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Institutional Profiles of Risk Management - Part 12

By URMIA Staff posted 2 days ago

  
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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. This month's profile shares two very different institutions.

Institution name

Christopher Newport University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Location
Newport News, Virginia Cambridge, Massachusetts
Institution type
Public Private
School Enrollment*
4,426 11,703
How big is your risk management department
1 person - 80% of time - devoted to risk management responsibilities 3-4 people devoted to risk management responsibilities
Title of person top risk manager reports to

Environmental Health and Safety

VP - Finance
Department/division where risk management is housed

Environmental Health and Safety

Areas risk management is responsible for
Auxiliary Programs, Casualty Insurance, Claims, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Insurance Alternative Risk Financing, Casualty Insurance, Claims, Insurance, Strategic Planning
Any other information about risk management on your campus that you'd like to share?
I am the very first person in the role and considered the sole risk manager on my campus.

*Per IPEDS’ most recent data, 2022-23


1/27/2026
By URMIA Staff


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