As Titanium sponsors, AIMS and AMC thank PARMA for providing us with a unique opportunity to support PARMA in their mission to provide a forum for California public risk employees to share ideas and solutions in the ever-shifting risk management challenges that exist in today’s environment. Through our sponsorship, we have been given the potential to elevate visibility, forge meaningful connections and networking, build trust, contribute to societal well-being, achieve returns that exceed far beyond financial metrics, and establish ourselves as industry thought leaders and authorities. Through

Tell me how you got into Risk Management? Prior to joining my public agency, I worked for several years with an insurance broker where I was introduced to the broad and complex world of insurance. That experience led me into risk management where I was hired as a Risk Tech for the County property program. After a few weeks, I was transitioned to the workers’ comp program as coverage was urgently needed at that time. I took advantage of every opportunity to expand my knowledge in workers’ compensation regulations and processes by attending trainings and obtaining pertinent certifications. After

Tell me about how you got into Risk Management? My journey into risk management was a natural progression. I started in a related field, where I was exposed to risk management concepts, and quickly found I had a strong interest in understanding and mitigating risks. As I advanced in my career, I pursued training, certifications, and sought mentorship from senior professionals. Eventually, I transitioned into a dedicated risk management role, where I could apply my growing knowledge and make meaningful contributions. What are the rewards you experience professionally by being a PARMA member

Tell me about how you became a Risk Manager? I had over 25 years experience working in claims for Insurance Carriers and TPA’s, eventually I became a Workers’ Compensation Claims Manager for Sedgwick with the San Diego and Imperial County Schools JPA as my dedicated client. I loved working with the self-insured school districts and in a quirk of fate when there was an opening at the San Diego and Imperial County Schools Risk Management JPA I applied for a position in the risk management department. I manage the workers’ compensation program, the pre-employment physical services for our new

Tell me about how you became a Risk Manager? I began working in a claims office at Kemper Insurance many years ago as a transcriber/typist for their claim adjusters. I promoted over the years from transcriber/typist all the way to Business Development and traveled the United States obtaining business for Kemper. Kemper eventually sold off their products and became a TPA (now known as Broadspire/Crawford). I left claims and began working for St Joseph Health System in Risk/Finance, one of the best organizations I have ever worked for! This company was owned by the Sisters of St Joseph and

Tell me about how you became a risk manager? I don’t think anyone says “I want to be a risk manager when I grow up”, I was no exception. I’d like to think that I’ve always been a risk manager, I just didn’t know it yet. I never initially set out to become a risk manager, everything happened organically as my career progressed. My bachelor's degree is in biochemistry, I thought I was going to be a doctor, but my body told me differently and I changed my career path. Initially I was working for a construction company, I dabbled in some wine chemistry, worked in finance, then in contracts

Tell me about how you became a risk manager. Mostly by accident, like many other risk managers! Prior to working with the County of Fresno, I spent nearly ten years in the Army working in signals intelligence. Throughout my Army career, I had many ancillary safety-related duties, serving as the Safety Officer at both the Company and Battalion levels for several years. In my final position with the Army, I oversaw the Security and Intelligence section, responsible for physical, information, personal, and operational security, dealing with various risk-related functions in the military

Tell me about how you became a risk manager? While in college, I began working part-time for the City of Santa Clarita. After receiving my degree, I promoted within the organization, eventually landing in the City Clerk’s Office performing support for City Council meetings and public records requests. At the time, Risk Management was located in the same part of the building and our teams worked together on various matters. As I learned more about their work, I developed a passion for the Risk Management field (finally my natural ability to identify worst-case scenarios would pay off!) and took

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Tell me about how you became a risk manager? After two years, I dropped out of college. I could not figure out what I wanted to be if/when I grew up. In fact, the university invited me to pick a major or stay home. I elected to stay home. A few years later, a friend of mine earned his Masters Degree in Environmental and Occupational Health with an Industrial Hygiene emphasis. He told me about some of his work experiences and I was fascinated. I had not known there was such a degree or job. So, I went and earned myself a degree in Health Science with an Environmental and Occupational emphasis