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John Koskinen: COVID-19 Deja Vu to Y2K

April 23, 2020 by


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_John A. Koskinen

As the manager of transitioning to Y2K globally, John Koskinen feels many
of the same issues prevalent as we are experiencing with COVID-19. He gives
us a behind-the-scenes look at what really happened during Y2K. We are now
more dependent on information technology and part of the challenge is that
we don’t have a national response. It’s very episodic. We have to look at
risks and costs. If we wait too long, the problem gets away from us and
becomes more difficult to solve. Until we get the curve flattened and enough testing done to understand where the clusters are that are generating a significant amount of infection, it is unwise to congregate. He lets us know what the relevance of testing is and why it must be done. The longer we are shutdown, the deeper the recession. “The virus will set the timeline.”

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Nan has been President of Nan McKay and Associates, Inc. since 1980. She started Nan McKay Connects LLC in 2019 and has started 4 other businesses over the last 50 years. She has received numerous awards including the Allan Anderson Award of Merit from Minnesota National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, the Section 8 Administrators Award, in 2018 the National Association of Women Business Owners' (NAWBO) Signature Award for Southern California, and in 2019 she was selected by NAWBO as the California Woman Business Owner of the Year. She was co-founder of Minnesota Women in Housing and has served on the Board of Directors for the National Leased Housing Association for many years. She has two buildings named after her in Minnesota, a 10-story elderly high-rise, the Nan McKay Building, and a family subsidized development, McKay Manor. Nan now hosts four podcast shows featuring stories of women empowerment, oral history makers of affordable housing and community development, and stories of ordinary people coping with COVID-19 pandemic.
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