URMIA's 2026 Annual Conference

Join more than 1,000 peers at the leading conference for higher education risk management. With 10 education tracks and more than 60 sessions, you'll gain practical strategies to address today’s growing campus risks. 

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Your  #URMIA2026 Conference Planning Committee 

Conference Co-Chairs

Thank you to our co-chairs who lead the committee and serve on the URMIA leadership committee.

Kim Nimmo | Lehigh University
Ben Evans | University of Pennsylvania

Planning Committee Members

Thank you to these valued members and volunteers who program and plan the conference activities.

Mark Anderson | University of Pittsburgh

Thomas Angelucci | IUC Risk Management & Insurance Consortium

Karen Bradley | Princeton University

Jeff Couden | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chris Herrera | Washburn University

Tom Kaplan | Willis

Marje Lemmon | Yale University

Victoria Meadows | University of Maryland, Baltimore

Kate Miller | Christopher Newport University

Deb Mitra | Temple University

Mellany Patrong | Prairie View A & M University

Michelle Powell | Florida Polytechnic University

URMIA 2026 Conference Planning Committee

Colorado Robertson | Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Josh Tabler | The Ohio State University

Nai St. Andrew | Old Dominion University

Julia Wang | University of California, Los Angeles