Jennifer Santiago takes over as RIMS president

Jennifer Santiago, director, risk management and safety, at Wakefern Food Corp., assumed the presidency of the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc., effective Jan. 1.

Ms. Santiago, a member of the New York-based organization for over 15 years, joined the RIMS board of directors in 2014, and has served as secretary, treasurer and vice president, according to a RIMS statement issued Tuesday.

She was previously assistant vice president and chief risk officer at the Pennsylvania State University and prior to that held leadership roles in enterprise risk management, operational risk, ethics and compliance risk and insurance initiatives at various companies.

Ms. Santiago succeeds Patrick Sterling, vice president of legendary people at Texas Roadhouse in Louisville, Kentucky.

David Arick, assistant treasurer, global risk management, International Paper Co., was named vice president of RIMS.

Kristen Peed, director of corporate risk management at CBIZ Inc., was named treasurer and Kevin Bates, group head of risk and insurance at Lendlease, was named secretary.

There are no new RIMS board members for 2023. Existing board members are Penni Chambers, vice president, risk management at Hillwood, a Perot company; Tina Gardiner, manager, risk management services, The Regional Municipality of York (Ontario); Christy Kaufman, vice president of risk management at Zillow Group; John Kline, director, risk & insurance management, Discover Financial Services; and Manuel Padilla, vice president, risk management & insurance, MacAndrews & Forbes Inc.