Master the art of modern risk governance and assessment to transform reactive compliance into a strategic capability that drives organizational resilience.
Organizations today operate in an environment defined by accelerating change, interconnected risks, technological disruption, and heightened stakeholder expectations. Traditional, periodic risk assessments are no longer sufficient to anticipate or manage risks that evolve rapidly and often emerge without warning. Effective risk management now requires a dynamic, forward-looking approach that is tightly integrated with strategy, decision-making, and organizational culture.
This session explores how leaders can elevate risk management from a compliance-driven exercise to a strategic capability that enhances resilience and performance. Participants will examine how to establish clear risk governance and appetite, implement continuous risk sensing, and prioritize risks based on impact, velocity, and interconnectedness. The program emphasizes integrating risk considerations into strategic planning, capital allocation, and operational decisions, rather than treating risk as a standalone process.
Through practical frameworks and real-world examples, attendees will learn how to assign clear ownership for key risks, design effective response strategies, and use meaningful key risk indicators (KRIs) alongside performance metrics. The session also highlights the importance of learning and adaptation—using scenario analysis, stress testing, and post-event reviews to continuously refine assumptions and adjust strategy in a rapidly changing risk landscape. By the end of the program, leaders will be equipped to guide their organizations with confidence through complexity, uncertainty, and ongoing disruption.
Lynn Fountain has over 45 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 24 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Ms. Fountain has held two Chief Audit Executive positions for international companies. In 2011, as the Chief Audit Executive for an international construction/ engineering firm, she was involved in the active investigation of a joint venture fraud. The investigation included work with the FBI and ultimately led to indictment of the perpetrators and recovery of $13M. Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own training and consulting business and is a regular trainer for the AICPA. Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books. “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations” was published by the Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation. -“Leading The Internal Audit Function” and -“Ethics and The Internal Auditor Political Dilemma” were published by Taylor & Francis In addition Ms. Fountain was a contributing author to the certification program exam for the National Association of Accountants. She also has certificate programs on various on-line platforms. Ms. Fountain has performed as an adjunct instructor for the School of Business for Grantham University and developed the first internal audit curriculum for the School of Business at the University of Kansas. Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CGMA, CRMA credentials and CPA certificate (non-active).
