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Risk Management; Are we covered? Mike Schneider Director of Campus Recreation Centers LLC @ The University of New Haven Tim Lewis Associate Director of Operations University of Vermont Slide 2 Brief background Large and small institution experience. Program and facility implementation. Why Risk Management as a topic? Always questioning if we are doing enough. Passion and interest in best practices. Continual learning opportunity. Recent survey audit. Slide 3 Learning Objectives At the end of this presentation you will: Be able to define Risk Management. Be able to define Tort Law. Be able to identify the necessary components. of a comprehensive Risk Management Plan. See tangible examples of plans, documents, waivers, etc Begin to specifically prioritize what areas you need to focus on at your institution. Maybe even an Ah Ha moment or two? Slide 4 Presentation Considerations Cell Phones off or silent please. Risk Management at the conference. Audience participation/fee d back. Documents/PPT location. Time, Lunch, and Questions. Slide 5 We begin with the end in mind Most of why Risk Management is important to us can be broken down into the following two outcomes. #1 Safety of our users/participants #2 Legal/liability protection Slide 6 Introduction to Risk Management Introduction to Risk Management As defined by Law Hand Rule (Judge Learned Hand) from U.S. V. Carroll Towing where a service providers duty is a function of 3 variables. The probability of an accidents occurrence, the gravity of loss if it should occur, and the burden imposed on the service provider to make adequate precautions. Formalized as an act is in breach of duty of care if B