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DeAnna Soria
Risk Manager
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 860-6265
Tyrone Spears
Division Chief
City of Los Angeles
700 E Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 473-3378
Candice Fisher
Sr. Human Resources Analyst
City of Brea
1 Civic Center Circle
Brea, CA 92821
714-671-4446
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Shari Deutsch
Risk Manager
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
5019 Imhoff Place
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 352-6445
Heather Davis, ARM
Risk Manager
City of San Rafael
1400 5th AVE
San Rafael, CA 94901
(628) 667-5154
Sharon Vishwa
Deputy Executive Director
San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group
1791 Broadway Street
Redwood City, CA 9406
(650) 474-8412
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Toni Hoang, CRMP, Esq.
Reliability Risk Program Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
6301 S Street MD-1
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 732-6532
Tani Corona
Member Services Supervisor
PRISM
75 Iron Point Circle, Ste 200
Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 850-7420
Vacant
Promoting, developing, and facilitating education & leadership in risk management.
About
PARMA is a professional community of California public agency personnel with responsibility for risk management, and a network of risk management service providers.
PARMA is dedicated to the professional development of all California public agency personnel with responsibility for risk management, and to the promotion of risk management as a critical component for public agency fiscal health.
PARMA has been working to provide tools and resources for the Risk Management Community for 40 years. Over time, things have changed from a small band of risk managers to an organization with over 1000 member contacts. In that time, technology too has changed which has given us the ability to create an online hub that will put you in touch with people specifically in your field. It is called PARMACommunity and can be found here: http://parma.mymemberfuse.com or by clicking on the link at the top of www.PARMA.com. You will need your user name (email address) and password. If you do not know or cannot remember your password there is a link to reset your password directly below the login fields.
I know you are all saying “Well, I use LinkedIn and Facebook, why do I need to be part of another social media network?” The answer to that is very easy – PARMACommunity is JUST FOR YOU. It is a place to find a mentor, post questions about your job that only people who understand what your work entails can answer, find new vendors without being inundated by advertisements or people trying to sell you something you actually don’t need. It is for the community, by the community.
The Community is a place to find not only chapter information for PARMA, updates about the conference and resources to make your life easier but also a place to allow other PARMA members to post their meetings and white papers. Speakers can promote the sessions they will be presenting at both Chapter Meetings and the Annual Conference, AND it will be easier than before to actually reach out and make connections with other PARMA members. It also provides a forum for group discussions, news feeds and messaging.
There are also levels of access after logging in:
PARMA Members have full access to everything in the PARMACommunity. You can post meetings, make contacts, participate in group discussions, send/receive messages, take surveys and access/download/post resources. There will also be new features rolled out as the Community grows.
Non-Members will be able to view posted meetings, group discussions, resources, and surveys.
What to do First?
Click on the Community link, log in and create a profile for yourself. Then explore. Look up other members with the search box and invite them to link to you. Set your permissions so that you have set up when you want to get notifications. This is the NEW LOOK of PARMA!
Paul Chrisman
Email: paulchrisman@citiesgroup.net
Listing Date: 01/09/2026
The Cities Group is seeking a qualified CPA firm to review and conclude its financial records.
PDF File: RFP For Accounting Services for The Cities Group.pdf (565.22 KB)
RFP due date: February 13, 2026, by 5:00 pm
Thomas Joyce
Email: thomas.joyce@alliant.com
Listing Date: 12/19/2025
ACCEL (Authority for California Cities Excess Liability) is requesting proposals for financial auditor services.
PDF File: ACCEL - Financial Audit Services RFP - FINAL.pdf (535.93 KB)
Natalie Lopez
Email: nlopez@gosbcta.com
Listing Date: 09/03/2025
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) seeks a consultant to provide professional and technical staff to perform General Liability and Property Claims Administration services with the assignment of qualified personnel, including at least one principal claims examiner, to efficiently and effectively meet the scope of work listed in this section. See Request for Proposals (RFP) - Attachment A - Scope of Work for additional details
PDF File: RFP25-1003322 - Third Party Administrator and Incident Management Services - PB.pdf (862.3 KB)
Keisha Sanker
Email: rfppurchasing@longbeach.gov
Listing Date: 07/01/2025
Dear Prospective Bidder, The City of Long Beach is soliciting request for proposals for Property and Casualty Liability Brokerage Services (HR-23-308). We are contacting you because your company was recommended to us or have done business with us in the past.
Summary:
The City of Long Beach Department of Human Resources is seeking proposals from qualified insurance brokerage firms to provide seamless continuity for its Property and Casualty Liability insurance coverage.
