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United States

Sacramento, California, United States

Developed a familiarization with all aspects of public entity risk sharing pools focusing on municipal and schools' excess loss exposures. Provide oversite of valued vendors and service providers including: property, liability, and workers’ compensation claims; financial accounting; actuary; investment management; and financial audit. Provide leadership and foresight to the annual development, communication, and implementation of the Pool’s organizational strategic initiatives.

Chino Hills, California, United States

Experienced, independent consultant working closely with both private and public entities such as Joint Powers Authorities for public agencies. Specific areas of expertise include building sound strategies to bring together loss control, training, and claims management efforts. Developed relationships with prospective clients to join the pool as members. Partnered with third party administrators and insurance industry brokers to create loss mitigating solutions in the niche market of public… Show more Experienced, independent consultant working closely with both private and public entities such as Joint Powers Authorities for public agencies. Specific areas of expertise include building sound strategies to bring together loss control, training, and claims management efforts. Developed relationships with prospective clients to join the pool as members. Partnered with third party administrators and insurance industry brokers to create loss mitigating solutions in the niche market of public education. Show less

Pomona, California, United States

Enterprise Risk Management – Developed, refined, and implemented an enterprise risk management system involving administrative and operational support departments and various colleges on the University campus. Insurance Procurement – Strategized with different departments to ensure the correct assets and liabilities were identified to procure the correct insurance coverages for the University’s operations. This included up to eleven insurance policies and for the first time an… Show more Enterprise Risk Management – Developed, refined, and implemented an enterprise risk management system involving administrative and operational support departments and various colleges on the University campus. Insurance Procurement – Strategized with different departments to ensure the correct assets and liabilities were identified to procure the correct insurance coverages for the University’s operations. This included up to eleven insurance policies and for the first time an identification that the University’s 400 motor vehicle fleet was not previously covered for physical damage.State Compliance – Served as first point of contact for California OSHA on all matters involving compliance and investigations for incidents and reported conditions. Developed the first campus procedural guide outlining the relationship, duties, and responsibilities of all departments at the University. Show less

San Bernardino, California, United States

Policy and Procedure Development – Conducted continuous review and development of current policies and procedures to test for applicability and compliance as well as their respective congruence with industry standards. Claims Management – Received and reviewed claims filed against the public agency. Developed internal risk management policies and procedures in compliance with the government codes of California. Routinely met with legal counsel, both internal and external, to employ the… Show more Policy and Procedure Development – Conducted continuous review and development of current policies and procedures to test for applicability and compliance as well as their respective congruence with industry standards. Claims Management – Received and reviewed claims filed against the public agency. Developed internal risk management policies and procedures in compliance with the government codes of California. Routinely met with legal counsel, both internal and external, to employ the best strategies to limit the liabilities of the agency and prevent future associated losses.Risk Consulting – While the mission and scope of the agency was large, the agency was small in size. This allowed for a flexible and consultative approach to managing risk through contract review, pre-award negotiations, and insurance requirement compliance as well as indemnity and claim responsibility discussions. Show less

San Bernardino, California, United States

While serving 32 members of the same k-12 and community college Joint Power Authority, served as a senior consultative manager/director of risk management through various employment relationships.Team and Program Building – Built a relationship between the loss control, training, and claims management representatives to increase effectiveness of identification of loss driving incidents and the total cost of claims. Business Management – Led efforts to evaluate the business… Show more While serving 32 members of the same k-12 and community college Joint Power Authority, served as a senior consultative manager/director of risk management through various employment relationships.Team and Program Building – Built a relationship between the loss control, training, and claims management representatives to increase effectiveness of identification of loss driving incidents and the total cost of claims. Business Management – Led efforts to evaluate the business relationships and the performances of the JPA’s vendors as well as strategic partners including third party administrators and at times recommended and oversaw the request for proposal (RFP) process to solicit for new service providers. Implemented efforts and practices to grow the JPA for a net member gain for the first time in over ten years.Claims Management – Refined certain district’s practices to reduce the number of open claims to the lowest total in twenty+ years through compassionate yet aggressively structured procedures that encourage an employee’s return to work. In addition, created firm strategies to reject claims against a public agency when appropriate, but also to accept claims of responsibility when appropriate to control claim related costs.Loss Control – Assisted in the development of the underlying structure of the JPA’s Risk Management Information System (RMIS) to better catalogue its members’ data, provide “at-a-glance” dashboards for the executive teams to review current loss conditions, and compare performance to key industry indicators and other benchmarks. As a result, recommended and structured sound and applicable training programs, development of safety programs to meet the needs and conditions of member needs, and regulatory compliance programs.Served the same JPA continuously as a Consultant with Trident Risk Solutions, Director of Risk Management with Rim of the World Unified School District, and Risk Manager II with California School Risk Management. Show less

Hemet, Ca

Emergency Operations Planning – Maintained and updated the school district’s emergency operations plan, ensuring it was a usable tool to assist the district’s 23 campuses in preparing and responding to emergencies of any size and type. Led the district wide replacement of emergency supplies due to expiration and degradation.Interagency Cooperation and MOU Development – Routinely met with counterparts at the local/city, county, and at time state level to ensure the school district had… Show more Emergency Operations Planning – Maintained and updated the school district’s emergency operations plan, ensuring it was a usable tool to assist the district’s 23 campuses in preparing and responding to emergencies of any size and type. Led the district wide replacement of emergency supplies due to expiration and degradation.Interagency Cooperation and MOU Development – Routinely met with counterparts at the local/city, county, and at time state level to ensure the school district had access to services and resources when incidents affected the 25,000 students or 3,700 staff members. Reviewed and renewed the memorandums of understanding between the district and the County office of emergency services as well as the Red Cross to serve as an evacuation shelter when called upon.Emergency Drill Management and Incident Response – Encouraged education and learn-by-doing through regular emergency drills at elementary and secondary school campuses, involving fire, lockdown, shelter-in-place, and earthquake drills. As emergencies were experienced, support the individual campus’ response efforts through direct response or remote supportive role via an emergency operations center. Show less

B.A., Intelligence Studies

Activities and Societies: Member in good standing with National Society of Collegiate Scholars Special topics include Terrorism Studies

Basic Police Academy Certificate, Administration Of Justice

Attended and graduated the P.O.S.T. Basic Police Academy.