NU Online News Service, June 8, 11:25 a.m. EDT
|ORLANDO, Fla.--The Public Risk ManagementAssociation (PRIMA) announced Michael Pennacchio, a public riskmanager in Nevada, as its 2010 Public Risk Manager of the Year.
|Mr. Pennacchio accepted the award during PRIMA's AnnualConference held here.
|Risk manager for the Incline Village General ImprovementDistrict in Incline Village, Nev., Mr. Pennacchio, was chosen asthis year's Public Risk Manager of the Year by a panel of his peersfor his innovative risk management programs, PRIMA said.
|Mr. Pennacchio thanked and recognized the district employees."Without employee buy-in, the programs would not have beensuccessful," he said at the awards luncheon.
|"Mike's commitment to his entity's fiscal well-being made him astandout in a very competitive field of candidates this year," LisaLopinsky, PRIMA's executive director, said in a statement. "He hasshown the kind of dedication to public sector safety andaccountability that personifies PRIMA's Public Risk Manager of theYear."
|Mr. Pennacchio has worked in the risk management field since1985, when he joined the Incline Village General ImprovementDistrict, PRIMA said.
|PRIMA established the Public Risk Manager of the Year award in1994 to honor a risk manager who has effectively coordinated andmanaged a risk management program for a public entity facingout-of-the-ordinary challenges.
|PRIMA also honored Nevada PRIMA with the 2010 ChapterRecognition Award.
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