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Below please find an alphabetical listing of the 2009 Risk Innovator winners. To read the full profiles, please go to the 2009 Risk Innovator page and click on the 14 industry categories. Please also check out the listing for the special Responsibility Leader designees.

Name, Title, Firm, Location, Category

Joe Boures, CEO, Specialty Risk Services, Hartford, Conn., Insurance

Maureen Burm, Chief Operations Officer, Aon Brokerage Group, Chicago, Insurance

Lisa Byrnes, Vice President of Risk Management, Regal Entertainment Group, Knoxville, Tenn., Hospitality/Entertainment

Bob Chauncey, Church Security Consultant, Church Security Institute, Virginia Beach, Va., Nonprofit

Dr. Nathan Cope, Chief Medical Officer, Paradigm Management Services, Concord, Calif., Healthcare

William Diaz, President, Client Technologies, CS STARS LLC, Chicago, Technology

Stephen Finley, Director of Risk Management, Denver Public Schools, Denver, Education

Robert Furtado, CEO, LoJack Supply Chain Integrity, Forney, Texas, Transportation

Kenneth Gregg, Chairman & CEO, CITON Group Inc., Indianapolis, Insurance

Eric Guichard, Chairman and CEO, GRAVITAS Capital Advisors Inc., Washington, D.C., Financial

Matt Hansen, Director of Risk Management, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, Public Entity

Bill Hazelton, Senior Vice President, ACE USA/ACE Environmental Risk, New York, Construction/Real Estate

Richard Hildreth, Mayor, Pacific, Wash., Public Entity

James Iervolino, Vice President of Risk Management and Insurance, Wyndham Worldwide, Parsippany, N.J., Hospitality/Entertainment

David Jewell, Director of Risk Management, PetSmart Inc., Phoenix, Retail

Robert Johnson, Managing Counsel, McDonald's Corp., Oak Brook, Ill., Hospitality/Entertainment

Jane Keegan, Port Enterprise Risk Manager, Port of Oakland, Oakland, Calif., Transportation

Robert E. Keller, Vice President, Compensation, Benefits and Safety, Norwood Promotional Products, Indianapolis, Manufacturing

Walter D. Kerr, President & CEO, Hays Cos. of Illinois, Chicago, Education

Steve King, Corporate Director of Risk Management, The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, Retail

Peter Kvale, Director, Technical Services, The Redwoods Group, Morrisville, N.C., Nonprofit

Lambros Lambrou, Executive Vice President Aon Risk Services, Chicago, Insurance

Marny Maahs, Risk Analyst, Nike Inc., Beaverton, Ore., Retail

Ernie Machado, Risk Manager, Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif., Manufacturing

Mario Marcel, Manager, Institutional Capacity and Finance Sector, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., Financial

Megan M. Marshall, Risk & Insurance Manager, The Hershey Co., Hershey, Pa., Manufacturing

John A. Martin, Chairman, Pension Benefit Insurance Services Inc., Sparta, N.J., Financial

Mary Ellen Moriarty, Vice President, Property/Casualty, Educational & Instructional Insurance Administrators, Chicago, Education

Robert Murphy, Managing Director, Marsh, Philadelphia, Hospitality/Entertainment

John Musgrove, Director of Risk Management, Western & Southern Financial Group, Cincinnati, Ohio, Construction/Real Estate

Dustin Ng, Actuarial Analyst, Integro Insurance Brokers, New York Insurance

Douglas A. Page, SVP, Program Director, The Redwoods Group, Morrisville, N.C., Nonprofit

Doug Pangburn, Director of Risk Control, Macy's, Paramus, N.J., Retail

Kent E. Paul, CEO, Amerind Risk Management Corp., Santa Ana, N.M., Public Entity

William Persyn, Group Leader, Risk and Insurance Mgmt. and Public Safety, Arizona Public Service, Phoenix, Energy/Utilities

Gisele Posey, Senior Director of Workers' Compensation, Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, Ky., Healthcare

Michael Pugaczewski, President, M. Adams & Associates Inc., Middletown, N.J., Energy/Utilities

Claire Lee Reiss, Deputy Executive Director, General Counsel, Public Entity Risk Institute, Fairfax, Va., Nonprofit

Ashutosh Riswadkar, Line of Business Director, General Liability, Zurich Services Corp., Schaumburg, Ill., Pharmaceuticals/Biotech

Mark Robinson, Vice President, Trade Protection Service, UPS Capital, Atlanta, Financial

Arthur Seifert, President, U.S. Risk Underwriters/Lighthouse Underwriters, Dallas, Healthcare

Dan Steere, CEO, GreenRoad Inc., Redwood City, Calif., Transportation

Patrick Sterling, Director of Risk and Administration, Texas Roadhouse, Louisville, Ky., Hospitality/Entertainment

Nick Suminski, President, Paul Davis Restoration of Central Nebraska, Grand Island, Neb., Construction/Real Estate

Dr. Archibald Tewarson, Senior Research Specialist (Ret.), FM Global, Johnston, R.I.,Technology

Nick Troxel, Risk Analyst , Nike Inc., Beaverton, Ore., Retail

Judie Tsanopoulos, Director, Loss Control, St. Joseph Health System, Orange, Calif., Healthcare

Jay Vandergrift, CEO, Wellness Coaches USA, Bluebell, Pa., Healthcare

Richard G. Vassar, General Manager, Risk Management, Volkswagen Group of America Inc. Herndon, Va., Manufacturing

William Wainscott, Workers' Compensation Manager, International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., Manufacturing

Mark Ware, Vice President, Director, Technology and Life Sciences Practice, IMA Inc. Denver, Pharmaceuticals/Biotech

Herman Wilks, Workers' Compensation Department Director, Texas Association of School Boards, Austin, Texas Public Entity

Kenneth P. Wood Senior Director, Risk Management Knowledge Learning Corp., Portland, Ore., Retail

Mitchell P. Worbetz, Claims Manager CNA Insurance Cos., Cranbury, N.J., Insurance

To read the full profiles, please go to the 2009 Risk Innovator page and click on the 14 industry categories. Please also check out the listing for the special Responsibility Leader designees.

September 15, 2009

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