Ray Pickup: continuing a secure legacy.

AuthorWhitesides, Hilary Ingoldsby
PositionSpotlight

When Ray Pickup received a promotion at work, family and friends had the same response: "Be careful out there." Pickup's work may not be deemed physically dangerous, but as the newly appointed president and chief executive officer of Utah's Workers Compensation Fund (WCF), he believes in being careful, as well as in the organization's catchy new slogan.

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With 13 years of experience behind him, most recently as WCF chief financial officer and chief operating officer, Pickup is ready for his new responsibilities. He replaced Lane Summerhays, a friend and colleague for 20 years, who stepped down from his position to serve as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pittsburgh. "In addition to being a great friend, [Summerhays] has been a real mentor to me," Pickup says.

The two have a long history, since Summerhays offered Pickup a job at Alta Health Strategies (now First Health Strategies) in 1990. Two years later, Summerhays joined WCF and asked Pickup to follow him 18 months later. When Summerhays received his mission call in December 2007, Pickup was appointed to take his place.

"1 feel it a great honor and privilege to be [WCF] president," Pickup says, and he plans to continue the WCF legacy Summerhays left behind by forging ahead with some areas he focused on, including customer service, the company's fiscal strength, low workers compensation insurance costs and community involvement. WCF is also involved in many charitable organizations, including the United Way.

Since Pickup joined WCF, the company has seen lower...

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