Welcome to Oregon RIMS
The Oregon Chapter is a vibrant and active chapter led by an experienced and dedicated board.
Our mission is to promote the profession of Risk Management by providing opportunities for personal and professional development through:
Major Objectives
To foster and strengthen the quality of risk management by promoting and sponsoring risk management education of members, the insurance industry, and the public.
To enhance the profession and concepts of risk management through the outreach of associated professionals and cooperation with other professional societies and organizations.
To strengthen the Chapter and members by the free exchange of ideas, by providing research for the benefit of members, and by becoming a repository for risk management information.
To enhance relationships with producers, underwriters, and regulatory agencies.
Shared Values
- Integrity
- Honesty
- Teamwork
- Support
- Creativity
- Innovation
- Challenge
- Fun
- Integrity
- Honesty
- Teamwork
- Support
- Creativity
- Innovation
- Challenge
- Fun
Charter Officers
Chapter Committees
The Oregon RIMS chapter is proud to support the following committees.
Chapter Awards
Oregon RIMS continually strives to maintain excellence year-over-year, which has been reflected in the following national RIMS awards:
Chapter of the Year 2017
Chapter Excellence Award 2016
Chapter Achievement Award for Communication 2015
Chapter Achievement Award 2014
Spencer Educational Foundation 2014 Honor Roll
Spencer Educational Foundation 2009-14 Consistent Giving
Chapter Achievement Award 2013
Chapter Achievement Award 2012
Spencer Educational Foundation 2012 Honor Roll
Spencer Educational Foundation 2010-12 Consistent Giving
Spencer Educational Foundation 2009-14 Consistent Giving
Spencer Educational Foundation 2009-14 Consistent Giving
The Oregon Chapter was first chartered in 1953
We are celebrating nearly 70 years of exceptional leadership!
| Year | President | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Keesa Garcia | NALS Apartment Homes |
| 2019 | Grant Feltz | Wieden + Kennedy |
| 2018 | Cassandra Forbess | OHSU |
| 2017 | Eric Machado | Clackamas County |
| 2016 | Jackie Kamstra | NIKE |
| 2015 | Dale Lindstrom | Erickson Aviation |
| 2014 | Laura Martin | OHSU |
| 2013 | Nick Hilbers | Oregon Child Development Coalition |
| 2012 | Nick Hilbers | Oregon Child Development Coalition |
| 2011 | Sue Ling Gandee | Metro |
| 2010 | Dan Holden | Daimler Trucks |
| 2009 | Eva LaBonte | Clean Water Services |
| 2008 | Toni Visconti | Precision Castparts Corp. |
| 2007 | Donna Tyner | Port of Portland |
| 2006 | Victoria Nolan | Clean Water Services |
| 2005 | Ruth Ross | Leupold & Stevens |
| 2004 | Jill Sughrue | PGE |
| 2003 | William Jemison | Metro |
| 2002 | Christine Novotny | Tri-met |
| 2001 | Gail Lamm | Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. |
| 2000 | Cameron T. Williams | NIKE, Inc. |
| 1999 | Catherine Brown | NIKE, Inc. |
| 1998 | Jeff Becker | US Bank |
| 1997 | Susan Clark | Portland General Corporation |
| 1996 | Laurie Ritson | NIKE, Inc. |
| 1995 | Katherine Walwyn | Lane County |
| 1994 | Karen Frey | Tri-met |
| 1993 | Robert Cornell | Parr Lumber Co. |
| 1992 | R. Scott Moss | Metro |
| 1991 | Craig Gibbons | City of Springfield |
| 1990 | Jan Rothenhoefer | Fred Meyer, Inc |
| 1989 | Jeanette Ross | NIKE, Inc. |
| 1988 | Stanley Smith | Schnitzer Steel Products |
| 1987 | John Warren | Unified Sewage Agency |
| 1986 | Jerry Hendrix | Beaverton School District #48 |
| 1985 | Erwin Johansen | Portland General Electric Co. |
| 1984 | Jack Peterson | Tektronix, Incorporated |
| 1983 | Rose Marie Owens | First Farwest Corp. |
| 1982 | Cynthia R. Rimkus | Port of Portland |
| 1981 | Randal Wilson | Portland General Electric Co. |
| 1980 | A. Gates | Louisiana-Pacific Corp. |
| 1979 | J. Fee | Publishers Paper Co. |
| 1978 | Donald W. Eckton | City of Portland |
| 1977 | Jack Wilson | Columbia Corp. |
| 1976 | Nancy Mowlds | Tektronix, Incorporated |
| 1975 | Nancy Mowlds | Tektronix, Incorporated |
| 1974 | Kenneth L. Burkhead | First National Bank of Oregon |
| 1973 | Kenneth L. Burkhead | First National Bank of Oregon |
| 1972 | R. Donald Coster | Publishers Paper Co. |
| 1971 | E. Everett Downing, Jr. | Hanna Industries |
| 1970 | Charles P. Gallo | Pacific Supply Cooperative |
| 1969 | Robert E. Engel | United States National Bank of Portland |
| 1968 | Frank Drew | Evans Products Company |
| 1967 | Frank Drew | Evans Products Company |
| 1966 | William M. Cronin | Tektronix, Incorporated |
| 1965 | William M. Cronin | Tektronix, Incorporated |
| 1964 | William M. Cronin | Tektronix, Incorporated |
| 1963 | R.G. Thorne | Zidell Machinery & Supply Co. |
| 1962 | Robert J. Durham | Bank of California |
| 1961 | E.L. Bolin | Northwest Natural Gas Co. |
| 1960 | R.E. Marcy | The First National Bank of Oregon |
| 1959 | R.E. Marcy | The First National Bank of Oregon |
| 1958 | L.H. Forsythe | U.S. National Bank |
| 1957 | J. Doyle Pigg | Lipman Wolfe & Company |
| 1956 | Arthur K. McNett | Jantzen Inc. |
| 1955 | M.A. Gudman | Industrial Air Products |
| 1954 | William J. Jones | The First National Bank of Portland |
| 1953 | Unknown | Unknown |