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NEW YORK (October 2, 2024) — RIMS Nominating and Governance Committee has announced the Society’s 2025 Global Board of Directors slate. Beginning on October 7, 2024, RIMS members will have the opportunity to vote to select the proposed 2025 RIMS Board of Directors. The voting window will remain open until November 15, 2024.

“RIMS Nominating and Governance Committee is tremendously proud to assemble a dynamic team of risk leaders for 2025 and is beyond confident that the group will continue to empower the world’s risk community as RIMS ambassadors,” said Committee Chair and RIMS 2019 President Gloria Brosius, RIMS-CRMP. “RIMS and the Committee continue to be impressed by the exceptional candidates who interview for the opportunity to join RIMS Board. We sincerely thank them for their undeniable commitment to RIMS and the profession.”

RIMS Executive Committee Leaders Up for Election:

President: Kristen Peed, RIMS-CRMP, ACI, AIC, ARM-E, CPCU, CRM, RPLU; Head of Corporate Risk, Sequoia.
Vice President: Manuel Padilla, RIMS-CRMP, ARM, AIC, SPPA, CIPRIA, ERIS, MLIS; Vice President, Risk Management & Insurance, MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated.
Treasurer: Christy Kaufman; Vice President, P&C Risk and Compliance, USAA;
Secretary: Penni Chambers; Vice President, Risk Management, Hillwood a Perot Company.

New Board Members Proposed:
Carnell Jones; Risk Manager, Trinitas Ventures LLC
Ondrea Matthews; Senior Director, Risk Management and Benefits, CoorsTek, LLC.

The following directors will continue to serve their three-year term as indicated:

Ann Barry, MA, ARM; Senior Director, Risk Management, Palo Alto Networks (Term Date: 2026).
John Kline, RIMS-CRMP, CPCU, ARM; Director, Risk & Insurance Management, Discover Financial Services (Term Date: 2025).
Will Lehman, MBA, ARM, CPCU; Global Director of Risk Management, Cook Group Incorporated (Term Date: 2026).
Tamieka Weeks, AIC, AIS, ARM-E; Director, Global Risk Management & Insurance, Southwire Company (Term Date: 2026).
Christie Weinstein; Director, Risk Management, Honeywell International Inc. (Term Date: 2025).
Robert Zhang; Regional Risk & Compliance Manager, Asia Pacific, IKEA Supply (Term Date: 2025).

Immediate Past President David Arick, ARM, Managing Director, Global Risk Management for Sedgwick, will continue his board service in the role of Ex-Officio. RIMS Chief Executive Officer Gary A. LaBranche, FASAE, CAE will serve as a non-voting member of RIMS Board of Directors.

2024 BOARD CHANGE
Kevin Bates, who served on RIMS Board of Directors as Treasurer, has accepted a new professional role as Chief Executive Officer for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Australia and New Zealand. Kevin will have a myriad of responsibilities in his new role, but corporate risk management will not be one of them. Without such responsibilities, Kevin becomes ineligible to serve on the RIMS Board.

As of October 1, 2024, RIMS Board Director Manny Padilla, Vice President, Risk Management & Insurance at MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated, has been appointed to serve out the remainder of Kevin’s term as Treasurer. Christy Kaufman, Vice President, P&C Risk and Compliance at USAA, who served on RIMS Board in 2023, will return to serve the remainder of Manny’s term as Board Secretary.

“Kevin Bates' dedication to advancing the risk management profession has been nothing short of outstanding and his colleagues on the RIMS Board are confident that this commitment will remain his priority as he enters the next chapter of his career,” said RIMS President David Arick. “In the same breath, RIMS welcomes the return of Christy Kaufman who brings a wealth of invaluable professional and RIMS experience to the leadership team.  Risk management’s momentum is at an all-time high, and it remains a privilege to help keep that momentum going with the incredibly passionate volunteer leaders on the Board.”

About Kevin Bates: Among many RIMS achievements, Kevin played an integral role in the formation of both RIMS Australasia Chapter and RIMS New Zealand and Pacific Islands Chapter. He held the position of president for RIMS Australasia Chapter and continues to advise its Board. He joined RIMS Global Board of Directors in 2021 and held the position of Board Secretary and Board Treasurer on its Executive Committee. Professionally, Kevin joined Lend Lease in 2004 and was appointed to Group Head of Risk and Insurance in 2014. Prior to Lend Lease, Kevin was a corporate finance lawyer with a top-tier international law firm in London. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), a Diploma of Legal Practice and a Masters in Law and Arbitration.

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 social media. To learn more, visit www.RIMS.org.

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