John O'Connell C.V. Starr Chair of International Risk Management Thunderbird School of Global Management 15249 N. 59th Avenue Glendale, AZ 85306-6000 USA EDUCATION PhD - The Ohio State University Insurance and Organizational Behavior, 1975 MBA - The Ohio State University, 1975 MS - The University of Oregon, Economics, 1970 BA - Western Washington State College, Economics, 1968 CPCU (Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter), 1973 ARM (associate in Risk Management) 1972 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Editor and major contributor to, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Volume VII International Management, Blackwell Publishers, 1997 Editor and major contributor to , The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Management; Blackwell Publishers, 1998 Major contributor to, The Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management; edited by C.L Cooper and C. Argyris; Blackwell Publishers, 1998 over 35 articles related to risk management and insurance in various academic journals and trade publications RESEARCH Current area of interest: International Emergency Planning and Response AWARDS & HONORS Member of the Insurance Council of the American Management Association (1997-current) Member of the International Committee of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (1995-98) Director of the Thunderbird International Insurance and Risk Management Institute (1994-current) Membership in various committees and commissions over the past two decades including: Governor's Commission on Workers Compensation and Chairman of the Arizona Commission on Liability Insurance. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Thunderbird - C.V. Starr Professor since 1984 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Assistant and Associate Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, 1974-1984 Unigard Insurance Group, Seattle Washington, Multi-Line Commercial Underwrtiter, 1970-72 Unigard Insurance Group, Seattle, Washington, Education Department, 1972-73