He has quashed prescription drug loopholes, coped with Category 5 hurricanes, and changed the way that nurses handle insurance claims. Scott Clark, the new president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, has a reputation as a reformer.

“Some people say I like to shake it up a bit, and I do,” says Clark, the risk and benefits officer for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the nation's fourth largest school district. Clark recently rocked the boat when he noticed doctors were dispensing repackaged pharmaceuticals at inflated prices to school district employees and spoke up, leading to an amendment in Florida Workers' Compensation Law and cost savings for employers across the state.

As president of RIMS since Jan. 1, Clark believes networking and sharing practical information about such reform efforts with RIMS members is vital. “It sets the tone of what risk managers can do if they put their noses under the tent and look at things more strategically,” he says.