Lessons Learned from Hurricane Irma and Other Disasters

A Category 4 hurricane is headed straight for your town.  What do you do when a critical recovery team member refuses to evacuate without their pet pot-bellied pig and no hotel will allow it?  Well, you rent them a furnished apartment, that’s what you do.  During this session, the presenter will cover lessons learned from the responses to COVID, hurricanes and numerous other crises.  Tips for improving your Crisis Management and Incident Response Programs will also be shared.

Speaker: Beverly Schulz

As the Vice President of Raymond James’ Business Continuity and Crisis Management programs, Beverly is responsible for providing policies and frameworks, conducting control testing, setting risk appetites and tolerances, and facilitating the governance processes for Business Continuity, Crisis Management, and Disaster Recovery. 

Beverly is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) with over twenty-five years of experience in Business Continuity, Crisis Management, and Disaster Recovery.  Over the course of her career, she has led the response to several major disasters, including Hurricanes Irma, Sandy, Gustav and Ike.  Beverly earned her master’s degree in business administration and her bachelor’s degree in production management from Virginia Tech. Prior to joining Raymond James in 2014, Beverly was the Director of Crisis Management and Business Continuity Testing at Capital One.