The Executive Management Team

David Donn
President

Mr. Donn is the founder and President of David Donn Consulting, Inc. (DDC), a boutique workers’ compensation managed care (medical bill review, UR and case management) advisory and research firm exclusively serving the employer community.

An industry veteran and acknowledged expert in his field, Mr. Donn is the former Vice President of Employer and Occupational Services Group (EOS), the former workers’ compensation managed care subsidiary of Health Net, which is now part of Coventry Health Care, one of the largest health care companies in the country. At EOS, he implemented practical solutions to clients’ cost control needs and structured innovative cost containment programs that increased clients’ savings while reducing their costs. In addition, he designed, directed and executed all business development initiatives for the company’s western region. In Mr. Donn’s seven-year career at EOS, he generated $35 million in new revenue with his unique consultative approach for such clients as Georgia Pacific Corporation, Kaiser, Chevron, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Atlantic Mutual Companies, Fremont Health and El Dorado County.

Mr. Donn is a frequent speaker at various industry conferences and their chapter affiliations for RIMS, PARMA, CMTA and the Industrial Claims Association. Notable keynote speeches by Mr. Donn include the 2004 “Best and Brightest/Hot Topic Educational Forum” for the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation (CCWC) and "Transforming Knowledge into Action & Action into Profitability" at the 2009 Michigan Self-Insurers’ Association (MSIA) Spring Conference. Most recently Mr Donn was featured at the Missouri Self-Insurers Association 2009 Annual Conference and the prestigious 2010 National Council of Self-Insurers Annual Conference. His cutting-edge strategies and practical advice to CFOs, Directors of Risk Management and Workers' Compensation, and Claims and Finance professionals on the subject of workers’ compensation managed care and cost containment services have made him an industry favorite.

Prior to entering the managed care industry, Mr. Donn worked in London as a bond trader for Morgan Grenfell, one of Britain’s leading international investment banks and as a stock analyst for a San Francisco, California investment management firm.

Mr. Donn was the youngest board member of The Institute on Aging, a non-profit organization created to provide alternative care arrangements to the frail elderly; a supporting member of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and its professional group, ArtPoint.

Mr. Donn holds a degree in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and has taught practical economics, finance and investments at the prestigious Lowell High School in San Francisco as part of the Junior Achievement program for the Bay Area. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA, with his wife Sarah and son Oliver.

Court Orsborn
Vice President & Company Officer

Mr. Orsborn is a Vice President and Officer at David Donn Consulting, Inc. (DDC), a boutique workers’ compensation managed care (medical bill review, UR and case management) advisory and research firm exclusively serving the employer and carrier community. Highly respected within the industry for his expert knowledge, attention to detail and professionalism, he is responsible for the research, development and implementation of cutting edge services and strategies, managing the development and maintenance of DDC’s managed care database tracking service provider product and performance data, industry-wide performance trends, and current market pricing averages. Mr Orsborn's quantitative aptitude has been a critical factor in being able to assess the true performance of managed care providers across all services and products.

Mr. Orsborn is a former financial analyst whose prior experience includes a position with the healthcare and higher education group of Standard & Poor’s Public Finance Division, where he covered the healthcare, public housing, and higher education sectors. Prior to joining DDC, he was Manager of Business Development for VenuePoint, LLC, a provider of business applications for media and entertainment companies. At VenuePoint, Mr. Orsborn was responsible for the development and maintenance of business relationships and product development, and designed internal tracking methods for monitoring customer usage, product performance, and business-to-business market behavior.

Mr. Orsborn has provided market analysis, financial analysis, and strategy consulting to a variety of technology and financial service companies including H&R Block; Morphozys, a wireless applications and enterprise information security company; and Ameba Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund providing seed capital for technology start-ups. He brings a broad understanding of financial and market analysis to his managed care research and counsel at DDC.

Mr. Orsborn holds a degree in business from University of California, Berkeley. He resides in San Francisco, CA.

