In 1978, the Risk and Insurance 管理 Society (RIMS) created the Student Involvement Program for their national conferences. 这个项目, sponsored by The Spencer Educational 基金会, now administered by RIMS in New York, recognizes exceptional undergraduate and graduate risk management and insurance students, and has grown into a differentiating part of the RIMS Annual Conference and Exhibition. 

Anita Benedetti spent 18 years with RIMS and was appointed Deputy Executive Director in 1993.  She was also president of The Spencer 基金会, which promotes the study of risk management and has awarded hundreds of scholarships since it was founded in 1979.  在女士. Benedetti's tenure, its assets grew from $103,000 to $1,900,000.

She served a three-year term as a member of the American Risk and Insurance Association board of directors. She also coordinated RIMS activities with international partners through her involvement in the 国际 Federation of Risk 管理 Associations. 

Ms. Benedetti was also a member of Gamma Iota Sigma's National 校董会 and was instrumental in establishing the relationship between RIMS and Gamma Iota Sigma. In 1995, she became only the second RIMS staff member to receive RIMS’ highest honor, the Dorothy and Harry Goodell Award. 

Ms. Benedetti died in August 1996 at age of just 47 after a battle with cancer. 这个项目 was renamed as the Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program (ABSIP) in 1997 to honor Ms. Benedetti’s commitment to developing the next generation of risk management professionals.

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