URMIA Matters
Education & Explainer
About
Risk management is complex, and your time is limited. This podcast series helps you keep up on emerging issues in higher education and best risk management practices. Join URMIA leaders, peers, and insurance experts twice a month as they explore timely topics, URMIA member resources, and the profession.
Episodes
- ERM 101 for Beginners
In this episode of URMIA Matters, guest host Caitlin Cai from the University of Tennessee is joined by Lavern Miles and Kathy Peeling from the University of Maryland, College Park, and Melanie Bennett from United Educators for a focused, p…
- URMIA DRM Award Winner David Parker
In this third and final episode of our mini‑series honoring the 2025 Distinguished Risk Manager Award recipients, guest host Miguel Delgado, Carnegie Mellon University, sits down with award‑winner David Parker, Pima Community College, to e…
- URMIA DRM Award Winner Julie Groves
In the second installment of our three‑part mini‑series celebrating the 2025 Distinguished Risk Manager Award recipients, URMIA Matters turns the microphone toward one of its own: longtime host and newly honored DRM, Julie Groves of Wake F…
- URMIA DRM Award Winner Fitzroy Smith
In this first installment of a three‑part mini‑series honoring the 2025 Distinguished Risk Manager (DRM) Award recipients, URMIA Matters highlights the remarkable career and life of Fitzroy Smith, Assistant Vice President, Chief Risk Offic…
- Challenges Facing Higher Education
In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves is joined by Frank Cella and Matt Miller of Marsh to explore the evolving risk landscape in higher education. The discussion dives into demographic shifts, cybersecurity threats, regulato…
- Sue Liden Retires from URMIA
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, interviews Sue Liden, URMIA’s soon to be retired (again!) Education Manger. Join us for a heartfelt conversation as we honor Sue on the eve of her retirement! Fr…
- Jenny Whittington Solo Risk Manager Scholarship Winners
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, sits down with scholarship winners Rowela Lascolette of Hood College and Michelle Powell of Florida Polytechnic University to explore the unique challenges and o…
- URMIA's 2025 Annual Business Meeting
In this special episode of URMIA Matters, all URMIA members are invited to listen in and hear the latest updates from the URMIA Executive Committee. Join us for a streamlined business meeting that will include a briefing on the Association…
- You Can't Afford NOT to Attend the URMIA Annual Conference
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, hosts an informative conversation with the chairs and co-chairs of the upcoming URMIA Annual Conference: Juan Azcarate, Susie Johnson, Mic…
- Student Healthcare Changes for 2025 and Beyond
Join guest host Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, as she interviews Liebe Meier Swain from Cornell University and Phillip Arrington from HUB International, who discuss how access to healthcare, especially mental health services,…
- Meet URMIA's Newest Staff Members
Join guest host Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, as she interviews four of URMIA’s newest staff members: Carrie Burnett, Project Specialist; Bowen Murphy, IT Manager; Ruth Rauluk, Resource Manager; and Adam Sieracki, Marketing S…
- URMIA's Honors Committee
Join guest host Jenny Whittington, former Executive Director of URMIA, on this episode of URMIA Matters as she welcomes two distinguished guests: Eno Oregbesan, Director of Risk Management at Rice University, and Kathy Hargis, Associate Vi…
- Water Damage Prevention
In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Heather Banules, Director of Insurance and Claims Administration, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Bret Bush, EVP, Fiel…
- Risk Management All Stars
In this special episode of URMIA Matters, guest host, Craig McAllister , Assistant Vice President, Risk Management, University of Miami, interviews guests Courtney Davis , Executive Vice President, Global Education Practice Leader at Hub I…
- Stop Campus Hazing Act
In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Stevan Veldkamp, Executive Director of the Piazza Center at Penn State, and Lori Hart, Director of Educational Initiatives…
- URMIA's YoPros
Tune into this episode of URMIA Matters to hear all about URMIA’s newest community, the YoPros! Host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews the YoPro community leaders, Michelle Powell, Risk Manager a…
- URMIA's 2024 Annual Business Meeting
In this special episode of URMIA Matters, listen in to URMIA's annual business meeting that was presented virtually on September 12, 2024. URMIA leadership gave updates about membership, finances, program participation, progress made on st…
- URMIAs 2025 Call for Sessions
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Susie Johnson, Risk Management Director at Iowa State University and 2025 Programming Committee Chair, Sue Liden, URMIA’s Educa…
- Youth Protection and HEPNet
