Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program 

The RIMS Student Involvement Program was initiated as a pilot program at the 1978 Annual Conference in New Orleans. Due to the overwhelming success of this project, a standing committee was created, and the program has become a permanent part of the RIMS Annual Conference. In 1997, the name was changed to the Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program to honor the late Anita Benedetti, former Deputy Executive Director of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) and President of the Spencer Educational Foundation, Inc.

Students Attending RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego

Since 1978, RIMS has sponsored funding for students to attend its annual conference. In 2008, RIMS sponsored 30 students to attend the RIMS 2008 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego.

2008 Anita Bennedetti Student Involvement Program Participants

Ryan Coburn, Olivet College, Olivet, MI Kate Coleman, Ball State University, Muncie, IN Jonathan Crisol, St. John's University, New York, NY Laura Cull, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT John Day, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA Clay Dickerson, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR Christine Dowling, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB James Duncan, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Wes Edison, University of North Texas., Denton, TX Amy Ginn, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Angela Hart, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Joshua Hart, Olivet College, Olivet, MI Alan Hughes, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO Bradley Lemish, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN Sarah Malecki, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA Nicholas Matus, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Sommer Miller, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Erin Morris, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Valerie Munoz, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Sasha Ogas, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Peter Pang, St. John's University, New York, NY Melissa Pelletier, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT David Pooser, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Sarah Proper, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX Trudy Quance, Fanshawe College, London, ON Evan Riney, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Jenna Robertson, Ball State University, Muncie, IN Vanessa Rolf, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, IA Gerald Smith, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN Ryan Smith, University of NC-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Logan Stout, University of NC-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Eric Tonn, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA Chase Warrington, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Duane Woolery, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

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