Risk Owners: Who, How and What Do They Do?

Dorothy Gjerdrum, ARM-P, Senior Managing Director, ERM Practice, Arthur J. Gallagher
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September 28 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

The selection and training of risk owners is critical to managing risks across your organization. How do you get the right people on board? What training is most effective and how do you communicate expectations and establish accountability? These are the burning questions attendees will focus on during this webinar.

Attendee Takeaways:

1. Understand the important role that risk owners play
2. Learn how to identify, engage and train risk owners
3. Consider key issues, such as accountability and reporting
4. Learn from the mistakes and good examples of peers

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Presenter

Dorothy Gjerdrum, ARM-P, Senior Managing Director, ERM Practice, Arthur J. Gallagher

As the leader of two practice groups, both ERM and public sector & K-12, Dorothy is focused on supporting and improving risk management practices in the public and education sectors. She oversees the development of products and services, education and training and sales teams focused on public and private schools; tribal, state and municipal governments; special districts; and governmental pooling organizations. She provides ERM consulting services to those clients and has serviced as an expert on the international working group that developed the ISO 31000 risk management standards.

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