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From Lifeguard to Chief Risk Officer: RIMS 2025 President Kristen Peed Shares Her Journey in Risk Management

RIMS’ new president shares her journey into risk management and what has made it a fulfilling career path.
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Penn State’s Jared Wise on Risk Management in Higher Education and Cyber’s Impact on the Industry

Penn State’s Jared Wise pivoted from a background in commercial lines underwriting to become CRO of one of the Middle Atlantic’s largest educational institutions.

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Kansas State University’s Elliott Young on His Journey into Higher Education Risk Management

Through the lens of enterprise risk management, Elliott Young finds opportunities to make post-secondary students safer.
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For Risk Manager LaToya Lee, Keeping People Safe Is a Source of Fulfillment

Safety professional LaToya Lee breaks ground as Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers’ first female African American vice president.
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Chevron Corporation’s Kevin Jones Shares His Perspective of the Risk Management Profession

A career in risk management has taken Kevin Jones further than he ever imagined. No wonder it’s a path he encourages younger professionals to follow.
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Nevada’s Adria White on Her Time in Public Sector Risk Management and How Community Makes Better Risk Managers of Everyone

For Adria White, community is a big aspect of a successful risk management career. It’s why she’s adamant about working strategically with her team and the public entity risk management community in Nevada.
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Risk Manager Rich Johanson on the need for tailored solutions for cyber risk and why it might be less risky to skydive to work.

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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.

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Scott Clark agreed to join Miami-Dade County Public Schools for two years to help build its risk management department. Then he forgot to leave.

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The insurance director of Novartis Corp. talks about the heroic mission of teachers, swimming with sharks, and the most interesting place she ever visited.

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Being a hero, said Ensign-Bickford Industries’ Rick Roberts, depends on the way a person behaves when they succeed or fail at a task.

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TriMet’s Debora Leopold Hutchins blends risk management into her personal life.

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Rite Aid’s Ryan McGuinness sees reasons to be optimistic about the U.S. economy.

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The Greenbrier Cos. Inc.’s Donna Tyner says a key part of risk management’s appeal is that it’s always brand new.

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Nancy Chambers is bolstered by the inspiration of her mother, now 90, who was born in a log cabin.

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Roger Andrews on playing dodgeball in the barn rafters.

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Jacques Arragon on earning management’s trust, focusing on education, and Roger Moore as the best James Bond.

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William Getreuer started in risk management dealing with claims from Three Mile Island.

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Skip Smith, of Hooters of America, can point to numerous mentors who aided him.

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Matt Jablonski, director of insurance for The Hearst Corp., talks about his mentor, changes in risk management, his favorite carrier, and more.

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Q&A with Carolyn Snow, director of risk management for Humana and the 2014 RIMS President.