Risk Manager of the Year® independent panel of judges

Business Insurance created the Risk Manager of the Year^® award in 1977 to increase recognition of the risk management profession and to recognize outstanding performance in the practice of risk management.

The first award was presented in 1978, and the Risk Management Honor Roll^® was introduced in 1981.

Honorees are selected by an independent panel of judges that includes winners from the previous year and insurance industry executives. Judges for the 2012 awards were:

FRANÇOISE CARLI, vp, insurance for Sanofi-Aventis Worldwide in Paris and a member of the 2011 Risk Management Honor Roll^®.

SCOTT B. CLARK, risk and benefits manager for Miami-Dade County Public Schools and immediate past president of the New York-based Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc.

DANIEL DESJARDINS, senior director, global risk management and insurance at Bombardier Inc. in Montreal and a member of the 2011 Risk Management Honor Roll^®.

LISA L. HAVENS, director of risk management and associate general counsel for Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, Texas, and the 2011 Risk Manager of the Year^®.

JAMES HAYS, president and CEO of Minneapolis-based brokerage Hays Cos.

MICHAEL LUSK, vp, insurance and risk management at Archer Daniels Midland Co. in Decatur, Ill., and a member of the 2011 Risk Management Honor Roll^®.

MARYANN SACKMAN, president and founder of Port Washington, N.Y.-based risk management consultant RMI Consulting Inc.

CARSTEN SCHEFFEL, president and CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's London operation.

LAURIE SOLOMON, director of risk management at The Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta and a member of the 2011 Risk Management Honor Roll^®.

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