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Landing a risk career: how Cheryl P. Johnson, a former flight attendant for Braniff Airways,...

By Green, Paula L.
Publication: Risk & Insurance
Date: Friday, September 1 2006

With 163,000 students, nearly 20,000 employees and $1.7 billion worth of property spread over an area a quarter the size of Rhode Island, the Dallas Independent School District presents a formidable array of challenges for Executive Director of Risk Management Cheryl P. Johnson.

Not only must the 56-year-old Johnson negotiate traditional and costly risks like workers' compensation and property cover for holdings from schools to swimming pools, but she must stay ahead of the threats accompanying life today at the nation's 12th largest school district: terrorism, hostage

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