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Academic Background

B.A., history, Augustana College
M.A., political science/public administration, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Ph.D., business administration – risk management, University of Minnesota

Research Specialties

• International crisis management
• International reinsurance/alternative risk financing
• Public sector risk
• Organizational risk management and leadership

Current Research 

• Risk leadership
• Resilience to crises
• Risk pooling

Major Works

• “Risk Management,” Chapter 33, A Companion to Finance Ethics (ed. J. Boatright), Blackwell Publishers, New York, forthcoming October 2009.
• “Introducing Risk Management to Small Business,” with S. Tippins, Business Journal for Entrepreneurs, No. 3, 2006. 
• “Risk Financing in UK Local Authorities: Is there a case for risk pooling?” with J. Hood, The International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 18, No. 6, Fall 2005. 
• "Recent Risk Financing Innovations: Motives, Principles, & Practices," Risk Management Innovation in Japan, Britain & the USA, Routledge, 2005. 
• Managing Risks in Public Sector Organisations, with M. Fone, Perpetuity Press, 2005. 
• “Local Government Risk Management,” with C. Reiss.   Management Policies in Local Government Finance,  5th edition, ICMA Publishing, Washington, DC,  January 2005.
• "Ethics and Risk Management: Building a Framework," Risk Management: An International Journal, Autumn 2004.

Current Community Relationships

• Risk management advisor, South Dakota Science and Technology Authority—Sanford Laboratory.
•  Educational advisor, Association of Local Authority Risk Managers - UK
•  Advisor and education committee member, Institute for Risk Management - London
• Educational advisor, European Institute for Risk Management - Denmark
•  Risk management advisor, Risk Office of Novo Nordisk- Denmark