I would like to take this opportunity to refer you to our Long Beach Buys webpage at https://www.longbeachbuys.com, so you may begin registering on our electronic bidder database if your company isn’t already registered. Once you’ve done so, you can download the RFP documents so that you can determine if what the City is asking is something that your company can provide.
It is also important to register since this is the site on which all addenda and other communications regarding the RFP will be posted. You will also be required to submit your RFP electronically on this site.
Registering your company’s commodity codes with Long Beach Buys will ensure that you will be notified of any potential bidding opportunities for those codes. The registration process is at no cost to you or your firm. Should you encounter any issues during the registration process, you may contact us at LBPurchasing@longbeach.gov.
RFP due date: August 12, 2025, by 11:00 am PST
NOTE: Deadline for submitting questions is July 15, 2025, by 11:00am PST, please submit questions to RFPPurchasing@longbeach.gov
Rigo Gutierrez
Email: rgutierrez@elmonteca.gov
Listing Date: 03/13/2025
The City of El Monte is going out to Request for Proposals (RFP) for third party administrator workers’ compensation claims management services. Attached please find the city’s RFP. Please note, the deadline to submit proposals is Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 5:00 pm. We look forward to receiving your proposal. Thank you.
PDF file: RFP El Monte Human Resources Issuance of RFP for TPA for WC Services edited 03.13.2025 (Final).pdf (814.55 KB)
PDF file: Addendum (El Monte Human Resources Issuance of RFP for TPA WC Services)Links included.pdf (287.46 KB)
RFP due date: April 10, 2025 by 5:00 PM PST.
Linda Shilley
Email: lshilley@piercetransit.org
Listing Date: 01/24/2025
Pierce Transit is a municipal corporation with administrative offices located at 3701 96th Street SW, Lakewood, Washington 98499-4431. Pierce Transit is requesting proposals from firms qualified and interested in providing Workers Compensation Third Party Administrator Services. Request for Proposals documents are available on-line through Builders Exchange of Washington, Inc. at http://www.bxwa.com. Click on: “Posted Projects”; “Goods and Services”, “Pierce Transit”, and “Projects Bidding”. Bidders are encouraged to “Register as a Bidder”, in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to be placed on the “Bidders List”. This service is provided free of charge to Prime Bidders, Subcontractors, & Vendors bidding this project. This online plan center provides bidders with fully usable online documents, including time saving on-line digitizer/take-off tools; automatic addenda notification; viewing and or printing plans, details, & specifications at your own desk top printer, plotter, or from multiple reprographic houses utilizing on-line print order form. Contact Builders Exchange of Washington at 425-258-1303 should you require further assistance. Proposals will be accepted until 4:00p.m. February 7, 2025, and shall be submitted electronically to Linda Shilley, Procurement Manager, email: lshilley@piercetransit.org.
RFP due date: February 7, 2025 by 4:00 PM PST.
Kai Ruess
Email: kruess@adcl.com
Listing Date: 01/23/2025
The Cities Group is a 6-member agency that requires actuarial services to value the accrued liabilities of each of its members to assist the membership in assessing the financial implications of each member agency withdrawing from the Cities Group and/or dissolving the Cities Group. As optional, add-on work, the Cities Group also invites proposals to provide accounting services to assist in calculate the equity-to-liability ratios of each member agency.
PDF file: RFP for Actuarial Services - the Cities Group JPA.pdf (257.2 KB)
RFP due date: February 14, 2025 by 5:00 PM PST.
Public agency risk management is a rewarding and challenging career. Schools, cities, counties, special districts and state agencies all need high quality candidates for all levels of employment from entry level to experienced professionals.
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People with experience from related industries in the private sector, often find themselves transitioning to positions in public agency risk management. In California, there are 687 members of PARMA, consisting of public entity/agency employees and associate members from a variety of fields associated with risk management.
The public agency risk management Job Titles and Compensation Ranges describe the experience required, scope of responsibilities, and compensation you can earn at different points in your public agency risk management career.
Join Parma Today! ● Advance in the field of public agency risk management!
There are two types of members in PARMA. The first are Regular members, and the second are Associate members. No member shall hold more than one membership in the organization.
Any public agency as specified in the California Government Code or similar laws in other states shall be qualified to become a Regular member of PARMA. Regular members may vote and be elected to the Board of Directors. No member may transfer a membership or any rights arising from membership. The Board of Directors may grant individual lifetime memberships.
Dues for Public Entity Memberships are currently $300 per fiscal year and for Associate members $450 per fiscal year (the PARMA fiscal year is July 1 - June 30). The individual employees of a member firm receive the benefits of the entities membership.
