Juan Azcarate III
Senior Director, Risk Management,
Dallas College
Understanding the Enterprise-Wide Risks Facing Higher Education
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | 1:00PM–1:45PM MT | Mile High Ballroom 3B, Lower Level
Session Type:
Breakout Session
Delivery Format:
Presentation
Higher education institutions face a broad range of interconnected risks. While every campus is different, most face risks that fall into four broad categories: People, Operations, Finances, and Reputation. And believe it or not, IT has a role in all four. Come and hear a panel of seasoned risk managers and IT professionals talk about the risks that higher education faces, how they change over time, and how risk ownership enterprise-wide is everybody’s job—even yours.
By attending this session, participants will:
- Attain a better understanding of the types of interconnected risks facing higher education.
- Learn or gain a better understanding that risk ownership is part of everyone’s role on campus, and what it means to be a risk owner.
- Learn or gain a better understanding that many risks facing higher education have sub-risks that might not be obvious at first glance but can have significant impact on campus.
By attending this session, participants will:
- Attain a better understanding of the types of interconnected risks facing higher education.
- Learn or gain a better understanding that risk ownership is part of everyone’s role on campus, and what it means to be a risk owner.
- Learn or gain a better understanding that many risks facing higher education have sub-risks that might not be obvious at first glance but can have significant impact on campus.
