Since its founding, ProActive Partners has been highly successful in recruiting and nurturing top talent from the field. Our Executive Management team has a combined experience of over 115 years in the medical field.
We highly value our team and our focus remains on maintaining top management and leadership to guide the company.
Maxine Vigil Russell is the Founder, President and Director of Nursing for ProActive Partners. She started this business after more than 20 years in the health care field.
From 1986 to 1998, Maxine operated the largest independently owned First Aid and Safety Company in the DFW area. Her company focused on OSHA training and occupational safety. After her business was purchased by Cintas Corporation in 1998, she continued with the company as Regional Business Director and General Manager for four years. She was instrumental in locating and evaluating other first aid businesses for Cintas to purchase.
Maxine changed careers in 2001 becoming a Nurse Case Manager with Concentra and The Reny Company. She worked with a wide range of clients whose employers included both Nonsubscribers as well as subscribers to Worker’s Compensation. Her proactive medical management style proved valuable in helping employees successfully return to work.
Her nursing experience includes 10 years of hospital nursing as well as schools of vocational nursing and the UT Nursing School in Houston.
From 1975 to 1985 Maxine lived in Nigeria, Kuwait, Egypt, Libya and London.
She possesses a BSN from the University of New Mexico, a compact Texas Registered Nurse license, and a CCM certification.
Deborah Goza joined ProActive Partners in January 2008 as a nurse case manager.
Deborah brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience. She is a Registered Nurse with certifications in both case management and occupational health nursing. Her knowledge and practice have been focused on workers compensation and disability case management, occupational health, loss prevention, and occupational legal and regulatory compliance. Her diverse career background as an employer, a manager of vendors, and as a representative of an insurance carrier gives her a wealth of knowledge and experience which makes her an integral part of our team. She has demonstrated successful management of workers compensation cases and cost savings associated with worker injuries.
Deborah has consulted on legal and regulatory medical compliance issues to reduce the number of Workers Compensation, Disability, ADA and FMLA lawsuits in addition to federally mandated programs including OSHA and DOT. She has worked with large national accounts and small business to control workplace injuries and reduce losses. Her review and ability to identify loss sources and make recommendations to control or remove exposures result in a reduction in dollars spent on injuries and maintained a safe work place.
Deborah earned her RN Diploma from Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. She also has her BSN from the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM and her MS in Occupational Health and Safety from Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, AL.
Mary Alda joined ProActive Partners as Director of Client Services in 2007.
Mary has 15+ years of claims experience in the handling of workers’ compensation, Nonsubscriber, and auto/general liability insurance. Prior to her association with ProActive, she established the Texas operation for Pinnacle Risk Management, a Third Party Administrator, and served as their Claims Manager for 8 years. Her earlier claims experience included adjusting positions with Acordia and Crum & Forster.
Mary brings a vision of strong customer service to our firm, having had many years’ experience in working closely with the risk management teams for a variety of entities including a major US airline, a large interstate trucking company, a major Texas municipality, as well as numerous other employers.
Mary graduated from the University of North Texas with a B.S. in Accounting. She maintains her Texas All-Lines Adjusters License.
