2014 Conference Continuing Education Credits

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS AT PARMA’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

The following sessions were individually eligible for continuing education credit.  Please print the certificates for the sessions you attended.  Certificates for MCLE sessions are not available here as those certificates were given at the conclusion of the session.
 
NOTE:  Please only print certificates for the sessions you attended AND signed the record of attendance.  PARMA retains the record of attendance in case of audit.
  • B1 Zero, Dark Forty Eight - Click HERE to download certificate
  • B2 Active Shooter Preparedness- Click HERE to download certificate
  • B3 Crossing the Health and Safety Divide click here to download certificate - Click HERE to download certificate
  • B5 Slides, Slumps, Bumps and Claims - Click HERE to download certificate
  • D1 Strategies for Monitoring Your TPA and Claim Files - Click HERE to download certificate
  • D2 Focus Groups:   How to Use Them and How to Gauge Jury and Public Views of Your Incident/Case - Click HERE to download certificate
  • D3 Defending Peace Officer Presumption Cases - Click HERE to download certificate
  • D5 Sexual Harassment Training:   So You Thought You Were Covered! - Click HERE to download certificate
  • E4 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Part I (must attend both Part I and Part II) 
  • F4 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Part II (must attend both Part I and Part II) - Click HERE to download certificate

CPDM, CCMP and/or ARPM = Click HERE to download certificate

This conference, has been approved for 13 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. Please be sure to note the program ID number on your recertification application form. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.
 
Click HERE for the Form
 
Disclaimer:
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

Central Valley

To contact a PARMA Chapter Officer, please click here.

Become a sponsor!

Chair

Jenny Thompson
Risk Manager
County of Fresno
2200 Tulare St.
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 600-1850


Vice Chair

Karen Lara, CPDM, CLMS
Risk Management Analyst
County of Tulare
2900 W. Burrel Ave.
Visalia, CA 93291
(559) 205-1217


Secretary / Treasurer

Chris Woods
Human Resources Analyst
County of Fresno
2220 Tulare St.
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 600-1788


Board Director

Tanesha Welch
Special Education Instruction III
Central Unified School District
5652 W. Gettysburg
Fresno, CA 93722


Southern California

To contact a PARMA Chapter Officer, please click here.

Become a Sponsor!

Chair

DeAnna Soria
Risk Manager
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 860-6265


Vice Chair

Tyrone Spears
Division Chief
City of Los Angeles
700 E Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 473-3378


Secretary / Treasurer

Candice Fisher
Sr. Human Resources Analyst
City of Brea
1 Civic Center Circle
Brea, CA 92821
714-671-4446


Bay Area

To contact a PARMA Chapter Officer, please click here.

Chair

Shari Deutsch
Risk Manager
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
5019 Imhoff Place
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 352-6445


Vice Chair

Heather Davis, ARM
Risk Manager
City of San Rafael
1400 5th AVE
San Rafael, CA 94901
(628) 667-5154


Secretary / Treasurer

Sharon Vishwa   
Deputy Executive Director
San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group
1791 Broadway Street
Redwood City, CA 9406
(650) 474-8412


 

Sacramento

To contact a PARMA Chapter Officer, please click here.

To become a sponsor, please click here.

Chair

Toni Hoang, CRMP, Esq.
Reliability Risk Program Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
6301 S Street MD-1
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 732-6532


Vice Chair

Tani Corona
Member Services Supervisor
PRISM
75 Iron Point Circle, Ste 200
Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 850-7420


Secretary / Treasurer

Skylar Golding
Member Services Technician
PRISM
3207 Ridgecrest Dr
Lincoln, CA 95648
(916) 918-9296


About Us

PARMA Identity Statement

PARMA is a professional community of California public agency personnel with responsibility for risk management, and a network of risk management service providers.

PARMA Mission Statement

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.

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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!

RFP info

Third Party Administrator and Incident Management Services

San Bernardino County Transportation Authority

Natalie Lopez
Emailnlopez@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)


Property and Casualty Liability Brokerage Services (HR-23-308) with the City of Long Beach

City of Long Beach

Keisha Sanker
Emailrfppurchasing@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 


RFP for Workers' Compensation Third Party Administrator Services

City of El Monte

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.


Pierce Transit Request for Proposals E2152 Workers’ Compensation Third Party Administrator

Pierce Transit

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.


RFP for Actuarial Services Related to Workers Compensation Liability Pool

The Cities Group

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.


City of South San Francisco - Request for Proposals - Workers Compensation Third Party Administrator/TPA Services

Che Ly
Email: che.ly@ssf.net
Listing Date: 02/21/2024

The City of South San Francisco is seeking Request for Proposals (RFP) for prospective Third-Party Administrators (“TPA”) with information that will enable them to prepare and submit a proposal for third party administration services for the City of South San Francisco (“The City”) self-insured workers’ compensation program. The City is looking for a TPA partnership that will deliver objective and measurable results that will reduce the cost and duration of workers’ compensation claims, provide claims processing in a timely and professional manner, actively pursue subrogation, assist in returning injured employees back to work and maintain strong communications and customer service focus with the injured worker and the City. The TPA partner must also demonstrate solid reporting and effective technological capabilities in their claims management process.

