Asset Protection Leaders Council
RILA’s Asset Protection Leaders Council brings together senior retail executives responsible for shrink, safety, fraud prevention, and operational risk to collaborate on industry challenges and share leading practices.
Asset Protection Leaders Council at RILA's Retail Asset Protection Conference 2025
About the Asset Protection Leaders Council
Asset Protection has evolved into a critical business function rooted in the principle of mitigating Total Retail Loss while enabling a seamless customer experience and driving sales.
RILA’s Asset Protection Leaders Council convenes the senior-most asset protection leaders from the country’s top retailers —the executives who oversee shrink management, crime deterrent strategies, employee and customer safety, regulatory compliance, business continuity, and more. This group gathers regularly to network, explore, and critique the business implications of a wide spectrum of asset protection issues and provides the industry with strategic direction in this area.
*If you would like to join the committee as a retailer member or as a strategic partner, please reach out to Khris Hamlin/Adora Belcher. Contact Khris.Hamlin@rila.org /adora.belcher@rila.org
Meredith Plaxco
Committee Materials
Managing Self-Checkouts in Retail
Understanding and Controlling Risk of Self-checkout Technologies
Committee Leadership
RILA staff guide the committee’s work, coordinating priorities and supporting collaboration to advance key initiatives for the retail industry. Members can contact the staff leads for questions, access to member-only resources, or information about how to participate in the committee’s work.
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