"I am beyond excited to serve as RIMS 2020 President andto help ensure this global risk management community offers thetools, resources and support that allows us all to dream bigger,aim higher and be different," Langone, head of insurance operationsat Airbnb Inc. and RIMS 2020 president, said in a statement.(Photo: Courtesy of RIMS)

RIMS, therisk management society, announced that Laura Langone will lead theSociety as president for the 2020 term.

Langone has been a member of RIMS for 22 years and joined itsboard of directors in 2016. She has held many board positions withthe RIMS Silicon Valley Chapter, including serving as president forfour years. She also volunteered on several RIMS committees andchaired the Society's Enterprise Risk Management Committee in2015.

Langone is head of insurance operations at AirbnbInc. Prior to Airbnb, she was the head of insurance andrisk management at PayPal Inc. and Juniper Networks. Throughout hermore than 20-year career in risk management, other prominentpositions have included director of risk management and assistanttreasurer at Genentech Inc. and West Coast life science leader atMarsh, among others.

RIMS in 2020

Officers on RIMS 2020 board of directors

• President: Laura Langone, head of insurance operations atAirbnb Inc.
• Vice president: Ellen R. Dunkin, senior vice president, generalcounsel & chief risk officer at Amalgamated Life InsuranceCompany
• Secretary: Jennifer Santiago, assistant vice president &university risk officer at Pennsylvania StateUniversity

New board members

• Twane Duckworth, chief of risk management, City ofJacksonville
• Tina Gardiner, manager, risk management services, The RegionalMunicipality of York (Ontario)

Incumbent board members

• David E. Arick, assistant treasurer, global risk managementat International Paper Company
• Barry Dillard, director, risk strategies, insurance andcompliance at Walt Disney World Resorts
• Gary A. Nesbit, senior director of risk management at YoungLife
• Soubhagya Parija, senior vice president and chief risk officerat New York Power Authority
• Kristen Peed, director of corporate risk management at CBIZInc.
• Robert Zhang, business risk & compliancemanager at INGKA China
• Ex officio: Gloria Brosius, director, risk management andinsurance at Pinnacle Agriculture Distributions Inc.

"Today's risk professional can't afford to becomplacent. While the world around us evolves, especiallywith the introduction of new technologies, we must be ready toembrace different perspectives, different strategies and dareourselves to be different," Langone said in astatement. "Stepping outside of our comfort zone can beintimidating, but those who are ready for the challenge will findgreater opportunities to strengthen their risk programs and elevatetheir careers. I am beyond excited to serve as RIMS 2020 Presidentand to help ensure this global risk management community offers thetools, resources and support that allows us all to dream bigger,aim higher and be different."

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