RIMS President: Every Action Is ’An Opportunity To Catalyze The Entire World’

When Laura Langone, head of insurance operations at Airbnb, Inc., accepted the presidency of RIMS, the risk management society, for the 2020 term, she didn’t anticipate that the post would be primarily virtual or that she would be representing the society through one of the most challenging years ever for risk and insurance professionals.

“2020 has certainly been a year of firsts,” she reflected at the RIMS Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) 2020 virtual conference.

“Some have described 2020 as an adventure, never knowing what would happen next. In the blink of an eye, our organizations – and really the world as we knew it – turned upside down. As we continue to untangle the chaos that this global pandemic has caused, let’s take a moment to stop and think about 2020 as an opportunity for our profession.”

The theme of the RIMS ERM 2020 virtual event was ‘Catalyzing Your (and Our) World’. Langone, who has held multiple prominent risk management positions through her 20+ year career with corporate giants like PayPal, Juniper Networks, Marsh and more, honed in on the appropriateness of the word “catalyst” during her opening address.