"I am beyond excited to serve as RIMS 2020 President and to help ensure this global risk management community offers the tools, resources and support that allows us all to dream bigger, aim higher and be different," Langone, head of insurance operations at Airbnb Inc. and RIMS 2020 president, said in a statement. (Photo: Courtesy of RIMS)

RIMS, the risk management society, announced that Laura Langone will lead the Society as president for the 2020 term.

Langone has been a member of RIMS for 22 years and joined its board of directors in 2016. She has held many board positions with the RIMS Silicon Valley Chapter, including serving as president for four years. She also volunteered on several RIMS committees and chaired the Society's Enterprise Risk Management Committee in 2015.

Langone is head of insurance operations at Airbnb Inc. Prior to Airbnb, she was the head of insurance and risk management at PayPal Inc. and Juniper Networks. Throughout her more than 20-year career in risk management, other prominent positions have included director of risk management and assistant treasurer at Genentech Inc. and West Coast life science leader at Marsh, among others.

RIMS in 2020

Officers on RIMS 2020 board of directors

• President: Laura Langone, head of insurance operations at Airbnb Inc.
• Vice president: Ellen R. Dunkin, senior vice president, general counsel & chief risk officer at Amalgamated Life Insurance Company
• Secretary: Jennifer Santiago, assistant vice president & university risk officer at Pennsylvania State University

New board members

• Twane Duckworth, chief of risk management, City of Jacksonville
• Tina Gardiner, manager, risk management services, The Regional Municipality of York (Ontario)

Incumbent board members

• David E. Arick, assistant treasurer, global risk management at International Paper Company
• Barry Dillard, director, risk strategies, insurance and compliance at Walt Disney World Resorts
• Gary A. Nesbit, senior director of risk management at Young Life
• Soubhagya Parija, senior vice president and chief risk officer at New York Power Authority
• Kristen Peed, director of corporate risk management at CBIZ Inc.
• Robert Zhang, business risk & compliance manager at INGKA China
• Ex officio: Gloria Brosius, director, risk management and insurance at Pinnacle Agriculture Distributions Inc.

"Today's risk professional can't afford to be complacent. While the world around us evolves, especially with the introduction of new technologies, we must be ready to embrace different perspectives, different strategies and dare ourselves to be different," Langone said in a statement. "Stepping outside of our comfort zone can be intimidating, but those who are ready for the challenge will find greater opportunities to strengthen their risk programs and elevate their careers. I am beyond excited to serve as RIMS 2020 President and to help ensure this global risk management community offers the tools, resources and support that allows us all to dream bigger, aim higher and be different."