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Higher education is currently navigating a “polycrisis” of enrollment pressures, financial uncertainty, digital transformation, AI, infrastructure challenges, and more. In this episode, Tracey Swift, editor-in-chief of Higher Ed Risk Magazine, explores all of this and makes the case for rethinking risk management as a strategic tool for institutional resilience. She shares why leaders need to move beyond reactive crisis planning, embrace enterprise risk thinking, and use risk management to make smarter decisions about innovation, technology, finances, and the future of their institutions.
Guest Name: Tracey Swift - Editor-in-Chief at HigherEdRisk
Guest Social: LinkedIn
Guest Bio: Tracey Swift is a risk management and insurance executive with 20+ years leading risk strategy across Fortune 500 corporations and higher education institutions. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of HigherEdRisk, a publication that provides higher education leaders and boards with actionable risk intelligence to strengthen institutional resilience. Previously, Tracey served as Executive Director of Risk Management at Arizona State University, overseeing enterprise risk and insurance programs. Earlier in her career, she held corporate risk management and commercial insurance brokerage roles across consumer products, telecommunications, and financial services.
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