American Risk and Insurance Association

The following list committees have been established for 2010-2011. Please contact the chairperson to find out more about each committee, including questions regarding service on these committees.

Committee Name	Chairperson 2010-11	Address	Email Address
ASSA Exploratory Committee	Martin Grace	Georgia State University College of Business Administration Atlanta, GA 30303 404-651-2789	mgrace@gsu.edu
CAS Liaison/Research Award Committee	Louise Francis (VP Research for CAS)	Francis Analytics & Actuarial Data Mining 706 Lombard Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 215-923-1567	louise.francis@msn.com
Early Career Scholarly Achievement Award Committee	Steven Pottier	University of Georgia Dept. of Risk Management & Insurance Athens, GA 30602 706-542-3786	spottier@terry.uga.edu
Excellence in Teaching Award Committee	Jing Ai	University of Hawaii at Manoa Shidler College of Business Financial Economics & Institutions Honolulu, HI 96822 808-956-9519	jing.ai@hawaii.edu
Executive Committee	Gene Lai	Washington State University Dept. of Finance, Insurance & RE Pullman, WA 99164 509-335-7197	genelai@wsu.edu
Finance Committee	George Zanjani	Georgia State University Dept of Risk Management PO Box 4036 Atlanta, GA 30302 404-413-7464	gzanjani@gsu.edu
Hagen Family Foundation Scholarship Committee	Jacqueline Wise	Fordham University Lincoln Center CBA Finance 1790 Broadway New York, NY 10023 (212) 579-2498	volkman@fordham.edu
Hedges Award Committee	Paul Thistle	University of Nevada Las Vegas Department of Finance 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154 702-895-3856	paul.thistle@unlv.edu
Institutional Relations Committee
Kulp-Wright Book Award Committee	Tyler Leverty	University of Iowa Dept. of Finance Iowa City, IA 52246 319-335-0963	ty-leverty@uiowa.edu
Mehr (JRI) Award Committee	Georges Dionne	HEC Montreal Department of Finance 3000, chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine Montreal, H3T 2A7 Canada 514-340-6596	georges.dionne@hec.ca
Membership Committee	Cassandra Cole	Florida State University College of Business Tallahassee, FL 32306 850-644-8358	ccole@cob.fsu.edu
Newsletter	Diana Lee	PCI 1283 Watertree Road Terre Haute, IN 47803 847-553-3772	diana.lee@pciaa.net
Nominations Committee	Vickie Bajtelsmit	Colorado State University Dept. of Finance & Real Estate Fort Collins, CO 80523 970-491-0610	vickie.bajtelsmit@colostate.edu
Placement Committee	Ping Wang	St. John’s University School of Risk Management 101 Murray Street New York, NY 10007 212-277- 5195, 277-5198	wangp1@stjohns.edu
Program Committee	George Zanjani	Georgia State University Dept. of Risk Management & Insurance PO Box 4036 Atlanta, GA 30302 404-413-7464	gzanjani@gsu.edu
RMIR Award for Best Feature Article Committee	William Ferguson,	University of Louisiana Lafayette Dept. of Economics & Finance PO Box 44570 Lafayette, IN 70504 337-482-6664	ferguson@louisiana.edu
RMIR Award for Best Perspective Article Committee	Thomas Berry-Stoelzle	University of Georgia Terry College of Business Insurance, Legal Studies, RE Athens, GA 30602 706-542-5160	trbs@terry.uga.edu
Strategic Planning Committee	Gene Lai	Washington State University See above	genelai@wsu.edu
Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award Committee	Nat Pope	Illinois State University College of Business Campus Box 5500 Normal, IL 61790 309-438-3316	npope@ilstu.edu
Teaching Resources	Kathleen McCullough	Florida State University College of Business Tallahassee, FL 32306 850-644-8358	kmccullough@cob.fsu.edu
Web Strategy Committee	Randy Dumm	Florida State University College of Business Tallahassee, FL 32306 850-644-7880	rdumm@cob.fsu.edu
Witt (JRI) Award Committee	Richard MacMinn	Illinois State University College of Business Campus Box 5500 Normal, IL 61790	rmacmin@ilstu.edu
Other ARIA Board Members	David Appel (2011) Laureen Regan (2011) Patty Born (2012) Bill Panning (2012) Jeffrey Brown (2013) Bob Hartwig (2013) Andreas Richter International Board Member Jennifer Wang International Board Member	Milliman Inc. 1 Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY 10119 646-473-3000 Temple University Fox School of Business Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-7264 Florida State University College of Business Tallahassee, FL 32306 850-644-7884 Willis Re 50 S 16th Street Two Liberty Place Ste 2500 Philadelphia, PA 19102 212-915-8427 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dept of Finance 515 East Gregory Drive Champaign, IL 61820 217-244-2239 Insurance Information Institute 110 William Street New York, NY 10038 212-346-5520 Ludwig Maximilians University Munich School of Management Schackstr. 4 80539 Munich Germany 49 (0)89 2180 2171 National Chengchi University Risk Management & Insurance Dept # 64, Section 2, Chi-Nan Road Taipei Taiwan 886-2-8661-3624	david.appel@milliman.com lregan@temple.edu pborn@cob.fsu.edu bill.panning@willis.com brownjr@illinois.edu bobh@iii.org richter@bwl.uni-muenchen.de jenwang@nccu.edu.tw
Executive Director	Tony Biacchi	ARIA/The Institutes 716 Providence Road Malvern, PA 19355 610-640-1997	aria@cpcuiia.org biacchi@cpcuiia.org
Griffith Foundation Liaison	Don Rebele	The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education 623 High Street Worthington, OH 43085 614-880-9870	drebele@griffithfoundation.org
JRI Editor	Georges Dionne	HEC Montreal 3000 Chemin de Cote Ste Catherine Montreal H3T 2A7 Canada 514-340-6596	georges.dionne@hec.ca
RMIR Editor	Mary Weiss	Temple University Fox School of Business Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-1916	mweiss@temple.edu
Webmaster	Chad Garven	512-695-8257	aria.webmaster@gmail.com

