College of Business alumna Cara Heiden will speak as part of the Stafford Lecture Series on Banking at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Gerdin Business Building in room 330.

Heiden is now co-president of the Wells Fargo Home Mortgage department.

Her lecture, titled “Managing Market Turmoil from the Inside Out,” will focus on how she guided her company through one of the most devastating crashed in the market’s history.

Heiden will also discuss the leadership and organization skills she learned through dealing with this difficult time, and she will suggest ways to keep employees motivated and hopeful in a failing economy.