All three young risk managers who spoke with NU cited a common influence on their careers: a mentor who helped to show them the ropes.

“I was fortunate to have a mentor at my job—the woman who was my supervisor at Turner,” says Jennifer Matthews, director of risk management at Home Box Office, who began her career at Turner Broadcasting.

After Turner Broadcasting purchased New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment, the company needed people in risk management to be on the West Coast.

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