Verizon’s risk manager David Cammarata loves when his team can make a real impact on the bottom line.

After 20 years on the job, TransUnion’s Joon Sung knows that risk management success is based in part on the quality of relationships with brokers, carriers and other risk professionals.

“Every experience — good, bad or indifferent — led me here and has put me in a position to make a real difference in our organization both personally and professionally.”

Drawn to the industry since college, Elisa Atwell, the risk manager for a Fortune 500 company, is at the pinnacle of her career.

At McKesson, Jane Sandler blends her passions for risk management and health care to help the organization develop innovative, forward-thinking solutions.

Mary Anne Hilliard has served in several risk management and safety positions with Children’s National, and says keeping kids safe and healthy is a fulfilling reward.

Facebook’s global risk manager is motivated by the positive change she helps her company create in the world.

Amanda Lagatta, Target’s director of insurance and claims, was drawn to risk management in high school and praises the value of college graduate risk management programs.

Skanska USA Building’s VP of Insurance and Surety knows that sharing data helps combat risk of all kinds.

Foster Farms’ director, corporate treasurer knows that risk managers need to graduate from a “necessary evil” to a true business partner in their companies.

David Hornaday knows risk managers have to be more fluent and competent in the financial world. Just procuring insurance isn’t enough anymore.

GM’s Global Director of Risk and Insurance Alan Gier went from assembling cars to structuring insurance programs.

Avis Budget Group’s director of risk management, Barbara Vitale, lauds the industry for bringing more women into the fold.

Paul Piazza of Honeywell International Inc. takes pride in protecting his company from all exposures — and being the master of the thermostat at home.

Chris de Wolfe of Mars Inc. can take you to places where there are snakes as long as large swimming pools.

Ray Van Eperen and his Kimberly-Clark team trained more than 6,000 of their colleagues in risk mitigation.

The risk manager for Columbus, Ga., discusses law enforcement liability and venturing into a coal mine at 15.

Director of risk management Joseph Mazza says heightened visibility is good for risk managers, but cyber remains a top challenge.

Risk Manager Rich Johanson on the need for tailored solutions for cyber risk and why it might be less risky to skydive to work.

The international director of global risk management for Jones Lang LaSalle says risk managers need to do a better job at self-promotion in the workplace.