Who We Are
MISSION
To embolden Pennsylvania health and human service employers with the resources, education, and training to ensure the safest environment for employees.
VISION
To be the leading workers’ compensation self-insurance trust in Pennsylvania and a trusted partner for health and human service employers.
Benefits
What’s in it for you?
A trusted partner who understands your needs.
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As the oldest and largest non-governmental workers’ compensation group self-insurance trust operating in Pennsylvania, we have been around longer than anyone else. It’s not just what we do best – it’s all we do.
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Our Board of Trustees consists exclusively of current and prior executives of our member employers. In other words, we are workers’ compensation coverage for providers, by providers. We understand your business needs because we walk in your shoes.
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At the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the Trust awarded every member $5,000 to pay for COVID-19-related expenses. We were in this together and knew the need was immediate.
Stability you can count on.
- Member-centric focus consistently results in actions that control costs, enhance service, and reward participation in Embolden WC Trust.
- Excess surplus is consistently returned to members in the form of dividends – more than $4M since 2018.
- Members are eligible for cash grants of up to $5,000 a year to fund projects that enhance worker safety.
More control over your workers’ compensation claims.
- Risk management services are provided to every member organization at no additional cost.
- Claims management partners with members throughout the claims process, from initial report to resolution.
- The Trust acts quickly on claims, but no claim is settled or closed without collaborative consultation with the member organization.
Alan Hartl
Executive Director
Alan Hartl has experience with the Embolden Workers’ Compensation Trust as the CEO of one of its member owners for 19 years, as a Board Member for 20 years, and as the Board Chairperson for 19 years. In 2023, he became the Trust’s Executive Director, applying his expertise in workers’ compensation to the benefit of all Trust members. Trained and licensed as a psychologist, Alan has over four decades in various applied and administrative positions in behavioral health. This includes being CEO of Lenape Valley Foundation for 27 years, an organization providing an array of community-based services to persons with mental health problems, substance use issues, intellectual disabilities, and/or developmental delays. He has previously served as President of the Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, which notably is the original sponsor of the PCPA Workers’ Compensation Trust. He also is a past board member of the National Council for Behavioral Health (now the National Council for Mental Wellbeing).
Board of Trustees
Susan Blue
Board Chair
Susan Blue serves as the President and CEO of Community Services Group where she has worked for 37 years. Community Services Group provides an array of community based mental health and intellectual and developmental disability services in 19 counties in central and northeast Pennsylvania. Blue holds leadership roles with The National Council for Behavioral Health, The Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association (RCPA), ProVantaCare and Community Behavioral Healthcare Network of Pennsylvania (CBHNP).
Susan Coyle
Susan Coyle serves as the CEO of Chartiers Center where she has worked for 15 years. In her role, Coyle oversees the expansion of an HUD supported housing initiative through the creation of the Hestia, Atlas, and Vesta Programs, a permanent supported housing service. Coyle is a psychiatric nurse who holds a master’s degree in public health. She serves on the Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association, Partners for Quality Human Rights Committee and Conference of Allegheny Providers.
John E. Dillensnyder III
John E. Dillensnyder III serves as the Executive Director at Treatment Trends, Inc. where he has worked for over 21 years and functioned as Executive Director for 10 years. His responsibilities include the control and management of the organization’s physical and financial assets as well as the recruitment, supervision and direction of the staff. Dillensnyder III is an alumnus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he holds a Bachelor of Science degree.
Richard S. Edley
Richard S. Edley serves as the lead executive for the Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association (RCPA) in Pennsylvania. The RCPA is one of the largest state trade associations in the country representing providers of mental health, substance use disorder, intellectual and developmental disabilities, children’s, brain injury, criminal and juvenile justice, medical and pediatric rehabilitation, and physical disabilities and aging services, across all settings and levels of care. Edley’s bachelor’s degree is from Boston University, and he holds master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from Emory University.
Peter J. Keitsock
Peter J. Keitsock serves as the Executive Director of Avenues where he has worked for 36 years and functioned as Executive Director for 28 years. Keitsock is responsible for the overall management and operation of Avenues and is focused on Program Evaluation and Development, Staff Development and Retention, Financial Viability, and Program Expansion.
Nicholas Manno
Nicholas Manno has served as a Board Member of the Embolden Workers’ Compensation Trust for over 11 years as an RCPA Representative. He is also a retired Healthcare Executive with 42 Years of experience in Behavior Health & Intellectual Disability Services. Manno most recently served as CFO for COMHAR, Inc., located in Philadelphia, PA where he managed several departments including Financial, Facilities, and IT operations. He holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration (accounting) from Widener University and an MBA in Healthcare Administration from LaSalle University.
Gordon H. May
Gordon H. May is the President and CEO of CONCERN Professional Services for Children, Youth, and Families with over 21 years of experience in the behavioral health, juvenile justice and human services fields. May is responsible for all facets of the organization, including its 14 service sites, nearly 400 staff, and more than 300 foster homes. He has focused on promoting a positive and healthy culture for staff and clients, as well as program growth to meet the growing needs in behavioral health and foster care. May holds a degree in social work from Shippensburg University and an MS in Social Work from Columbia University.
Fran Sheedy Bost
Fran Sheedy Bost serves as Executive Director of Devereux/TCV Community Services, where she has worked for 16 years. In her role as executive director, Bost oversees TCV’s comprehensive array of programs and services for youth and adults through intensive outpatient, partial-hospitalization, group-home programs, and school-based services.
Angie Rothrock
Angie Rothrock is the Compliance Director and HIPAA Privacy Officer at LifePath Inc., located in Southeastern PA where she has worked for 32 years, and she has been an Embolden Workers’ Compensation Trust Board member for over 11 years. She serves as the Chairperson for LifePath’s Safety Committee and manages workers compensation claims.