Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.   Guest 1: Pat Saporito Founder & Principal Consultant, Saporito & Associates, LLC “Leveraging Data and Analytics for Continuous Risk Management” is a course that is available in three parts — Part 1’s next session is on March 9th. The in-person pre-conference workshop on April 29th and 30th in Atlanta Georgia will be “Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence in Risk Management.” RISKWORLD attendees save 30% on this course. The instructor for the virtual and in-person workshops is my friend Pat Saporito, Founder & Principal Consultant of Saporito & Associates, LLC. I’ve worked with her before and she’s one of our favorites here at RIMS. I wanted you to hear about what she has in store for you.   Guest 2: Megan Miller Megan Miller is the Executive Director of the Spencer Educational Foundation. Megan is here to talk to us about #SpencerDay.   Guests 3 and 4: Anne Bowen and Jamal Evans Anne and Jamal are 2022 Spencer Educational Foundation Scholarship Recipients.   Be sure to tune in for today’s informative conversations!   Key Takeaways: [:01] About the RIMS Membership. [:14] Registration for RISKWORLD 2023 is now open! [:26] About RIMScast. [:39] About today’s episode, #SpencerDay, and today’s guests. [:53] All about upcoming RIMS webinars, workshops, events, and more! [1:35] About RISKWORLD 2023. [1:48] About recent episodes with RISKWORLD speakers. [2:09] About data analytics courses that RIMS hosts virtually and will also host in person in Atlanta, Georgia ahead of RISKWORLD. The virtual course is “Leveraging Data and Analytics for Continuous Risk Management,” in three parts, with Part 1 on March 9th. [2:35] The in-person course is a pre-conference workshop on April 29th and 30th in Atlanta Georgia, “Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Risk Management.” RISKWORLD attendees save 30% on this course. [2:48] The instructor for the virtual and in-person courses is Pat Saporito, Founder & Principal Consultant, Saporito & Associates, LLC. [3:04] Justin welcomes Pat Saporito to RIMScast! [3:11] About the virtual workshop Pat Saporito leads for RIMS in three modules or parts. [3:22] The first part of the virtual workshop, “Leveraging Data,” is about the foundation of data and analytics and how to leverage the data for risk management. [4:01] The second part of the virtual workshop, “Managing Data,” is about bringing data sources together and using the characteristics of the data by asking better analytical questions and using data scientists. [4:58] The last part of the virtual workshop, “Optimizing Risk Management with AI,” is about algorithms that go beyond the usual. The course includes demos and how to build a framework for the attendees' use cases, and make incremental improvements. [5:48] The practical tools attendees of each course receive from Pat. [6:02] Justin is looking forward to Pat hosting the three combined modules under the title “Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Risk Management,” in person in Atlanta, an all-day course over two days, April 29th and 30th. [6:43] Pat will cover in person everything from the three modules of the virtual course, a little more concisely. She will also ask participants to bring a case study or risk management challenge to work on to make it practical for them. [8:02] Pat describes her teaching style as very practical with some added humor. The in-person group discussion is also invaluable. [8:37] Justin’s second guest, Spencer Educational Foundation Executive Director, Megan Miller is here to tell about #SpencerDay. Justin welcomes Megan to RIMScast. [9:18] Spencer Day brought back their gala in 2022, after being on pandemic hiatus, and honored Neeti Bhalla Johnson. The year was also a high-water mark for fundraising. [9:53] The Spencer Educational Foundation is excited about what it will be able to do in 2023. [10:07] Neeti Bhalla Johnson’