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CHARLES
GILLENWATER
Risk Manager.
City of Mesquite
Since 2001, Charles Gillenwater has served as risk
manager for the City of Mesquite, a community of more
than 140,000 residents and 1,100 employees, combined with
business interests and other community stakeholders. Pub-lic
entity risk managers must work with every department
and division within their respective organization and often
with community stakeholders that include other local gov-ernments,
state officials, the federal government, residents,
and business interests. Gillenwater is a past-president of the
Dallas-Fort Worth Risk and Insurance Management Soci-ety,
DFWRIMS delegate, DFW RIMS education committee
member, director and co-chair of the Surplus Lines Stamp-ing
Office of Texas, and director emeritus of the Texas Pub-lic
Risk Management Association. Gillenwater is passionate
about supporting regional universities that provide risk
management degree plans and areas of study.
BEN
GOLDING
Vice President, Insurance,
Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Ben Golding, vice president of insurance for Hunt
Consolidated, Inc., is responsible for worldwide insurance
risk assessment and risk transfer for the privately held enti-ties
of the Hunt organization. Golding’s diverse experiences
include working in the company’s various areas of activity
in energy, real estate, investments, ranching and infrastruc-ture.
Golding provided risk management for the development,
construction and operation of Hunt’s two liquefied natural
gas plants in Yemen and Peru. He handles insurance con-tractual
negotiations for the company’s oil and gas upstream
and downstream activities as well as acquisitions and dives-titures.
He also negotiates allocations of risk and insurance
with partners, lenders, contractors, and service providers and
is responsible for loss adjustment and management. Recently,
he managed the development of the insurance programs for
Hunt’s electrical distribution and transmission assets.
These six top risk managers possess the knowledge, skills, and qualities
that are mission-critical to their organization’s current and future success
and are committed to bettering the risk management profession.
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JOHN
MAYFIELD
Director of Risk Management,
Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corporation
John Mayfield is the director of risk management
for Cognizant Technology Solutions, a global, Fortune
500 IT services and business processes outsourcing provid-er.
He has more than 22 years of experience in property and
casualty insurance and risk management. He oversees the
global procurement of insurance, North American health
and safety claims and advises on insurance-related issues
in contractual reviews as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Since Mayfield is the first risk manager for Cognizant, much
of his time is spent on educating stakeholders on insurance
matters and proving the value of risk management. Mayfield
has centralized the placement of insurance, worked on a
team to develop an enterprise-wide crisis management plan,
developed an OSHA-complaint safety plan, and is working
to expand the reach of traditional risk management into the
company’s enterprise risk management program.
DORINA
HERTNER
Director of Corporate Insurance
and Risk Management,
7-Eleven, Inc.
Dorina Hertner joined 7-Eleven, Inc. in 2013 to lead
the risk management department. She is responsible for
the North American operations of the world’s largest opera-tor,
franchisor, and licensor of small-format neighborhood
convenience food stores with more than 10,300 properties
in the Americas and more than 53,700 globally. During her
career, she has developed risk financing improvements and
shown the value of analytics, yielding impressive process
improvements and significant reductions in the total cost of
risk. Hertner actively mentors students from the UNT risk
management program and serves on the DFW RIMS board,
both of which allow her to influence the industry through
the value of innovation in risk management, relationship
building, and developing expertise in her craft. She was
presented with the Dallas-Fort Worth RIMS Distinguished
Deputy Award in 2013 for her dedicated service.
DON
MCLAUGHLIN
Vice President Risk Management,
Trinity Industries, Inc.
Don McLaughlin has led the risk management func-tion
at Trinity Industries since 2008, which followed
25 years of directing risk management, internal audit, and
corporate services functions for two international firms.
Trinity is a global industrial products company holding
leading market positions in five distinct business segments.
McLaughlin oversees a staff of five with responsibility for
the oversight of international insurance and claims admin-istration
programs, serving as president of Trinity’s Captive
and TPA subsidiaries and contributing to the ERM program.
Through the dedication, expertise, and support provided t
by Trinity’s risk management staff, business continuity, and
safety leaders, coupled with substantial contributions from
broker and insurer partners, Trinity has achieved major pre-mium
savings, enhanced coverages, consolidated programs,
and recovered from two major flood and hurricane losses.
HELEN
IRIZARRY
Risk Manager,
Topgolf
As risk manager for Topgolf, Helen Irizarry over-sees
safety, risk, and compliance for 22 locations world-wide.
She is responsible for many areas, including property/
casualty, workers’ compensation, professional liability, alco-hol
awareness, golf safety, litigation defense, safety training
and OSHA compliance. Irizarry’s achievements include im-plementing
a comprehensive Return to Work program, de-veloping
an OCIP for future construction builds, rolling out
safety training at all locations, and establishing best prac-tices
for a new and unique industry. Prior to Topgolf, she
served as the director of risk at Rave Cinemas. She began her
insurance career in New York City at Clarendon Insurance, a
subsidiary of Hannover Re, working in the claims and audit
departments and acting as the liaison between Clarendon
and its parent company in Germany. Originally from the UK,
Irizarry is a graduate of University College London.
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