The 5th Annual Wharton Club Conference - Powerful Leadership in Perilous Times: Preparing Your Business Wharton Alumni, University of Pennsylvania
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PANEL 1:
MANAGING YOUR RISK
How experts identify, assess and prioritize threats and build organizations able to adapt quickly to evolving conditions. The emphasis will be on what works, what doesn’t and why.

Moderator:

  • Neil A. Doherty, Professor and Chair of Insurance and Risk Management, Wharton School of Business

Panelists:
  • John Powers, Chairman, FirTH Alliance, LLC
  • W. David Stephenson, Consultant
  • Suzanne Peck, Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia
  • Jack Mayer, Vice President, Booz Allen & Hamilton, Government Sector
  • Paul O’Donnell, Senior Underwriting Specialist, Chubb Insurance


PANEL 2:
MANAGING YOUR RESPONSE
An overview of proven processes that result in effective on-the-spot decision-making. Knowing when to follow the plan and how to improvise and empower during a crisis. The emphasis will be on what business leaders need to do today to assure a reasonable chance of success in a crisis.

Moderator:
  • Jim Stryker, President, Leadership Perspectives, Inc.

Panelists:
  • Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, (former Assistant Surgeon General); Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown and Tufts University, Schools of Medicine
  • The Honorable Jay Eagen, Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives
  • JD Longmire, Director of IT Operations, Ship Systems Sector, Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • John Zimmer, Emergency Preparedness & Response Advisor, ExxonMobil Corporation


PANEL 3:
MANAGING YOUR FUTURE
Identifying opportunities for your company to create new products or services and build good-will as a result of having survived a crisis. Industry experts will provide case examples of how companies used a crisis as a change driver. The emphasis will be on putting in place the organizational mechanisms that will enable the organization to not only sustain itself but enable innovation.

Moderator:
  • Steven A. Augustino, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Panelists:
  • Andy Nunemaker, Chief Executive Officer, EMSystem, LLC
  • Mark Sauter, Chief Operating Officer, Chesapeake Innovation Center
  • Brett Caine, President, Citrix Online, Inc.
  • Douglas Hopkins, Kestrel Consulting, LLC


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