Smeal Events In Philadelphia To Address Risk Management
Smeal Events In Philadelphia To Address Risk Management
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (March 14, 2006)—Next month in Philadelphia the Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors will host two events featuring faculty, alumni, and friends of the college sharing their expertise in risk management. "Managing Risk Across the Corporation" will begin at 1 p.m. on April 6 at the Westin Philadelphia.
The day will start with an Executive Forum featuring three unique faculty presentations. Keith Crocker, William Elliott Chaired Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, will open the forum with a discussion about employer-sponsored insurance.
Raghu Garud, professor of management and organization and research director of Smeal's Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will then give a presentation about how innovation in the workplace can aid in risk management.
The Executive Forum will conclude with J. Edward Ketz, associate professor of accounting, discussing accounting processes and what organizations can do to control risk in financial reporting.
Following the forum, four prominent executives will participate in a panel discussion and share some of the insight they have gained while managing risk throughout their careers.
The panelists:
Joan Amble
Executive Vice President and Corporate Comptroller, American Express Co.
Smeal Class of 1975 (Accounting)
J. David Rogers
Chief Executive Officer, J.D. Capital Management LLC
Smeal Class of 1978 (Accounting) and 1980 (MBA)
Bradley Wood
Senior Vice President of Risk Management, Marriott International, Inc.
Lizabeth Zlatkus
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Hartford Life, Inc.
Smeal Class of 1981 (Accounting)
More details and registration information are available online at www.smeal.psu.edu/philadelphia.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