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, URMIA’s immediate past-president and Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Lindsay Bond, Executive Director at HEPNet, about her important journey into the realm of…
- Culture Starts with Recruitment
Now more than ever, the culture, engagement, and performance of your organization matters. In this episode of URMIAmatters, host Julie Groves sits down with Sam Bussard , the director of talent strategy at Compass Business Solutions to tal…
- Risk Governance in Higher Education
Good governance is a mechanism for leadership to achieve its objectives and make quality decisions. The time to revisit risk management practices and effective governance structures is more important than ever in higher education. In this…
- URMIA Board of Directors Nominations
In this episode of URMIA Matters, URMIA Executive Director Michelle Smith sits down with Julie Groves , URMIA’s Immediate Past President, Chairperson of the URMIA Leadership Development Committee, and Director of Risk Services at Wake Fore…
- Volunteer Spotlight: Paul Fox
In this episode, URMIA Matters host Julie Groves, Wake Forest University sits down with longtime member and volunteer Paul Fox, Baylor University about his experience volunteering for URMIA, a peek behind the curtain about how the upcoming…
- Managing Risk Using Social Intelligence
How can risk managers in higher education get a better understanding of how real-time perceptions of their institution by students, faculty, staff, and the public at large can inform their work? In this episode, we’ll hear from Liz Gross,…
- URMIA's 2024 Annual Conference Overview
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Michelle Smith, Executive Director of URMIA has a conversation with Colorado Robertson, Director of Risk Management at Mississippi State University and Chair of URMIA's 2024 annual conference in New Orlean…
- URMIA's Peer Review Program
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University interviews Robin Oldfield, Associate Vice President of Audit, Risk, and Compliance and the Chief Risk Officer at the University of Dayton a…
- Social Inflation
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University interviews Kim Nimmo, Director of Risk Management at Lehigh University, Sarah Braughler, Vice President of Risk Management at United Educat…
- Disability Inclusiveness
In the podcast episode “Disability Inclusiveness” of Season 5 of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, hosts a discussion on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, both in the association and on campus. The guests are Jeff Chasen and Courtney…
- Get Involved with Volunteering
URMIA Matters Podcast Season 5, Episode 4: Guest Host: Sandy Mitchell with guests Amanda Franklin and Elliot Young In this episode of URMIA Matters, Sandy Mitchell, URMIA’s president-elect and Director of Insurance at MIT, interviews Amand…
- 2024 Presidential Update
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, URMIA's immediate past president and Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Craig McAllister, current URMIA president and Assistant Vice President, Risk Management at…
- URMIA Member Benefits
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Teresa Ransdell, URMIA’s Director of Membership and Marketing, speaks to Flo Hoskinson, Risk Manager at Oregon Health and Science University, Mellany Patrong, Director of Enterprise Risk Management at Texa…
- Meet the URMIA Board Members
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Craig McAllister, URMIA’s president and Assistant Vice President, Risk Management at University of Miami, talks to Mellany Patrong, Director- Enterprise Risk Management at Texas Southern University, and Na…
- Preparing for Change in Title IX
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves interviews Pat Mathis, Co-founder and Managing Member- Title IX Solutions, LLC, about the upcoming changes in the Title IX regulations. Pat explains what the new regulations mean for colleges…
- Presidential Podcast IV
In this episode of URMIA Matters, Jenny Whittington interviews immediate past president, Julie Groves in the final podcast of Julie’s presidential podcast series. Jenny and Julie share highlights from Julie’s year as president, including t…
- 2023 Annual Business Meeting
In this episode of URMIA Matters, URMIA shared updates on what’s new and next from our Annual Business Meeting. All URMIA members were invited to tune in and hear the latest update from the URMIA Executive Committee. This meeting includes…
- Meet the Keynote- Derrick Johnson
In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, and guest Rachel Pluviose, Senior Director of Risk Management and insurance at Johns Hopkins University, talk to Derrick Johnson, the…
- Presidential Podcast III - A Year in Review
Join guest host, Jenny Whittington, URMIA’s Executive Director, as she interviews URMIA’s president (and host of URMIA Matters), Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, for another Presidential Podcast! Julie and…
- Generative AI- What Should Risk Managers Consider?
