URMIA Matters

Join guest host Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, as she interviews Liebe Meier Swain from Cornell University and Phillip Arrington from HUB International, who discuss how access to healthc…

Join guest host Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, as she interviews four of URMIA’s newest staff members: Carrie Burnett, Project Specialist; Bowen Murphy, IT Manager; Ruth Rauluk, Resource…

Join guest host Jenny Whittington, former Executive Director of URMIA, on this episode of URMIA Matters as she welcomes two distinguished guests: Eno Oregbesan, Director of Risk Management at Rice Un…

In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Heather Banules, Director of Insurance and Claims Administration, University of Mi…

In this special episode of URMIA Matters, guest host, Craig McAllister, Assistant Vice President, Risk Management, University of Miami, interviews guests Courtney Davis, Executive Vice President, Glo…

In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Stevan Veldkamp, Executive Director of the Piazza Center at Penn State, and Lori H…

Tune into this episode of URMIA Matters to hear all about URMIA’s newest community, the YoPros! Host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews the YoPro community …

In this special episode of URMIA Matters, listen in to URMIA's annual business meeting that was presented virtually on September 12, 2024. URMIA leadership gave updates about membership, finances, pr…

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Susie Johnson, Risk Management Director at Iowa State University and 2025 Programming C…

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, URMIA’s immediate past-president and Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Lindsay Bond, Executive Director at HEPNet, about …

Now more than ever, the culture, engagement, and performance of your organization matters. In this episode of URMIAmatters, host Julie Groves sits down with Sam Bussard, the director of talent strate…

Good governance is a mechanism for leadership to achieve its objectives and make quality decisions. The time to revisit risk management practices and effective governance structures is more important…

In this episode of URMIA Matters, URMIA Executive Director Michelle Smith sits down with Julie Groves, URMIA’s Immediate Past President, Chairperson of the URMIA Leadership Development Committee, and…

In this episode, URMIA Matters host Julie Groves, Wake Forest University sits down with longtime member and volunteer Paul Fox, Baylor University about his experience volunteering for URMIA, a peek b…

How can risk managers in higher education get a better understanding of how real-time perceptions of their institution by students, faculty, staff, and the public at large can inform their work? In t…

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Michelle Smith, Executive Director of URMIA has a conversation with Colorado Robertson, Director of Risk Management at Mississippi State University and Chair of URMI…

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University interviews Robin Oldfield, Associate Vice President of Audit, Risk, and Compliance and the Chief Ri…

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University interviews Kim Nimmo, Director of Risk Management at Lehigh University, Sarah Braughler, Vice Presi…

In the podcast episode “Disability Inclusiveness” of Season 5 of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, hosts a discussion on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, both in the association and on campus.…

URMIA Matters Podcast

Season 5, Episode 4: 

Guest Host: Sandy Mitchell with guests Amanda Franklin and Elliot Young

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Sandy Mitchell, URMIA’s president-elect and Director…