Jack P. Gibson, CPCU, ARM, CRIS

Mr. Gibson is cochairman of the Conference. He is also moderating the General Session Keynote Panel discussion, "Double Down: Winning Strategies from Leaders in Construction Risk Management,” on Tuesday. He has been an integral part of International Risk Management Institute's management team since 1982, and became president of IRMI in 1985.

Prior to joining IRMI, Mr. Gibson was a consultant with a leading national risk management firm. His consulting practice focused on financial institutions, public entities, and contractors.

Mr. Gibson majored in risk management at the University of Georgia where he received a bachelor of business administration degree, cum laude, in 1977 and a master of business administration in 1979. In 1996, he was honored as Georgia's Outstanding Insurance Alumnus of the year. He is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), a Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS), and holds the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation.

Mr. Gibson is the coauthor of 11 reference works on insurance and risk management, all of which have been published by IRMI. In addition to his management duties, he continues as editor of The Risk Report, and is currently editor-in-chief of IRMI.com. A sought-after and highly rated seminar speaker, Mr. Gibson has been a presenter at the annual conventions or meetings of virtually every major industry trade association serving the risk management and insurance communities as well as many construction industry and lawyer seminars and meetings. He serves as cochair and presenter at the IRMI Construction Risk Conference, and received the Words of Wisdom (WOW) award.

Mr. Gibson is an active member of the CPCU Society. He has held many committee and officer positions, including president, in the Dallas Chapter. Additionally, he has served on many committees and the Board of Directors at the national level for the CPCU Society.