Join host Julie Groves as she interviews guests Jack Bernard, Andrea Stagg, and Joe Storch. Together they explore the implications of Generative AI and ChatGPT for higher education and what risk managers need to concern themselves with. Th…
- Managing Anxiety
In this enlightening podcast episode, host Julie Groves and guests Lucy Dominguez and Elisabeth Barnes from Injury Management Organization, Inc. explore invaluable insights. Join us as they delve into the crucial topic of managing anxiety…
- Set Sail for URMIA 2023 Annual Conference
Get ready with us to set sail for the URMIA 2023 Annual Conference in Baltimore from September 9-13th! Join host Julie Groves as she interviews chairs of the conference committee Rachel Pluviose, Tristan Tafolla, and Keesha Trim about all…
- URMIA Election Now Open – Vote for the URMIA 2023-24 Board
Join guest host Jenny Whittington, URMIA’s executive director, as she interviews Courtney Davis Curtis, University of Chicago and URMIA’s immediate past president and Sam Florio, Santa Clara University and URMIA 2017 past-president, about…
- URMIA Resource Update - ERM
Join host Julie Groves, URMIA’s current president and host of URMIA Matters, as she interviews guests Saumya Khanduja, Assistant Director of Institutional Risk Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gary Langsdale, Retire…
- URMIA Leadership - Board Nominations and Applications
Rise to the top of the URMIA Leadership with a run for the Board of Directors or President-Elect. Hear these three past presidents share insight on the process, rewards of the role, the charge of all board members, the importance of divers…
- Let’s Talk Student Mental Health
Practitioners and a clinician join guest host Jenny Whittington, URMIA’s executive director, to review the state of student mental health and how risk managers can promote resources and services to the campus community, including those of…
- Honors and Awards- It’s Nomination Time!
Join guest host Jenny Whittington, URMIA’s Executive Director, as she interviews Juan Azcarate, Marje Lemmon, and Eno Oregbesan, members of URMIA’s Honors Committee, about their work on the committee. Juan, Marje, and Eno share the differe…
- DEIB and the New Professionals of Color Community
Join guest host Jenny Whittington , URMIA’s executive director, as she interviews Courtney Davis Curtis , URMIA’s immediate past president and AVP of risk management and resilience planning at the University of Chicago, and Zelena Williams…
- Northeastern Regional Preview
Join host Julie Groves, URMIA’s current president and host of URMIA Matters, as she interviews Sandy Mitchell, Susan Wrinn, and Jenny Whittington about their thoughts about the upcoming URMIA Northeastern Regional Conference in Boston. San…
- Financial Literacy for Risk Managers
Join host Julie Groves, URMIA’s current president and host of URMIA Matters, as she interviews Miguel Delgado, Chief Risk Officer at the University of Arizona and Lisa Rulney, Senior Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial…
- Presidential Podcast II
Join guest host, Jenny Whittington, as she interviews Julie Groves, URMIA’s current president and host of URMIA Matters. Julie shares information on what is New, Now, and Next at URMIA including resources, member benefits, and key collabor…
- Core Competency Update
URMIA’s Core Competency document lays out a framework of individual characteristics, including knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors, which identify proficiency and excellence at different career levels and within the overall profess…