Supply chain risk during COVID topic of WSU Walton Lecture

Nathan Mallory, director of risk management and insurance – The Americas for Expeditors International, will present “Supply Chain Risk in the COVID Era” 5-6:15 p.m. Monday, Oct.4, via a Zoom webinar. Participants may register online.

The presentation is the 28th annual Walton Lecture, free to the public.

Mallory, a 2002 WSU alumnus, manages the company’s global insurance program. He leads a team of regional risk and insurance managers who deliver supply chain risk management products and advisory, cargo, and cargo claims services to their customers.

The lecture is hosted by the WSU Carson College of Business’s Department of Finance and Management Science and made possible through an endowment from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington. The endowment honors Max Walton, the group’s past president.

For more information, contact Michael McNamara, finance professor, Carson College of Business, 509-335-5632, mjmcnam@wsu.edu.

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