Academic/Professional/Personal Focus
Areas of Expertise
Risk Management, Employee Benefits and Insurance
Contributions: (published works or studies, conference presentations)
“Spoiled Brands: Protecting Your Company's Goodwill and Assets from Food Contamination Claims”, CPCU eJournal: 04/08;
“Not Every Risk Manager Needs To Become An ERM”, National Underwriter Magazine: 11/19/07;
“Food Contamination Claims Place Company Brands at Risk”, Business Insurance, 08/06/07;
“What Do You Charge? It Depends…”, National Underwriter Magazine: 03/29/04;
“Why Not RMs In Insurance Agencies”, National Underwriter Magazine: 12/01/03
Butler Assignment (classes or work duties)
Clinical Professor and Director, Davey Risk Management & Insurance Program
Personal Hobbies
Family and Friends
Education/Experience
Education/Degrees
Florida State University; Master of Science Degree in Management with a major in Risk Management & Insurance;
Indiana State University; B.S. Insurance & Risk Management
Certifications
Associate in Risk Management (ARM) professional designation from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
Association Memberships (professional/educational)
Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS);
Captive Insurance Companies Assoc. (CICA);
Gamma Iota Sigma, National Collegiate Insurance Society;
Beta Gamma Sigma, International Honor Society
Professional Experience
The J. M. Smucker Company, Risk Manager;
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc (Hill-Rom Company, Inc.), Senior Risk Finance Analyst and Manager, Health & Welfare Benefits;
Henriott Group, Senior Risk Management Consultant;
NCR Corporation, Risk Analyst