Applicants shall be admitted to membership upon making application and upon payment of the membership dues. The membership is nonassessable.
The Associate members are comprised of all public and private entities, which do not qualify as a public agency under the California Government Code or similar laws in other states. These members are usually providers of services to Regular members, such as law firms, insurance brokers and agents, third party administrators, and other similar services connected with the provision of risk management to public agencies.
The Associate members have the same rights and privileges as Regular members, with the exceptions of the right to vote or to hold office.
PARMA Associate Membership Value Proposition
PARMA Associate Membership delivers meaningful value through cost savings, professional visibility, and access to high-quality education. Members receive reduced registration rates for our Annual Conference, creating immediate cost savings while gaining access to premier risk management education and networking opportunities. Members are encouraged to share their expertise by submitting session ideas for consideration by the Conference Planning Committee for future conferences, which provides a platform to contribute thought leadership and shape educational content to the risk management community.
Members can engage at the chapter level through sponsorship opportunities and attend select chapter events, further expanding their professional network and learning opportunities.
PARMA may also consider vendor-supported webinars or podcasts, subject to review and approval by PARMA leadership, that are designed strictly as educational enhancements aligned with PARMA’s strategic learning objectives.
Together, these benefits position PARMA associate membership as a strategic investment in professional growth, education, and community engagement.
To contact a PARMA Board Officer or Director, please click here.
Paul Zeglovitch, ARMPaul Zeglovitch has spent over 25 years in the liability claims and litigation management area. After working for two major insurance carriers and then Carl Warren & Co.’s public entity effort, he was hired as the Liability Program Manager for the California JPIA, a risk pool with well over 100 public entity members. At the CJPIA Paul is also involved in the Authority’s extensive risk management efforts. Paul was the Chapter Chair of the Southern California Chapter of PARMA for three years and was elected to the PARMA board in February 2017. Paul holds a Bachelor in Science Degree from Buffalo State College and the Associates in Risk Management designation.
Tanesha Welch
Special Education Instruction III
Central Unified School District
5652 W. Gettysburg
Fresno, CA 93722
Tanesha has served in the public sector for 19 years as a Human Resource (HR) professional and transitioned into HR/Risk Management over the last 11 years. Tanesha is responsible for all personnel administration, training/development, liability/property insurance, safety, workers’ compensation, and risk management of the Madera Irrigation District. She earned her Master’s degree in Business Administration emphasizing HR Management at the University of Arizona GC, and her Bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fresno. She has served on the ACWA JPIA Risk Management board for 5 years now working to improve Safety and Loss Control Programs throughout the Association. Tanesha has been very active within the Central Valley Chapter of PARMA over the last 11 years holding positions including: Steering Committee, Secretary/Treasurer and most recent Chapter Chair for 5 years prior to her election to the PARMA board in 2021.
Jeff J. RushJeff has worked in risk management for 28 years and has spent over 25 years serving public agencies. He is currently the Workers’ Compensation Program Manager for the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, a JPA which provides risk management services to over 100 public agencies throughout California. Jeff has previously worked as a workers’ compensation claims examiner, supervisor, manager, excess specialist and independent auditor. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from California State University Sacramento and he holds multiple industry designations including Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, Associate in Claims, Associate in Risk Management for Public Entities, Associate in Risk Pool Management, and Certified Professional Disability Manager.
Jeff was elected to the PARMA Board of Directors in 2012.
Charles Johnson
Management Analyst
City of Clovis
1033 Fifth Street
Clovis , CA 93612
(559) 324-2731
Charles W. Johnson is a Management Analyst with the City of Clovis. He currently oversees risk management, workers’ compensation, liability/property, training and development, and insurance for city departments. Charles started his career in public agency risk management in 2012 and has worked for other local municipalities. He obtained his Master’s degree in Public Administration from California State University, Fresno. Charles was the Chapter Chair for the Central Valley Chapter prior to his election on the PARMA Board in 2023.
Theresa Bucci
Tony Giles
Alex Mellor
Carrie Willson
Staff Risk Manager
State of California/Office Of Risk and Insurance Management
707 3rd Street MS 403
West Sacramento, CA 95605
Carrie Willson is a Staff Risk Manager for the State of California, Department of General Services. In this capacity, she leads a team that provides specialized insurance procurement, risk management, and insurance consulting services for the various state departments. She started her public entity risk management career in 2007. Prior to working for the state, she spent 17 years as a Commercial Lines underwriter for a Managing General Agency. Carrie has served the Sacramento Chapter of PARMA for several years. Most recently, she served as the Chapter Chair for 5 years before her election to the PARMA board in 2024.
