Risky Relationships: Commitments and Expectations

Risky Relationships:  Commitments and Expectations  

Let’s take a look at the status of your critical relationships - and more specifically – evaluate the long-term resiliency prospects.  Do you have a handful of partners that you’ve been faithful to for decades? Or do you swap them out every three years in a reverse-auction, speed-dating style? Are we talking ‘forsake all others’? Will they be there when you need them, 24/7/365, in good times and bad, sickness and health? Or do contracts forged long ago still contain the bygone language of doom – that ‘force majeure’ hold-harmless clause – that carries with it a weight that will crush every hour you have invested to specifically protect your long-term prospects?  Elizabeth will share details on the latest UnitedHealth Group program improvements designed to ensure vendor/supplier resilience.  (Yes, supply chain. What did you think she was going to talk about?)  

Elizabeth Stevens, Enterprise Resiliency & Response, UnitedHealth Group

Ms. Stevens has spent 25 years focused on safety, security, and preparedness across various industries. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Macalester College, Elizabeth spent fifteen years with Northwest Airlines before she went to Target, and later Ameriprise Financial. At UnitedHealth Group she focuses on leading the response efforts during disruption, and on supply chain resiliency during the ‘business as usual’ days. Elizabeth represents UHG on the DHS/HHS Sector Coordinating Council, and has a long history of partnership work with various government agencies and organizations.  Elizabeth is the recent past president to the FBI InfraGard Minnesota Members Alliance and current co-chair to the Twin Cities' Cyber Security Summit advisory board.