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Institutional Profiles of Risk Management - Part 10

By URMIA Staff posted 2 days ago

  
Institutional Profiles of Risk Management URMIA


Discover what the risk management function/structure looks like at other URMIA member institutions

If You’ve Seen Two Institutions’ Risk Management Structure…

Modifying our favorite phrase from Gary Langsdale, an URMIA past president and former assistant vice president & university risk officer at Penn State University, we would complete the header to say “you’ve seen two institutions’ risk management structure.”

We’re sharing the risk management profile of URMIA institutional members to help you see how others are structured and find some fellow URMIAns that you might want to connect with because you have a question about how they operate.

Institution name

Smith College

Wake Forest University
Location
Northampton, Massachusetts Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Institution type
Private Private
School Enrollment*
3,166 8,951
How big is your risk management department
Less than 1 person (60% of their time) devoted to risk management responsibilities 1 person devoted to risk management responsibilities with 100% of their time
Title of person top risk manager reports to
Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration SVP Finance and Administration
Department/division where risk management is housed
Finance and Administration Finance
Areas risk management is responsible for
Crisis/Emergency Management, Emerging Risks, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Insurance Casualty Insurance, Claims, Emerging Risks, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Insurance, Loss Control
Any other information about risk management on your campus that you'd like to share?
ERM has continued to expand its scope with additional areas. Compliance is an area of focus that may eventually shift to ERM. Additionally, institutionally focused policies for things like business continuity, records management, and institutional policy management are areas where ERM is being asked to develop more comprehensive policies, structures, and processes.

*Per IPEDS’ most recent data, 2022-23


11/17/2025
By URMIA Staff


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