1. A Cornell Approach to Safety, Health & Environment Risk Management… DSR Roundtable Presentation April 28 th, 2006

2. Four Studies… Need for Institutional Risk Management  Kroll Associates Post 9-11 Vulnerability Assessment  Workforce Planning… Environmental & Police Unit Reviews  Research Compliance Office  Occupational Medicine Assessment Historically, Cornell’s approach to managing safety, health & environmental risks has been ad hoc, reactive, and unit specific.

3. The Task Force… Recommendations for Institutional Risk Management  Rich McDanielVP, Business Services and Environmental Safety  Charlie FayVP, Research Administration  Phil Cox Interim VP, Facilities Services  Curt OstranderDirector, Cornell Police  Janet Corson-RikertDirector, University Health Services  Allen BovaDirector, Risk Management  Ted MurrayInterim Director, Environmental Health & Safety  Bert BlandDirector, Environmental Compliance  Paul BursicDirector, Benefit Services  Paul Streeter Director, Institutional Planning  Joe LalleyDirector, Facilities Operations Support  Peggy MattaSenior Advisor, Executive Vice President’s Office  Laurie CecereManager, SHE Mgt Systems

4. Our Guiding Philosophy… We are responsible to lead and to serve Cornell’s mission is bound up in the discovery and dissemination of knowledge through teaching, research and service. Our role is serve the people who pursue that mission by providing services designed to keep our campus and its people safe and healthy, and to protect the environment. To that end we pledge ourselves to lead and to serve.

5. Summary Findings Emergency Management Strategic Risk Management Consolidate Campus Leadership Campus Emergency Manager Campus Oversight Committee Campus Leaders Academic … VP FayAcademic … VP Fay Administration … VP McDanielAdministration … VP McDaniel Campus Health … Director Corson- RikertCampus Health … Director Corson- Rikert Campus Oversight Committees Implement Priority Improvements Enhance Emergency Plans Reduce Priority Risks Align PolicyAlign Policy Clarify roles & responsibilitiesClarify roles & responsibilities Improve TrainingImprove Training Integrate SystemsIntegrate Systems Develop Strategic MeasurementDevelop Strategic Measurement

6. Emergency Management... Consolidate Campus Leadership  Campus Emergency Administrator-Manager… Create a campus emergency administrator- manager role-position  Campus Oversight Committee... Consolidate committee oversight for emergency management… CEPT, VATF, EOC

7. Emergency Management… Implement Priority Improvements -- Plans  Business Recovery … Most plans lack business recovery components  Practice… Plans are not practiced  Communication… Plans are inadequately communicated  Medical Emergencies… Planning processes do not adequately address medical emergencies (Pandemic flu prototype) Develop comprehensive plans that remedy these deficiencies

8. Emergency Management… Implement Priority Improvements – Risk Reduction  Harden Campus Infrastructure… Utilities, communications systems, and other infrastructure require targeted improvements to reduce the likelihood of failure and/or to expedite recovery.  Secure Hazardous Materials… Develop policy, systems and processes to effectively track high risk hazardous materials.  Secure Buildings… Access control… Improve key & card access; targeted expansion of CCTV; centrally monitor alarms & CCTV where practicalAccess control… Improve key & card access; targeted expansion of CCTV; centrally monitor alarms & CCTV where practical Building Design… Complete designated retrofits to address identified weaknesses; include security in new construction designBuilding Design… Complete designated retrofits to address identified weaknesses; include security in new construction design  Secure Faculty and Staff… Implement a mandatory, centrally funded background check policyImplement a mandatory, centrally funded background check policy

9. Strategic Risk Management… Consolidate Campus Leadership  Designate Campus Leaders: AcademicVP FayAcademicVP Fay Administrative VP McDanielAdministrative VP McDaniel Health ServicesDirector Corson-RikertHealth ServicesDirector Corson-Rikert  Restructure Campus Oversight Committees

10. Strategic Risk Management… Implement Priority Improvements  Align Policy  Clarify Roles & Responsibilities  Improve Training  Integrate Systems  Develop Strategic Measurement

11. Next Steps…  Continued Stakeholder Vetting & Refinement  Environmental Review… Faculty Committee  Dean’s Council  College Officers Group  CUFF – Cornell University Financial Forum  HR Council  EVP senior staff -- return  Executive Committee on Campus Heath -- return  Campus Emergency Planning Team -- return  Parallel implementation of priority initiatives (i.e. emergency plans)