Stephen Rodgers
Vice President

Mr. Rodgers is a Vice President at David Donn Consulting, Inc. (DDC), a boutique workers’ compensation managed care (medical bill review, UR, and case management) advisory and research firm exclusively serving the employer, insurance carrier, and JPA community.  He is responsible for leading the firm’s growth initiatives, providing support for both new and existing clients, establishing new business channels with brokerage firms, and promoting the DDC brand.

Prior to joining DDC, Mr. Rodgers was a Senior Vice President with Marsh Risk Insurance Services, Inc. for over nineteen years, where he was a strong proponent of utilizing and implementing the Risk Mapping tool to identify, quantify and rank risks to create cost effective insurance program structures.  With his experience of advising organizations both corporate and municipal, Mr. Rodgers is able to use risk management tools and apply them to managed care, thus identifying the impact on an organization’s Total Cost of Risk (TCOR).

For over four years, Mr. Rodgers was the Managing Director for Wells Fargo Insurance Service, Inc. for the San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Fresno offices leading the Health & Benefits and Property & Casualty brokerage businesses. He led the San Francisco office to the strongest new effort among all Wells Fargo brokerage offices in 2005, achieving new business revenues of over $5 million. During his tenure, he also established the High Net Worth and Trade Credit profit centers, which continue today.

Mr. Rodgers’ considerable insurance brokerage experience coupled with his operational and client development responsibilities held while working for Gates, McDonald & Company for fourteen years gives Mr. Rodgers a broad perspective on the impact of managed care as part of a global loss control portfolio. 

Mr. Rodgers earned his MBA from Saint Mary’s College of California, and holds a BA in Economics from Muskingum University in Ohio.  He has an Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation. 

Michael Hsiao
Senior Associate

Mr. Hsiao is a Senior Associate at David Donn Consulting, Inc. (DDC), a boutique workers’ compensation managed care (medical bill review, UR and case management) advisory and research firm exclusively serving the employer community. Highly regarded by clients for his acute attention to detail, Mr. Hsiao is responsible for managing the enforcement of DDC program specifications, optimizing financial and operational performance on DDC client programs, and managing the analysis and presentation of client program results.

Prior to DDC, Mr. Hsiao interned at Merrill Lynch, where he served as a research analyst and project coordinator for a Senior Vice President of asset management. As a research analyst, Mr. Hsiao was responsible for maintaining clientele databases and researching investment opportunities. Upon promotion to project coordinator, Mr. Hsiao took on additional responsibilities including conducting interviews for potential internship candidates and coordinating internship recruiting procedures and marketing projects.

Mr. Hsiao is a World Wildlife Fund Partner in Conservation and a contributing member of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, American Red Cross and SF Food Bank.

Mr. Hsiao holds a degree from the University of California, Berkeley, with a double major in Economics and Interdisciplinary Studies (focus in International Relations). While at Cal, Mr. Hsiao studied abroad at LSE in the Summer of 2005. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA.

Jonathan Lee
Research Associate

Mr. Lee is a Research Associate at David Donn Consulting, Inc. (DDC), a boutique workers’ compensation managed care (medical bill review, UR and case management) advisory and research firm exclusively serving the employer community.  Mr. Lee performs in-depth analyses, trending and ongoing audits of client program results.  He is also responsible for collecting and validating service provider reporting and initiating DDC’s internal reporting to clients.

Mr. Lee worked as a financial analyst at Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and Bernstein, one of the most preeminent law firms in the United States. As a financial analyst, Mr. Lee analyzed and provided assessments for clients’ losses, case damages, and other accounting and financial issues.  Prior to Lieff, Mr. Lee was a senior associate at Thomson Reuters, where he worked with investor relations professionals of publicly traded companies to help them understand capital flows, forces driving stock performance, market risks and opportunities across a company's shareholder base.

Mr. Lee holds a B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, with a major in Economics. He currently resides in Alameda, CA.