William Zachry was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to State Fund’s Board of Directors in 2009.
Since 2008, Zachry has been the vice president of risk management for Safeway, Inc., where he also served as vice president of corporate workers compensation from 2001 to 2008.
Prior to that, he served as senior vice president and chief operations officer for StellerNet from 2000 to 2001. Zachry was vice president of claims for the Zenith Insurance Company from 1998 to 2000, and the Senior Vice President of Claims for C.E. Heath (HIH, Care America Compensation) from 1987 to 1998.
Zachry was also a member (and Chair) of the California Fraud Assessment Commission from 2000 to 2009. He is currently on the board of the Self Insured Security Fund.