Backgrounds For Members Of Occupational Panel

Here is a brief summary of the backgrounds of the individuals selected to be on Social Security's Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel:

• Gunnar B. J. Andersson, M.D., Ph.D. -- Orthopedic surgeon; No apparent relevant background
  
• Mary Barros-Bailey, Ph.D. -- Vocational expert; History of being a consultant for Social Security on vocational matters
  
• Robert T. Fraser, Ph.D. -- Rehabilitation counselor
  
• Shanan Gwaltney Gibson, Ph.D. -- Assistant professor of Management at East Carolina University with background in occupational analysis; Consultant to State Farm Insurance
  
• Thomas A. Hardy, J.D. -- Attorney in private practice concentrating his work in Social Security and Long Term Disability Appeals; previously a Vocational Disability Counselor; Worked in past as manager of vocational rehabilitation services for major long term disability insurance carrier and has served as representative of the private insurance industry to Social Security.
  
• Sylvia E. Karman -- Director for Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Occupational Information Development Project
• Deborah E. Lechner -- developer and marketer of Functional Capacity Evaluation instrument
  
• Lynnae M. Ruttledge -- "A person born with a disability"; Director of the Washington Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
• David J. Schretlen, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is board-certified in clinical neuropsychology. He currently is analyzing predictors of functional disability in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
• Nancy G. Shor -- Executive Director, National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR)
  
• Mark A. Wilson, Ph.D. -- Associate Professor of Psychology, NC State University; Involved in human-resource planning, job analysis, selection (managerial assessment centers), performance appraisal, and compensation for a market-leading insurance company
• James F. Woods -- Led development of the O*NET system