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Institutional Profiles of Risk Management - Part 14

By URMIA Staff posted 9 hours 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.

Institution name

University of Oregon

Ball State University
Location
Eugene, Oregon Muncie, Indiana
Institution type
Public Public
How big is your risk management department
5+ people devoted to risk management responsibilities 2 people devoted to risk management responsibilities
Title of person top risk manager reports to
Vice President & Chief Resilience Officer Senior Associate Vice President for Business Affairs
Department/division where risk management is housed
Business Affairs
Areas risk management is responsible for
Alternative Risk Financing, Claims, Compliance, Contracts, Emerging Risks, Finance & Business Administration, Fine Arts & Special Collections, Insurance, International/Travel Abroad, Loss Control, Minors Casualty Insurance, Claims, Emerging Risks, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Insurance, Loss Control, Minors
Any other information about risk management on your campus that you'd like to share?
Risk Management & Insurance is responsible for insurance programs, claims, contractual risk transfer, and loss financing. Additional focus areas include event and activity risk review, youth programs, volunteers, alcohol service, and UAS/drone operations. ERM, emergency management, and EHS are managed through other units within Safety and Risk Services. Risk Management & Insurance also serves as a member of the university’s incident management team under the ICS structure, supporting the Finance and Logistics section.

Risk management is also responsible for Drone Approvals.

We contribute significantly to many of the areas noted; however, because we are not responsible for them, we didn't include them above.

5/23/2026
By URMIA Staff


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