RIMS Houston Newsletter FEB 2020

UPCOMING EVENTS

A Message from our PresidentCongratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs on their win at the Super Bowl. Although, it would have been great to be cheering on the Houston Texans, it was good to see the AFC take it all. I hope you enjoyed our January presentation, Found in Translation: the Role of Language Services in the Global Risk Management process. We had a great turnout and some good feedback. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, we are focusing on outreach (we are now on Instagram: please follow us at Houston_rims), membership growth and community service. I encourage you to bring someone new to this months’ meeting where we will honor all of our past presidents and hear from Justin Gates of Riskonnect on Making Integrated Risk Management a Reality.

We have many upcoming events but want you to save the dates to the Texas joint RIMS Happy Hour in Denver on Tuesday, May 5th at 4 pm. More details to come. I also would like you to save the date for our Fall conference which will be held on Monday, October 19. Keep up with our social media outlets, Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

For more details, visit our website at www.houstonrims.org.

APRIL, 2020Evening Social TBD

FEBRUARY 19, 2020Briar Club 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM

MARCH 19, 2020 Joint CPCU MTGBriar Club 11:30AM to 1:30PM

The Houston Chapter of RIMS serves its members and the greater Houston community by focusing on the highest quality service, education and information to manage all forms of business risk and to promote the risk management profession.

Join BDO and Pillsbury at their monthly happy for friends and colleagues in Risk Management.This month's happy hour will take place on Feb 11th at 6:00pm. We will be meeting at the Holman Draft Hall, located on the corner of Holman and Travis just outside of downtown. Parking is free in their lot, and the drinks are on us!

Holman Draft Hall 820 Holman, Houston, TX 77002 Use this link to RSVP by Feb 10th.

Celebrating Past President's Day

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HOUSTON YOU ARE CONNECTED!!!…No more excuses not to know what is going on with your Chapter and the Risk, Insurance & Claims Community in Houston. You can now find us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Follow us today!

Please join your Houston RIMS Chapter for the February meeting featuring Justin Gates-Sales Excutive at Riskonnect. Justin is responsible for new business engagements across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri. He brings 6+ years of experience with Riskonnect across implementation services, best-practice development, and business development.

Justin is bringing his extensive knowledge of RIMS systems to the forefront and delivering thought-provoking topics on new technology and

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RIMS Houston Chapter is proud to feature a current Board Member and highlight the great work being done for the chapter.

This month the spotlight is on Meghan Hickey who is a Risk Analyst for Camden.

Meghan handles Social Medical for the chapter and will manage LinkIn, Facebook and Twitter. She uses analytics to find the best way to reach our current members and potential new members.

Feb 19th - Luncheon Meeting"Making Integrated Risk Management a Reality"

Outside of work she enjoys getting outside with her sweet golden retriever, Abby. She is interested in traveling and is particularly interested in sustainable tourism. Finding the best way to travel while considering the social, economic and environmental impact.

The Houston Chapter of RIMS is a proud supporter of Kids' Chance of Texas. For more information, follow this link: https://www.kidschanceoftexas.org.

Save the Date: RIMS National Conference

HOUSTON YOU ARE CONNECTED!!!…No more excuses not to know what is going on with your Chapter and the Risk, Insurance & Claims Community in Houston. You can now find us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Follow us today!

I’m honored to take the reins from Gloria Brosius to serve as your RIMS President for 2020. As we enter a new decade, we find ourselves on the precipice of massive global transformation.The coming decade will demand more of us than ever before. Excellence in our profession will increasingly be measured by our ability to anticipate and meet rapid-fire strategic challenges with critical and fluid skills like resilience, creativity, and boots-on-the-ground tactical thinking. More and more, we will be called upon to balance propositions of long-term growth with the need to recalibrate to the wild pendulum swings of a volatile and often unpredictable marketplace and world.In the face of all this, the risk management role continues to mature. We are relevant to the highest level of corporate critical thinking like quantifying and mapping initiatives to business critical mega-trends and designing creative, opportunity-oriented solutions too difficult to anticipate market changing events. Given the demands of a world in transition with massive disruptions on a previously unimagined scale, clearly risk management has become change management.It’s time for risk management professionals to become the architects and senior editors of their companies’ long-term value creation stories. Keeping pace will require continually honing skills and embracing the new tools of a transforming business landscape.Our past presidents have left a well-defined and auspicious legacy which I intend to honor and uphold. But together we must dare to move into this new decade armed with bold visions and big intentions. And we must ensure that we have the capacities this changing world is demanding of us now. In this process, let’s keep at the forefront how valuable we are to one another. For years, I’ve turned to my RIMS peers to sharpen skills, explore strategies, and advance professionally. RIMS has built a longstanding tradition of superlative professional development offerings and opportunities for the risk management community.Thanks to RIMS and our collective willingness to connect and collaborate for the good of our community, we stand on well-defined, solid ground as risk management professionals. But as the world around us shifts, we can’t stand still. In today’s climate, risk management is about creating and optimizing a whole spectrum of business value. Elevating risk as a strategic value-creating function elevates all of us and puts risk management in the c-suite where it belongs.We must have the confidence and courage to step forward into this decade willing to do what it takes to embrace and grow into our evolving potential. During my tenure, I’ll be challenging corporate leaders everywhere to reimagine and re-value the role of risk management to increase our stature and strategic leadership. As the c-suite and boardroom doors begin to open, our thinking, approaches, and skills will need to evolve. RIMS will continue to support you by exploring and delivering innovative business ideas and training designed to launch a new business era for our profession.I’m tremendously proud to join you on this journey as we set out together to make an indelible impact on the

businesses we work for, the world we live in, and the people we serve.

Sincerly,Laura Langone, RIMS National 2020 President

RIMS National President Laura Langone shares her vision for the future of the professional...January 30, 2020