“Where was the risk management?” asked PRIMA's outgoing president, Ron Hayes.
Mr. Hayes, who lives and works as risk manager for the Calcasieu Parish School Board in Louisiana, has a lot to lose from this disaster. He spoke to me about it a few days ago at the Public Risk Management Association annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
Visibly upset by what is happening, and could happen to his state, he said that while he is aware that BP has a risk manager, he wondered how this could have come to pass. “We're required to ID risks and have a plan in our school system. How was this allowed to happen?” After all, he said, a risk manager's job is to identify risks--no matter the size.
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