Sally Alexander

Sally Alexander serves as director of risk management and chief risk officer for Colorado State University (CSU). She manages the operations of the Office of Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) and leads institutional risk management efforts on campus. She served on the board of directors of the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA) from 2013 to 2017 and co-chaired URMIA’s Governmental Regulatory Affairs Committee during that same period. She has co-presented at various URMIA conferences and sessions. In 2019 she was awarded CSU’s Office of International Programs’ Distinguished Service Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the internationalization of CSU. Prior to joining CSU in 2008 she worked for Larimer County as a risk manager. Originally from South Africa, she practiced law in the field of insurance law. She has a BA degree from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; an LLB (bachelor of laws) degree from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa; and a master’s degree in environmental policy and management from the University of Denver, Colorado. She also has an associate’s degree in risk management and a master’s of business administration from CSU.