Live from the 2026 PRMA Summit
Season 2 | Episode 8
Live from the 2026 PRMA Summit: The Power of Presence
What happens when nearly 900 private risk professionals step away from their screens and show up in the same place?
In this special episode of Risk Ready, PRMA Education and Marketing Director Samantha Hennessy takes listeners inside the 2026 PRMA Summit in Indianapolis for an audio story told from the middle of the experience. Recorded across all three days, the episode captures Summit as it unfolded, from arrivals and hallway conversations to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, education sessions, celebrations and final goodbyes.
Along the way, attendees reflect on why they keep coming back, what they came to learn and what changes when competitors, colleagues and friends share the same room. PRMA CEO and Executive Director Diane Delaney also shares what she hoped the Summit would create before attendees arrived, and whether it happened by the time they headed home.
The result is less a recap of Indianapolis and more a story about what happened because people were there, and what the Power of Presence looks like in practice.
In this special episode of Risk Ready, PRMA Education and Marketing Director Samantha Hennessy takes listeners inside the 2026 PRMA Summit in Indianapolis for an audio story told from the middle of the experience. Recorded across all three days, the episode captures Summit as it unfolded, from arrivals and hallway conversations to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, education sessions, celebrations and final goodbyes.
Along the way, attendees reflect on why they keep coming back, what they came to learn and what changes when competitors, colleagues and friends share the same room. PRMA CEO and Executive Director Diane Delaney also shares what she hoped the Summit would create before attendees arrived, and whether it happened by the time they headed home.
The result is less a recap of Indianapolis and more a story about what happened because people were there, and what the Power of Presence looks like in practice.
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Meet our guest host
Samantha Hennessy
Samantha Hennessy is the Education and Marketing Director at the Private Risk Management Association (PRMA), where she leads the strategy, development and delivery of professional education, content and communications for the private risk management community.
At PRMA, Samantha oversees credentialed education programs, educational events and content initiatives that support member growth and advance industry standards. Her work bridges instructional strategy and marketing discipline, translating complex risk topics into clear, engaging and thoughtfully designed learning experiences. She is particularly focused on building cohesive education ecosystems that align content, communication and design to better serve both learners and subject-matter experts.
At PRMA, Samantha oversees credentialed education programs, educational events and content initiatives that support member growth and advance industry standards. Her work bridges instructional strategy and marketing discipline, translating complex risk topics into clear, engaging and thoughtfully designed learning experiences. She is particularly focused on building cohesive education ecosystems that align content, communication and design to better serve both learners and subject-matter experts.
