of Safety Engineers

CLAIMS SERVICES

JUDITH BRODKSY

  • Attorney, admitted to practice in NY State, 1989
  • Represents employers before the Workers’ Compensation Board
  • Co-Director of GCG’s Claims Department

MONICA STRUBE

  • Over 25 years at GCG as Senior Examiner
  • Co-Director of GCG’s Claims Department

BILL DONATO

  • Service Manager GCG Upstate Region
  • Manager GCG Schenectady Office
  • Administrative Head of GCG Claims Activity Report Operations

 

HEALTH & SAFETY PERSONNEL

RALPH J. CIANO

  • Formerly Compliance Officer and Supervisor at OSHA
  • Formerly Director of Asbestos Analysis laboratory & Industrial Hygienist at Einstein Hospital
  • Formerly Industrial Hygienist at NYCDEP
  • Formerly New York City Asbestos Investigator
  • Member on ANSI A-39 Committee on Controlled Decent Devices
  • Member of New York State Building Maintenance Task Force
  • M.S., Environmental Management, Long Island University/C.W. Post
  • B.S., Biological Sciences, Arizona State University
  • Past-Director, Metro NY American Industrial Hygiene Association
  • New York State Certified Health & Safety Consultant
  • Provides Health & Safety consultation to GCG clients

ELSIE TAI

  • Presenter and Lecturer on OSHA Compliance, Safety Management Systems, Workers’ Comp Insurance & Claims
  • Management, and Supervisory & Managerial Skills Enhancement
  • Adjunct Professor, Mercy College on Communications, Motivation, Leadership, Intercultural Mgmt.
  • Formerly Compliance Manager & Industrial Hygienist at Environmental Management, Ltd.
  • Formerly Environmental Officer at Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission
  • Formerly Assistant Director of NJ Noise Technical Assistance Center
  • Formerly Industrial Hygiene Technician at Schering-Plough
  • M.S., Organizational Leadership, Mercy College
  • B.S. Environmental Science/Industrial Hygiene, Cook College/Rutgers University
  • Author of OSHA Compliance Management for Long Term Care Facilities, CRC Press
  • Past-President & Past-Director, Metro NY American Industrial Hygiene Association
  • New York State Certified Health & Safety Consultant
  • Team Leader of, and provider of, Health & Safety Services at GCG

JOEL PARADEE

  • B.S. in Occupational Safety & Health – Keene State College, 2004
  • Regularly performs loss control inspections
  • Performs life and webinar safety training sessions
  • Provides advice and counsel in meeting
  • Frequent speaker for the Hotel Management and Tourism degree program at Adirondack Community College

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