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Past Speaker Series Presentations

Revisit presentations from our speaker series, featuring leaders and working professionals from the insurance, financial services, and business-related sectors. You can also check out our YouTube playlist to watch past recordings.

March 16, 2026 | Online

Modern Risk Management for High-Net-Worth Individuals and Family Businesses

Featuring Jeff Cline, Partner at BCU Risk Advisors

February 27, 2026 | Online

Making Hard Decisions: A Practical Risk Analysis Framework

Featuring Çerağ Pinçe, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management; Graduate Program Director, MS Supply Chain Management; Loyola University Chicago

October 27, 2025 | Online

AI-Driven Risk Management in Banking and FinTech

Featuring Joe Peedikayil, Managing Director, Finance Risk Compliance, Accenture

October 20, 2025 | Online

Embedding AI in Risk Management in Financial Services - Are We There Yet?

Featuring Varun Agarwal, Director of Enterprise Risk, Western Alliance Bank

October 13, 2025 | Online

Managing Enterprise Risk and ESG Investment: A Panel Discussion

Featuring Quinlan faculty members Jennifer J. Griffin, Abol Jalilvand, and Alaia Qin.

September 29, 2025 | Online

Commanding the Chaos: A Playbook for High-Stakes Decision-Making

Featuring JJ Schock, Deputy Commander, Coast Guard Sector Boston

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April 28, 2025 | Online

Issue Management – Identification and Remediation of Problems Before They Become Adverse Losses

Featuring Varun Agarwal, Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Western Alliance Bank.

April 14, 2025 | Online

Challenges and Opportunities in Property and Casualty Insurance Today: Fireside Chat

Featuring Bob Greenebaum, EVP, Regional Director and Tom Levin, VP, Healthcare Broker at CRC Group.

April 7, 2025 | Online

A Risk Mindset for Not-for-Profit Firms

Featuring Jake Braunsdorf, Sr. Manager, Deloitte; Jonathan Buchbinder, Treasurer, Loyola University of Chicago; Sarah Hughes, Audit and Assurance Manager, Deloitte and Touche LLP; and Teresa Krafcisin, Sr. Associate VP and Controller, Loyola University Chicago

March 24, 2025 | Online

Intro to Risk and Compliance Careers in Trading

Featuring Jim Bordignon, Executive in Risk Management and Derivatives, and Instructor: Finance Department, Quinlan School of Business

March 17, 2025 | Online

Right-Brained Risk: The Role of Disposition and Temperament in Managing Risk

Featuring Susan Ramonat, Chief Risk Officer, Revive ERM.

February 24, 2025 | Online

Money Laundering and Regulatory Risk Management

Featuring Henry Balani, Financial Services Executive, and Clinical Professor, Finance Department, Quinlan School of Business.

February 10, 2025 | Online

Geopolitical Risk and Your Supply Chain Vendor Ecosystem

Featuring Valerie Nielsen, Risk Executive, Longview Leader Corporation.

2024 Speaker Series

Machine Learning in Consumer Underwriting Under U.S. Banking Regulation
Featuring Steven Dickerson, Senior Advisor and Advance Analytics Lead at BLDS LLC and former Senior Vice President and Chief Data Scientist at Discover Financial Services.

Commercial Real Estate - Risks, Returns, and Opportunities
Featuring Adam McCurdy, Partner at GJM Advisory and former adjunct instructor at Loyola's Quinlan School of Business.

Evolution of the Private Equity Market: Opportunities and Risks
Featuring Rocco Martino, Founder of OceanM19 LLC and former Co-Founder and Partner at LaSalle Capital.

Fintech: Opportunities and Challenges in a Global Setting
Featuring Lisa Yang, Associate Professor of Finance at Loyola's Quinlan School of Business.

ERM Development, Implementation, and Necessary Evolution in the Real Estate Sector
Featuring Erik Heuser, chief corporate operations officer at Taylor Morrison, the fifth largest real estate firm in the U.S.

Managing the Enterprise Risk in Institutional Investment Portfolios
Featuring Katharine Wyatt, chief investment officer at Loyola University Chicago.

Reconfiguring the Risk Management Frontier: Managing to Risk Appetite
Featuring Varun Agarwal, issue management director at Western Alliance Bank.

Finding your Footing in the Global Property Re/Insurance Marketplace
Featuring Meghan Merris, broker at CRC Insurance Services and alumna of Loyola University Chicago.

Sanctions Matter: An Intro to Economic Sanctions
Featuring Mycal Ford, risk and compliance professional at McKinsey.

2023 Speaker Series

Launching a Bank: Capital, Regulatory, and Risk Considerations
Featuring Maria Tabrizi, EVP, chief risk officer, and chief technology officer at First Women’s Bank and member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council.

Intro to AI and Assessing the Impact of ESG on Stock Performance and Volatility
Featuring Steven Keith Platt, director of analytics and lecturer of applied AI and statistics, director of AI Business Consortium, Quinlan School of Business.

Cloud and Data Strategy for Machine Learning and AI: Financial Services
Featuring Dimple Thakkar, head of data for machine learning and intelligence operations at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and steering committee member for Loyola's AI Business Consortium.

From Bubbles to Busts: Real World lessons about Stock Prices and Valuation
Featuring Jeff Rosenberg, adjunct professor - finance department at Loyola's Quinlan School of Business. Formerly, financial analyst at Rail Splitter Capital and William Blair & Co.

Pragmatic Challenges of Implementing Risk Management Frameworks for Insurers
Featuring Varun Agarwal, director of enterprise risk at Western Alliance Bank.

Innovation and Risk Management: Mortal Enemies or Fast Friends?
Featuring Tonny Thomas, co-founder of NakiNoku and former risk executive at HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, and Kandathil Trading (Serangoon Market).

Revisit presentations from our speaker series, featuring leaders and working professionals from the insurance, financial services, and business-related sectors. You can also check out our YouTube playlist to watch past recordings.