RFP due date: March 20, 2024 by 5:00 PM PST

For more information, please visit this link for the RFP:

https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ssf/projects/80842

You will need to create an account to log in. Once you log in, you can download the RFP documents.


Insurance Reviewing Services (HR-23-267) with the City of Long Beach

William Reyes
Email: RFPPurchasing@longbeach.gov
Listing Date: 12/21/2023

The City of Long Beach (City), Department of Human Resources, is seeking proposals from qualified firms/individuals to provide comprehensive risk management consulting services. The Risk Management consultant is expected to provide as-needed professional services consisting of risk management consultation services that includes but is not limited to Insurance Consultation, Contract Review, Policy Review, and evaluation of best practices. The consultant should possess the capability to effectively provide service(s) in a remote working environment, with the flexibility to operate in person if needed.

I would like to take this opportunity to refer you to our Long Beach Buys webpage by going to 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: February 8, 2024 by 11:00 am PST

NOTE:  Optional Pre-Proposal Virtual Meeting on January 18, 2024 at 11:00am PST, more info on the RFP document.  Deadline for submitting questions is January 25, 2024 by 5:00pm PST, please submit questions to RFPPurchasing@longbeach.gov


MBASIA Financial Audit Services Request for Proposal (RFP)

Monterey Bay Area Self Insurance Authority (MBASIA)

Lorissa Huey
Email: Lorissa.Huey@alliant.com
Listing Date: 01/03/2024

Monterey Bay Area Self Insurance Authority (MBASIA) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Financial Audit Services.

Proposals are due February 16, 2024 by 5 P.M.

All correspondence, including questions and inquiries, are to be submitted to the Program Administrators at Alliant: Lorissa Huey, lorissa.huey@alliant.com and Conor Boughey, cboughey@alliant.com

PDF file: https://www.parma.com/sites/default/files/webform/rfps-submission/pdf/mbasia_-_financial_audit_services_rfp_-_final.pdf

More Information


General Liability Third Party Claims Administration

City of Huntington Beach

Glynis Litvak
Email: glynis.litvak@surfcity-hb.org
Listing Date: 12/11/2023

The City of Huntington Beach has posted an RFP for General Liability Third Party Claims Administration on PlanetBids

Please address all questions to Glynis Litvak at the contact information on the bid.

PDF file: https://www.parma.com/sites/default/files/webform/rfps-submission/pdf/general_liability_third_party_administrator_rfp-final.pdf

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RFP 2022-26 Bonding/Surety Requirements

State Lands Commission

Cathy Chan
Email: cathy.chan@slc.ca.gov
Listing Date: 04/12/2023

The California State Lands Commission, hereafter referred to as the Commission, invites you to review and respond to this Request for Proposal (RFP) - Secondary.

The purpose of this project is to secure a consultant to establish criteria for and develop a matrix with bonding ranges for various lease improvements to help staff calculate appropriate levels of bonding or security.

There will be one Pre-Bid Conference; participation in this meeting is optional but encouraged. The Pre-Bid Conference will be held virtually at the date, and time listed below.

Topic: RFP 2022-26 Bonding/Surety Requirements Pre-bid Conference
Time: April 25, 2023 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

You are encouraged to register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Contact: CSLC.Solicitations@slc.ca.gov

More Information


THIRD PARTY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION

City of Huntington Beach

Jennifer Anderson
Email: Jennifer.anderson@surfcity-hb.org
Listing Date: 03/15/2023

The City of Huntington Beach has posted an RFP for Third Party Administration, Workers' Compensation on Planet Bids:

https://pbsystem.planetbids.com/portal/15340/bo/bo-detail/103413

Please address all questions to Jennifer Anderson.

More Information


Request for Proposals - Risk Management and Safety Consulting Services

California JPIA

Veronic Ruiz, Agency Clerk
Email:  Click here
Listing Date: 05/18/2022

The California JPIA is requesting written proposals to provide risk management and occupational safety, health, and environmental consulting services. Services include, but are not limited to: working with Authority risk managers to conduct risk management evaluations; developing written safety programs; performing health and safety exposure assessments; assessing and providing solutions for unique loss exposures specific to municipalities; and conducting safety trainings for members of the California JPIA.

Proposals must be received by the California JPIA no later than 4:00 p.m. on June 30, 2022.  All correspondence, including questions and inquiries, are to be submitted to Veronica Ruiz, Agency Clerk.

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Careers

Careers in Public Entity Agency Risk Management

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.

Fields:Skills and Attributes:
  • Accounting
  • Benefits
  • Claims Administration
  • Ergonomics
  • Health and Safety
  • Human Resources
  • Insurance
  • Legal
  • Workers’ Compensation
  • Common sense
  • Computer proficient
  • Detail oriented
  • Negotiation techniques
  • Presentation Skills
  • Verbal and Written communication

Transferable Skills

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.

Compensation Range

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.