Victoria Di Palo, Cbcp, Pcp, Cert
About Victoria Di Palo, Cbcp, Pcp, Cert
Victoria Di Palo is an Enterprise Resiliency Professional at Fannie Mae with extensive experience in continuity and risk management, having worked at notable organizations such as Loch Harbour Group, Deloitte, Booz Allen Hamilton, and FEMA.
Enterprise Resiliency Professional at Fannie Mae
Victoria Di Palo currently holds the position of Enterprise Resiliency Professional at Fannie Mae, located in the Washington D.C. Metro Area. In this role, she is responsible for managing the strategic development of third-party risk management assessment programs. Additionally, she collaborates with Enterprise Risk, Business Architecture, and Operations & Technology to enhance the organization's resilience posture. Victoria also oversees the Business Impact Analyses (BIA) team and manages Business Continuity’s relationship with the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team to address process taxonomy gaps.
Previous Roles in Risk Management and Consulting
Prior to her current role, Victoria Di Palo worked at the Loch Harbour Group in the Washington D.C. Metro Area as a consultant specializing in continuity and risk management from 2014 to 2015. She also served as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte in Rosslyn, VA from 2013 to 2014. Earlier in her career, she spent 11 years at Booz Allen Hamilton as an Associate, focusing on various aspects of risk management and continuity planning. Victoria’s extensive experience in this domain began with her role as an Emergency Management Specialist at FEMA, where she worked for seven years starting in 1995.
Educational Background in Business and Communications
Victoria Di Palo completed her Bachelor's degree at the University of Phoenix, where she studied Business, Management, Marketing, and related support services from 2005 to 2009. Earlier, she earned an Associate's Degree in Communications from Stevenson University, where she studied from 1987 to 1989. This educational foundation provided her with a solid grounding in business principles and communication strategies, which have been crucial in her various professional roles.
Developing Business Continuity and Risk Management Programs
In her current and past roles, Victoria Di Palo has made significant contributions to business continuity and risk management programs. She authored a policy to elevate the Business Continuity program to an enterprise-level, incorporating industry best practices. Victoria has conducted over 100 Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) to prioritize the criticality and recovery of process dependencies, utilizing the Fusion Risk Management business continuity planning tool as the system of record for these analyses.