From the CEO
Hello TPRA Members,
It is hard to believe the holiday season is upon us! It feels like 2020 flew by and I couldn't be happier to see it go. Although, I must admit that while this year threw many curve balls, I was able to spend more time with family and focus on what really matters. If this year has taught me anything, it's that slowing down to stop and smell the roses is just as important as working hard. And speaking of working hard, we've had quite the year here at the Third Party Risk Association! I want to first thank you for your continued participation in our forums, roundtables, webinars, focus groups, and conferences. I'm a firm believer that you get out what you put in to your careers, and our organization is here to support you.
Hopefully you were able to participate in our October Practitioner meeting on "Automating Third Party Risk Management". If you were not, I would encourage you to view the playback on our website. The meeting included a panel discussion from four industry subject matter experts discussing what to automate within your programs, when to automate, the issues with automation, and how to better leverage data output from an automated process. It was a great conversation and includes information you can leverage if you are building out a business case for automating your own program.
Our November Practitioner meeting will take place during our Winter Virtual Conference. We are diverging a bit from our normal one-day conference format to bring you a week-long event. Each day during the week of November 9th, the TPRA will bring you three presentations from both Practitioners and Third Party Risk Service Providers from the hours of 10 AM and 12 PM. All presentations will point towards our theme, "The Strategy of Third Party Risk". This conference is free for both members and non-members and will provide you with 10 hours of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. For additional details and to register, please visit our Winter Virtual Conference page.
As the TPRA begins planning for 2021, we will look for your feedback in the form of our annual member survey. You will receive an email within the next month requesting information on the value you receive from your member benefits and Association events. It will also request information on a variety of topics so that we can ensure our 2021 discussions include topics that you wish to hear about.
Last, as our second year comes to an end, so too does the terms of two of our Board Members. If you are interested in serving as a TPRA Board member, please reach out to me at Julie@tprassociation.org. You must be a current Practitioner Member (in good standing) and in a Third Party Risk-related leadership role within your organization to apply.
As always, please let me know if there is anything you need and stay safe during this holiday season.
~ Julie Gaiaschi, CEO & Founder