Leah Sonnenschein S.

About Leah Sonnenschein S.

Chief Risk Officer with a successful record of establishing effective risk management programs across multiple industries built to identify and address the most important risks. Enthusiastic about creating sustainable value by supporting the organization\'s mission, improving business decisions, and delivery on observable risk metrics. Risk management is an enabler - include us in the process! I have management and strategic responsibility for the second line of defense teams that identify, quantify and recommend strategies to operational, business continuity, financial, strategic, and technology risk for all Humana lines of business. This second line role develops policies, frameworks and tools to help the company make better decisions. These functions engage in robust and appropriate challenge, assess the quality of the control environment, aggregate and report residual risk, and where appropriate escalate for review. My primary goal is to create sustainable value by improving the quality of our operations to support our customers and other stakeholders.Prior to Humana, I led first line initiatives including formation of joint ventures to acquire and finance assets. Experienced in asset underwriting, capital markets, model risk management, derivative strategy and risk management consulting, public market securitization and rating agency requirements. I prioritize mentoring with the goal of developing leaders and risk managers who understand business strategy and operations.

Experience

1. Chief Risk Officer at Kaiser Permanente

   Kaiser Permanente

   Mar 2025 — Present · Oakland, CA, US

Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  Masters in Finance

  1987 — 1989

• Northwestern University

  BA

  1982 — 1986