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  • August 8, 2023
    3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
    Session Type: Meeting
    Session Capacity: N/A


    Join VCIA in celebrating this year’s recipients of the coveted Captive Crusader, Honorary Member, and Industry Service awards followed by an informative and engaging session with keynote speaker Juliette Kayyem, CNN National Security Analyst and Former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

    After the "Boom": Building Resiliency in an Age of Mayhem
    Emergency management planning is the responsibility of all leaders. The essential missions of disaster management are broken down as a template for all crises, with Juliette Kayyem providing lessons learned from years spent managing the nation’s most pressing disasters. Juliette draws on her experiences handling such crises as the BP Oil Spill, the H1N1 Outbreak, among others, to deliver important lessons risk management professionals in all sectors can bring back to their organizations .

    No CPE, CLE, or ICCIE credit
     
    Coordinators: Aaron Hillebrandt, Pinnacle Actuarial
                             Maigh Wright, Marsh

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Session Speakers
Organization: Harvard University


In academia, private sector, government and media, Professor Juliette Kayyem is an international leader in crisis management and homeland security. Professor Kayyem serves as the faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Previously, she served as President Obama's Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and as MA Governor Deval Patrick's Homeland Security Advisor. She is also the CEO of Grip Mobility, a technology security company in the mobility space. A CNN national security analyst, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and contributing writer for The Atlantic and Boston's local NPR station, GBH, Kayyem also consults governors, mayors, and corporations on crisis management. Juliette is the author or editor of six books, including her most recent "The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters.” Juliette lives in Cambridge, MA, with her husband, Judge David Barron, and three children.


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