URMIA 46th Annual Conference

Dr. Raynard S. Kington was appointed president of Grinnell College in August 2010.

Before coming to Grinnell, he served in a range of positions at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including NIH principal deputy director and NIH acting director, NIH associate director for behavioral and social sciences research, and acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Prior to NIH, he was a division director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he led the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, one of the nation’s largest studies assessing the health of the American people.

He has been a senior scientist at RAND Corp., was the co-director of the Charles R. Drew University/RAND Center on Health and Aging, and has served as an assistant professor of medicine at University of California-Los Angeles. He was elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science in 2006, serving as the chair of the Section on Administration of Health Services, Education, and Research through 2010.

President Kington attended the University of Michigan, where he received his B.S. with distinction and his M.D. He subsequently completed his residency in internal medicine at Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago. He was then appointed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. While at the University of Pennsylvania, he completed his M.B.A. with distinction and his Ph.D. with a concentration in health policy and economics at the Wharton School and was awarded a Fontaine Fellowship. He is board-certified in internal medicine and public health and preventive medicine.

President Kington values an inclusive management style and clear, thoughtful, and fair decision-making processes. His personal and professional lives are rooted in a deep commitment to social responsibility, and a priority for his tenure as president is to strengthen the connection between academic excellence in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social studies and our graduates’ ability to go into the world and transform it.

The media and ongoing legislative changes provide consistent reminders that colleges and universities need to manage the risks of minors on campus. But what happens when the unthinkable happens – an employee, volunteer, or another program participant is accused of sexually abusing a minor in one of your programs. The actions an institution takes in these critical initial moments and those that follow set the stage for a variety of emotions, opinions, and legal exposures that may last years, even decades. Having the right abuse prevention system in place and knowing what to expect in the aftermath can make all the difference.
This presentation will provide leadership and risk managers with examples from Praesidium’s decades of experience in the field and discuss the need for a crisis response plan that addresses victims’ and family assistance and management of communications.

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will learn:
• What to expect in the moment when sexual of abuse of a minor is alleged
• How to provide immediate help and resources for victims, parents, and the community
• How to manage ongoing relations with authorities, parents, and the community
• How to move forward and promote prevention