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NEW YORK (January 2, 2024) — RIMS, the risk management society®, today announced that David Arick will lead the Society as president for the 2024 term, effective January 1. 

Mr. Arick is Assistant Treasurer, Global Risk Management at International Paper Company, one of the world’s leading producers of fiber-based packaging and pulp. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, his team is responsible for risk financing and captive management, insurance programs and claims management, and property loss prevention engineering.

Mr. Arick has worked in the insurance and risk management field for over 35 years, beginning his career in claim services at Nationwide Insurance in Columbus, Ohio. He then progressed through risk management positions at Banc One Corporation, Abbott Laboratories, Emerson Electric, and General Electric, prior to joining International Paper in June 2004.

“Risk management is at a crossroads,” said RIMS 2024 President David Arick. “While the profession’s momentum is at an all-time high, to keep it moving in the right direction it is up to the risk community to step out of their comfort zones, sharpen their skills, and set their collective goals even higher.

“To truly tap risk management’s limitless potential, individually, we must be bold and dive into uncharted professional waters. My priority as RIMS President is to ensure that the Society continues to deliver opportunities, resources, networking, events and so much more to empower the risk community to confidently dive into the unknown and advance risk management globally.”

Mr. Arick has been actively involved in RIMS throughout his career, initially as an officer and board member for the Central Ohio and St. Louis RIMS chapters. He then served in Society roles as a member of the RIMS International Committee, chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee, and as a member of the External Affairs Committee. He joined the RIMS Board of Directors in 2019, serving as the Society’s Secretary in 2021, its Treasurer in 2022, and Vice President in 2023.

Officers on RIMS 2024 Board of Directors:
President: David Arick, ARM; Assistant Treasurer, Global Risk Management, International Paper Company.
Vice President: Kristen Peed, RIMS-CRMP, AIC, ARM-E, CPCU, CRM, RPLU; Head of Corporate Risk, Sequoia.
Treasurer: Kevin Bates; Group Head of Risk & Insurance, Lendlease.
Secretary: Manuel Padilla, ARM, AIC, SPPA, CPRM; Vice President, Risk Management & Insurance, MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated.

New Board Members: 
Ann Barry, MA, ARM; Senior Director, Risk Management, Palo Alto Networks.
Will Lehman, MBA, ARM, CPCU; Global Director of Risk Management, Cook Group Incorporated.
Tamieka Weeks, AIC, AIS, ARM-E; Director, Global Risk Management & Insurance, Southwire Company.
Robert Zhang; Regional Risk & Compliance Manager, Asia Pacific, IKEA Supply.

Incumbent Board Members:
Penni Chambers; Vice President, Risk Management, Hillwood a Perot Company.
John Kline, CPCU, ARM; Director, Risk & Insurance Management, Discover Financial Services.
Christie Weinstein; Director, Risk Management, Honeywell International Inc.
Ex Officio: Jennifer Santiago, MBA, RIMS-CRMP, ARM; Director, Risk Management and Safety, Wakefern Food Corp.
Non-Voting Director: Gary A. LaBranche, FASAE, CAE; RIMS Chief Executive Officer.

For more information about RIMS leadership, visit www.RIMS.org.

About RIMS
RIMS, the risk management society®️, empowers risk professionals to make the world safer, more secure, and more sustainable. Through networking, professional development, certification, advocacy, and research, RIMS and its 80 chapters serves more than 200,000 risk practitioners and business leaders from over 75 countries. Founded in 1950, the Society publishes the award-winning Risk Management Magazine and produces RISKWORLD®️, the largest annual gathering of global risk professionals. RIMS embraces diversity, equity and inclusion and welcomes all risk professionals to connect and learn, explore the online Risk Knowledge library, tune into the RIMScast podcast series, and engage via  LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. To learn more, visit www.RIMS.org.
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