NWCDC 2018

Abbie Hudgens
Administrator
Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation


Abbie Hudgens has been the Administrator of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation of the State of Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development since September 2011. The position became a gubernatorial appointment on July 1, 2013. Formerly she was a consultant in private practice, risk manager for Nashville and Davidson County, and risk/benefits manager for Knoxville, Tennessee. Active in professional organizations, she has been national president of PRIMA and received PRIMA’s Distinguished Service award in 2012. She also served as president of the Knoxville chapter of the Risk Insurance Management Society (RIMS) and Tennessee Valley Employee Benefit Council, chair of Healthcare 21 Business Coalition, member of the Public Entity Research Institute (PERI) board, and vice president of the East Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA). She was the public sector representative on the state’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council for six years. Currently, she is on the Board of Directors for IAIABC and president elect of SAWCA. Educated in Tennessee she has a B.A. from the University of Memphis and a M.P.A. from the University of Tennessee. She has also earned an Associate in Claims and Associate in Risk Management from the Insurance Institute of America.

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