A new designation – the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) – is now available to help students and business professionals prepare for and seize opportunities in the evolving discipline of enterprise risk management (ERM) within broader financial services, insurance, and pension markets.

The curriculum was carefully developed to meet current and future market needs while providing a rigorous treatment of critical ERM topics, including actuarial approaches to risk. Successful candidates will receive the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) designation and become an Associate of the Society of Actuaries.

The required examinations are provided by the SOA and are as follows:

Chart showing the required examinations to obtain the CERA designation

Our CERA alumni

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    September 2024 - Guy Renquist (BBA, BS 2023)

    April 2024 - Kelley Marie Weiss (BS 2010, MBA 2022)

    July 2023 - Collin Abeln (BS 2019)   

    July 2021 - Nicholis Odegaard (BS 2019)

    June 2020 - Xinping Yuan (MS 2017)

    March 2020 - Jacob Schmitt (BS 2018)

    November 2019 - Alex Michael Roper (BS 2013, BBA 2014)

    September 2019 - Xiaoyi Xiong (MS 2017)

    July 2019 - Rebecca Chen (MS 2014)

    July 2019 - Michael James Hackbarth (BS 2017)

    July 2019 - Ryan Matthew Smith (BA Mathematics 2009)

    March 2019 - Caitlin Colleen Lashier (Carney) (BS 2014)

    February 2019 - Will Daniel Claypool (MS 2016)

    January 2019 - Jaye Nauman (BBA 2015)

    January 2019 - Austin James Swanson (BS 2016)

    October 2018 - Ashley Mahe (MS 2014)

    August 2018 - Jie Qiu (MS 2013)

    July 2018 - Lu Chen (MS 2014)

    July 2018 - John Timothy Crowley (BS 2017)

    July 2018 - Cong Ren (MS 2014)

    July 2018 - Trent Ivan Stastny-Perez (BS 2017)

    May 2018 - Jodi Cahill  (BA Computer Science, 2009)

    January 2018 - Kathleen Thomas Baustian (BS 2011)

    January 2018 - Junga Seo (MS 2015)

    September 2017 - Pei Yang (MS 2014)

    July 2017 - Wan Row Ang (BS 2011)

    July 2017 - Ling Du Savala (MS 2013)

    July 2017 - Yichao Ren (MS 2013)

    July 2017 - Dylan Schwers (BS 2015)

    February 2017 - Ruofei Huang (BS 2012, MS 2013)

    February 2017 - Zhihe Xiao (BS 2013)

    January 2017 - Cong Liu (MS 2012)

    September 2016 - Yi Chen (MA Education 2008)

    August 2016 - Rui Luan (MS 2014)

    April 2016 - Kyle T. Johnson (MS 2014)

    March 2016 -   Kelly Ross Gamlin (MBA 2011)

    March 2016 -  Weiye Xu (MS 2009)

    February 2016 - Alan Davis Driggs (MS 2013)

    January 2016 - Atreyee Biswas (MS 2010)

    January 2016 - Tarun Maniktala (MS 2011)

    October 2015 - Myles Tague (BA Mathematics 2009)

    October 2015 - Lu Yu (MS 2010)

    July 2015 - Jun Yang (MS 2008)

    March 2015 - Yaotian Lei (MS 2011)

    January 2015 - Jason Leask (2011)

    January 2015 - Yi Wang (MS 2009)

    November 2014 - Zhekan Wang (MS 2012)

    December 2013 - Nan Liu (MS 2010)

    January 2013 - Devin R. Westcott (BS 2009)

    January 2012 - Meng-Ling Tsai (MS 2008)

    March 2011 - Nicholas Paul Weber (BS 2008)

    November 2010 - Christian Fay Rulli (BS 2000)

    July 2010 - Siying Chen (MS 2006)

    March 2010 - Andrew C. Stevens (BS Mathematics; Computer Science 2006)

    February 2010 - Emily Susan Carlson (Montag) (BS 2006)

    February 2010 - Emily Jane Roling (BS 2006)

    November 2009 - Shirley Hwei-Chung Shao (MS 1979)

    November 2009 - Julie L Spore (Ferrell) (BS 1994)

    November 2009 - Michael P. Spurbeck (MS 1992)

    November 2009 - Serena Ee Ik Tiong (PhD 2000)

    July 2009 - Jia Luo (MS 2004)

    April 2009 - Feng Sun (MS 2001)

    November 2008 - Kathryn I. Curry (MS 2000)

    November 2008 - Larry Lickteig (MS 1996)

    November 2008 - Shu-Yen Liu (MS 1983)

    November 2008 - Judith Ann Naanep (Edwards) (BS 1991)

    November 2008 - Pasquale D. Rulli (BS 1997)

    November 2008 - Dwight N. Soethout (BS 1994)

    November 2008 - Ling-Ling Wang (MS 1988)

    October 2008 - Yuying Zheng (MS 2005)

    July 2008 - Haibo Liu (MS 2005)

    May 2008 - Jennifer McGinnis (MS 2006)

    April 2008 - David S. Graham (MBA 2006)

    April 2008 - Carl Fagenbaum (BS 1996)

    April 2008 - Randi Ellen Woods Marsh (Kaplan) (BS 1985)

    June 2007 - Jun He (MBA 2005)

    June 2007 - Rong Yang (MS 2003)

    June 2007 - Jingsu Pu (MS 2000)

    June 2007 - Yue Xu (MS 2004)

    2007 - Henry M. McMillan (BA 1975)