Diversifying vendors is critical for crisis resiliency. How do you locate community partners, vet and onboard them, and know that they can be trusted? How does sourcing locally support your community and diversity? 

Portland, Oregon, Looptworks CEO Scott Hamlin will talk about the innovative and sustainable supply chain model that reduces vulnerability by up-cycling materials locally, and how they worked with locally in response to COVID-19, in a quest to serve nurses lined up out their door for PPE.