Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations

MELANIE L. HERMAN is the executive director of the Nonprofit RiskManagement Center, a management assistance organization thatprovides informational resources, technical assistance, andtraining to an estimated 20,000 nonprofits annually. Before herappointment as CEO of the Center in 1996, she served on the seniormanagement team at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association,where she directed the association's development, membership,and communications activities. She has authored and coauthored morethan a dozen books on risk management in nonprofit organizations. GEORGE L. HEAD, PhD, holder of several professional designationsin insurance, safety, and risk management, has been a riskmanagement educator for over thirty years. Since retiring from anaward-winning career at the American Institute for CharteredProperty Casualty Underwriters, he continues to write, consult, andserve as a Special Advisor with the Nonprofit Risk ManagementCenter in Washington, D.C. PEGGY M. JACKSON, DPA, CPCU, is a founding partner of Fogarty,Jackson & Associates in San Francisco. She has coauthored threeprevious book s on risk management in nonprofit organizations. TONI E. FOGARTY, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the HumanResources and Organization Development program at the University ofSan Francisco, where she teaches courses in organizational behaviorand change, research methods, data analysis, and businessfundamentals. She is also a general partner and CFO with Fogarty,Jackson & Associates in San Francisco.