Program Committee	David Sommer	St. Mary’s University Greeley School of Business One Camino Santa Maria San Antonio, TX 78228 210-431-8055	dsommer@stmarytx.edu
RMIR Award for Best Feature Article Committee	Andreas Richter	Ludwig-Maximilians University Institute for Risk and Insurance Management Munich School of Management Schackstr. 4, 3 80539 Munich, Germany	richter@bwl.lmu.de
RMIR Award for Best Perspective Article Committee	Sharon Tennyson	Cornell University Dept. of Policy Analysis Ithaca, NY 14583 607-255-2619	sharon.tennyson@cornell.edu
Strategic Planning Committee	Gene Lai	Washington State University	genelai@wsu.edu
Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award Committee	Bill Ferguson	University of Louisiana Lafayette Department of Economics & Finance PO Box 44570 Lafayette, LA70504 337-482-6664	ferguson@louisiana.edu
Teaching Resources	Kathleen McCullough	Florida State University College of Business Tallahassee, FL 32306 850-644-8358	kmccullough@cob.fsu.edu
Web Strategy Committee	Randy Dumm	Florida State University College of Business Tallahassee, FL 32306 850-644-7880	rdumm@cob.fsu.edu
Witt (JRI) Award Committee	Pierre Picard	Ecole Polytechnique Department of Economic Sciences 91128 PALAISEAU CEDEX FRANCE	pierre.picard@polytechnique.edu
Other ARIA Board Members	Terrie Troxel (2010) George Zanjani (2010) David Appel (2011) Laureen Regan (2011) Patty Born (2012) Bill Panning (2012)	Indiana State University Gongaware Center, College of Business Terre Haute, IN 47809 812-237-2028 Georgia State University Dept. Risk Management & Insurance PO Box 4036 Atlanta, GA 30302 404-413-7464 Milliman Inc. 1 Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY 10119 646-473-3000 Temple University Fox School of Business Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-7264 Florida State University College of Business Tallahassee, FL 32306 850-644-7884 Willis Re One World Financial Center 200 Liberty Street New York, NY 10281 212-915-8427	ttroxel@indstate.edu gzanjani@gsu.edu david.appel@milliman.com lregan@temple.edu pborn@cob.fsu.edu bill.panning@willis.com
Executive Director	Tony Biacchi	ARIA/AICPCU 716 Providence Road Malvern, PA 19355 610-640-1997	aria@cpcuiia.org biacchi@cpcuiia.org
Griffith Foundation Liaison	Don Rebele	The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education 623 High Street Worthington, OH 43085 614-880-9870	drebele@griffithfoundation.org
JRI Editor	Georges Dionne	HEC Montreal	georges.dionne@hec.ca
RMIR Editor	Mary Weiss	Temple University Fox School of Business Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-1916	mweiss@temple.edu
Webmaster	Chad Garven	512-695-8257	aria.webmaster@gmail.com