Early in the New Year, Mary Preece, as part of her President’s New Year Message, wrote to the Sheridan community regarding the strategic direction of Sheridan’s President’s Executive Council. This message addressed the pillars that Sheridan has adopted to promote operational sustainability, one of which is Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).
I am pleased to announce that Kathryn Cameron has accepted the position of Chief Risk Officer for Sheridan, effective immediately. Kathryn will be leading Sheridan’s new Enterprise Risk Management portfolio in addition to her oversight of Campus Safety, Parking, Insurance and Emergency Management. Sheridan’s ERM program will build institutional capacity to identify and manage risk and navigate both impediments and opportunities to the realization of our strategic objectives and goals. Kathryn will oversee the ongoing identification and assessment of key risks to Sheridan strategies and business plans and will be recommending risk management systems, tools, policies, procedures and monitoring mechanisms. Early in 2018, several key risk holders participated in a risk analysis of Sheridan’s top 10 risks. Over the next several months, risk holders will be asked to refine their understanding of these priority risks along with reviewing our risk management systems.
After a successful career in the municipal sector, Kathryn joined Sheridan in 2006 as a full-time faculty member of the then School of Community and Liberal Studies and became an Associate Dean in the newly named Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies in 2009. Since November of 2017, she has been seconded to the position of Director, Campus Safety, Security and Emergency Management.
Kathryn’s experience and education make her uniquely qualified for this key position at Sheridan. In addition to her background in community safety and business continuity planning, she holds a Masters of Public Administration from Western University and a PhD in Leadership and Policy from Niagara University.
Please join me in wishing Kathryn success in her new role.
Sincerely,
Wayne Steffler
Vice President, Finance and Administration & CFO