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COVER STORY: LEADING RISK MANAGERS ALAN KUBITZ
Global risk and insurance manager eBay San Jose, CA
SUSAN O’SHAUGHNESSY HITESHEW Senior manager, global insurance and risk management Under Armour Baltimore, MD
Susan O’Shaughnessy Hiteshew heads up global insurance and risk management for Under Armour, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of athletic apparel. In that capacity, she leads the company’s global insurance and risk transfer/financing program for all non-benefit lines of risk. Prior to joining Under Armour, Hiteshew served as an associate account executive for Travelers Insurance’s specialty and liability group.
Alan Kubitz leads global activities relating to risk and insurance at the e-commerce site, having just taking over the position in November 2015. With extensive risk management experience in a variety of industries, including logistics, insurance, healthcare and chemicals, Kubitz now promotes best practices for evaluating and managing risks by creating an organized and strategic risk-centric culture for his department. Prior to joining eBay, Kubitz was manager of risk finance and captive operations at AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah; he also served as the Chicago chapter president of RIMS from 2008 to 2010.
CAROL BOWKER
Director of risk management Smashburger Denver, CO
STEVEN LEVINE
MICHAEL WARREN
Steven Levine brings more than 20 years of experience in the insurance and legal fields to his role as director of risk management for Red Robin. Before joining the restaurant company, Levine spent five years as director of risk management for the US Olympic Committee. He’s also served in senior risk management positions at Leprino Foods and Wild Oats Markets.
For the past eight years, Michael Warren has overseen the unique risk management needs of San Francisco International Airport, which, with $5.4 billion in direct economic impact in 2012 alone, is one of the biggest contributors to the Bay Area’s economy. Prior to this role, Warren spent 24 years as the head of risk management for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
ROBERT VRYHOF
BRAD WOOD
Director of risk management SkyWest Airlines St. George, UT
President of credit risk and global information management American Express New York, NY
Robert Vryhof heads up risk management for Republic Services, the second-largest service provider in the non-hazardous solid waste industry. Vryhof oversees the risk management needs of more than 30,000 employees serving more than 2,700 municipalities across the country. Prior to joining Republic Services, Vryhof spent 15 years as director of risk and insurance for Sunoco.
As director of risk management for SkyWest, Brad Wood directs the corporate risk and insurance programs for two regional airlines. He also supervises SkyWest’s business continuity and disaster recovery programs. Prior to his role at SkyWest, Wood served as an assistant vice president at Marsh Risk Consulting and manager of workers’ compensation for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A 40+-year veteran of American Express, Ashwini Gupta is now the top risk management executive at one of the world’s most recognizable financial service companies. Through the years, Gupta has held a wide variety of senior positions at American Express. Since 2007, he’s been the chief risk officer and president of risk and information for American Express; he was promoted to his current role in February.
Director of risk management Red Robin Denver, CO
Vice president of risk management Republic Services Phoenix, AZ
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Risk manager San Francisco International Airport San Francisco, CA
Carol Bowker has been the director of risk management for Smashburger since 2012. In that time, she’s designed and implemented the risk management and risk financing programs for the burger chain’s operations throughout the world. Prior to her service at Smashburger, Bowker headed up risk management at Boston Market, where she implemented programs that resulted in a 65% reduction in the company’s total cost of risk within just two years. She’s also served as risk manager for Richfield Hotel Management and personnel and insurance manager for Canterra Petroleum.
ASHWINI GUPTA
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