Background
Millicent W. Workman, CPCU, CRIS, MLIS, is a research analyst with primary
editorial responsibility for Practical Risk
Management. She is also the director of IRMI's training and
education programs, which include its seminars, webinars, insurance CE programs, and annual IRMI Construction Risk Conference.
Ms. Workman has an extensive background in risk management and the insurance
industry. In addition to consulting on risk management issues since 1986, she
served as Director of Risk Financing for Baptist Memorial Health Care
Corporation, one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the
nation, and as Director of Risk Management for Mueller Industries, Inc., a
leading fabricator of copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products. She was
also formerly Director of Corporate Risk Management for Belz Enterprises, a
real estate development and hotel company based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Ms. Workman graduated magna cum laude, first in class, from Union
University, with a BS in biology. She received her Chartered Property Casualty
Underwriter (CPCU) designation in 1975 and the Associate in Underwriting
designation in 1979.
Ms. Workman is a nationally recognized speaker on risk management and
business continuation issues, having spoken for groups such as CPCU Society,
RIMS, ASSE, and the National Coordinating Council of Emergency Managers. She
was cofounder of the Business Emergency Preparedness Council and the Memphis
Disaster Recovery Business Alliance, coalitions of business and government for
business continuation planning. Ms. Workman served as the first non-alum chair
of the Ole Miss Insurance Advisory Board and was named Outstanding Supporter of
the Insurance and Risk Management Program in 2006.
Ms. Workman is active in the CPCU Society. She is a past president and
treasurer of the Society's Memphis Chapter, and served as national
President of the CPCU Society in 2005–2006 and is currently chair of the
CPCU-Loman Education Foundation. She has also served as a regional vice
president, national director, and as chair of a number of Society Committees
& Task Forces. She is active with RIMS, as past president of the Memphis
Chapter and the Ole Miss Insurance Advisory Board.
Business Insurance magazine named Ms.
Workman "Risk Manager of the Year" in 1992, one of the "100
Leading Women in the Insurance Industry" in 2000, and one of 80
"Women to Watch" in 2006. She was inducted into The Robert E. Musto
Tennessee Insurance Hall of Fame in August 2002.
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