RIMS PRESS RELEASES


Joseph Restoule Takes Reins as President of World's Largest Risk Management Professional Organization  12/17/2008 

RIMS announces board of directors for 2009 term 

NEW YORK (December 17, 2008) — The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) announced today that Joseph A. Restoule, CIP, CRM, will take the helm as president for the 2009 term, effective January 1. Restoule is leader of risk management at NOVA Chemicals Corporation.

Restoule has served on RIMS board of directors since 2001 in various capacities, including vice president and secretary. He is also president of the Canadian-based William H. McGannon Foundation, a member of the founding board of Governors of the Institute of Risk Management and often lectures at the University of Calgary. In 2004, Restoule was the recipient of the Donald M. Stuart Award, RIMS highest honor for risk management in Canada.

Joining Restoule as officers on RIMS 2009 board of directors:

Terry Fleming, director of the division of risk management at Montgomery County, Maryland, will serve as vice president;

John R. Phelps, ARM, CPCU, CBCP, director of business risk solutions at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., will serve as treasurer; and

Scott B. Clark, AAI, risk and benefits officer at Miami-Dade County Public Schools, will serve as secretary.

The newly-elected members of the board are:

Robert Cartwright Jr., CRM
Loss Prevention Manager, Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC

Frederick J. Savage, FCII, ARM
Director, Risk Management (San Ramon), Chevron Corporation

The following members of RIMS board were re-elected for the 2009 term:

Janet E. Barnes, ARM
Risk Manager, Snohomish County PUD No.1

John Hughes, ARM
Director, Risk Management, Alex Lee, Inc.

Daniel H. Kugler, ARM, CEBS, CPCU, AIC, ACI
Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Risk Management, Snap-On Inc.

Deborah M. Luthi, ARM, CCSA
Director, Enterprise Risk Management Services, Matheson Trucking, Inc.

W. Michael McDonald, ARM
Vice President, Risk Management, Quality Distribution, Inc.

Richard J. Roberts, Jr., ALCM, ARM, CPCU, RF
Corporate Risk Manager, Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.

Wayne Salen, ARM, CHCM, CPSM
Director of Risk Management, Labor Finders International, Inc.

Nowell Seaman, CIP, CRM
Manager, Risk Management and Insurance Services, University of Saskatchewan

Carolyn M. Snow, CPCU
Director, Insurance Risk Management, Humana Inc.

Janice Ochenkowski, ARM (Ex Officio)
Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated

For more information about the Risk and Insurance Management Society, visit www.RIMS.org.


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About the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.
As the preeminent organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management, RIMS (The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.) is a global not-for-profit organization representing more than 3,500 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable and government entities throughout the world. Founded in 1950, RIMS brings networking, professional development and education opportunities to its membership of more than 10,000 risk management professionals who operate in more than 120 countries. For more information on RIMS, visit www.RIMS.org.

 

For more information, contact:

Josh Salter, RIMS communications manager, (212) 655-6059 or jsalter@RIMS.org


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