Executive Director Gary R. Thibault

Gary R. Thibault was appointed executive director of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission in June 2005.   He is responsible for the administration and operation of the Commission and serves at the pleasure of the seven Commissioners acting as the board of directors of the agency. 

As executive director, Mr. Thibault oversees the work of the Commission's five functional departments:  (1) Administration, (2) Claims & Mediation, (3) Information Services, (4) Insurance & Medical Services, and (5) Judicial.  Each department is under the supervision of a director and is organized into one or more operational divisions.

Prior to being named to his present position, he was director of the Commission’s Department of Insurance & Medical Services.  In that capacity he developed a new hospital payment system based on diagnosis-related groups, as well as a new physician payment system based on the (then) Health Care Financing Administration’s resource based relative value scale, providing a systematic and thorough method for setting prices and determining appropriate payment levels.  Before joining the Commission in 1988, he served as vice president, administration at Colite Industries, West Columbia, South Carolina, and before that as executive director of the Three Rivers Health Systems Agency, Inc.

Mr. Thibault is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he obtained Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Administration degrees. He is also an alumnus of the Institute of Comparative Political & Economic Systems, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Contact Information

Gary R. Thibault
Executive Director
South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission
P.O. Box 1715 
Columbia, SC 29202

gthibault@wcc.sc.gov 
 
 

Administrative Assistant
Telephone: 803-737-5744
Fax: 803-737-5764