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[on-hold music] Hello, and welcome to NACUBO In Brief, a podcast from the National Association of College and University Business Officers.

On this series, we explore the opportunities and challenges facing the higher education business office.

I'm Liz Clark, Vice President for Policy and Research, and I have two guests here with me to talk about risk and resilience and strategies for extreme weather.

So when we talk about risk, I tend to look from both perspectives.

On the one hand, what does the risk manager need to help protect people and reduce liability? And then on the other hand, what does the CFO or business officer need to understand to better collaborate with and support the loss control efforts that are happening across their campus?

That is a topic that we have visited here on NACUBO In Brief in the past.

In our previous season, we spoke with Bronte Burley-Jones and a campus risk director about enterprise risk management, and I'm excited today to, to dig in a little bit deeper and talk about a specific issue area of concern.

Over the past several years, it seems like we've been hearing about record-breaking storms, tragic floods, wildfires, and other weather events much more often.

Yet many institutions continue to struggle to achieve lasting change.

Is it simply a matter of resources? Or is it about how campuses align their people, priorities, and investments around a common goal? Joining me are Kristen Brooks from Complete College America and Kelly Rainey from NACUBO.

And together we'll explore why bringing business officers into the student success conversation may be one of the biggest opportunities institutions have to improve outcomes for students.

So good to have both of you here with me today.

And Kelly, many of our listeners may know you, but let's refresh those who might not.

Sure.

So I am the Senior Director for Student Success Initiatives here at NACUBO.

Had the opportunity to help stand up the NACUBO Student Success Hub a few years ago.

So I just am a big believer in just being direct and honest.

And after I did that talk and it was picked up at NACUBO, I got several emails from around the country, asked them for the paper and taxonomy.

And that was pretty cool.

That was pretty cool from people on the West Coast, people on the Southern Coast and other parts of the country wrote in and said, would you share what your information is? And I'm happy to do it.

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To learn more about NACUBO and access additional resources for higher education business and financial professionals, visit nacubo.org. I'm Melissa Farley.

Thanks for listening and we'll see you next time.

Hello and welcome to NACUBO in Brief, a podcast from the National Association of College and University Business Officers.

I'm Brian Dixon, NACUBO's Director of Education Policy.

On this series, we explore the opportunities and challenges facing the Higher Education Business Office.

And on this episode, we're talking about how colleges and universities make better decisions.