Mr. Jeffrey Vernor: Risk Manager in Residence

The UL Lafayette Insurance/Risk Management program is honored to have been selected for the eleventh time to be a host university for the Risk Manager in Residence program sponsored by the Spencer Educational Foundation arm of the Risk Management & Insurance Society (RIMS), the primary professional trade association of national/multinational corporate and public risk executives in the world.

This years guest speaker:

Mr. Jeffrey Vernor

Director, Global Operational Risk

Russel Investments (Seattle, WA)

UL Lafayette 2012 "Risk Manager in Residence"

Russell Investments [www.russell.com], founded in 1936 and creator of the renowned Russell 2000® Index (among others), is a global company with over $135 Billion in assets under management.  They serve more than 2,300 institutional clients in 35 countries; employing more than 1,750 associates in 18 offices worldwide, and 530 independent distribution partners in 29 countries; helping those clients to design and build investment plans to enhance long-term financial security for their respective businesses and employees.  In 1999, Russell was acquired by Northwestern Mutual (the largest provider of individual life insurance in the U.S.), but retained their name, management, office locations, investment approach, and company culture -- and, in 2007, was honored as #30 on the Fortune Magazine "Best Companies to Work for in America" list.

Submitted by:
William L. Ferguson, PhD, CLU, CPCU, ARM

G. Frank Purvis, Jr./BORSF Endowed Chair of Insurance & Risk Management,
Associate Professor of Finance, Insurance & Risk Management, and
Coordinator, UL Lafayette Insurance & Risk Management Program