Speakers

Pamela Alabaster
Senior Vice President Corporate Communications, Sustainable Development & Public Affairs, L’Oréal

Alabaster received her BA in Journalism from Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA and worked in magazine publishing for six years before attending New York University Stern School of Business where she earned an MBA in marketing.   Read more…

Tod Arbogast
Vice President, Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility, Avon Products, Inc.

Tod Arbogast, Vice President, Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility, oversees the development of Avon's comprehensive long-term environmental strategy, building on the company's foundation of environmental progress.   Read more…

Matthew Arnold
Managing Director and Head of Environmental Affairs, JPMorgan Chase

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Leigh Ann Baird
Vice President, Strategic Planning and Sustainability, Ingram Barge Company

Leigh Ann Baird is the vice president of strategic planning and sustainability for Ingram Barge Company. Baird joined Ingram in 1997 and has worked with industry and various governmental leaders to successfully drive legislative changes to maximize inland marine transportation opportunities.   Read more…

Alison Kinn Bennett
Senior Advisor, Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics, EPA

Alison Kinn Bennett is a Senior Advisor in EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.   Read more…

Libby Bernick
Senior Vice President, North America, Trucost

Libby Bernick joined Trucost in 2012, bringing more than 25 years of experience in environmental management and sustainability-related business issues.   Read more…

Edgar Blanco
Research Director, MIT Center, Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Edgar Blanco is a Research Director at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and is the Executive Director of the MIT SCALE Network in Latin America. His current research focus is the design of environmentally efficient supply chains.   Read more…

Matthew Bogoshian
Senior Policy Counsel, Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention, US EPA

Matt Bogoshian is the U.S. EPA's Senior Policy Counsel at the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Bogoshian provides advice and analysis on program and policy initiatives involving pollution prevention and sustainability.   Read more…

Barb Brown
Principal & Co-Owner, BrownFlynn

Since co-founding BrownFlynn in 1996, Barb Brown has helped clients to benefit from a “do good and do well” approach.   Read more…

Mary Capozzi
Senior Director Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Best Buy

Mary Capozzi is the senior director of corporate responsibility and sustainability for Best Buy Co., Inc., a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services.   Read more…

Tom Carnac
Managing Director, Carbon Disclosure Project

Tom Carnac is the Managing Director of CDP North America. Based in the NYC office, Carnac has overall responsibility for strategy and operations across the range of CDP programs including water, forest and climate change disclosure.   Read more…

Adam Carrel
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

Carrel is a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice specializing in environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns, in particular as they relate to multinational corporations.   Read more…

Martin Chilcott
Founder & CEO, 2degrees

Martin Chilcott is an experienced entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of 2degrees.   Read more…

Beth Colleton
Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, NBC Universal

Beth Colleton is Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at NBCUniversal.   Read more…

John Davies
VP, Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group

John Davies heads up GreenBiz Group's research efforts and leads the GreenBiz Executive Network, a member-based, peer-to-peer learning forum for sustainability professionals.   Read more…

Tamara DiCaprio
Sr. Director, Carbon and Energy, Environmental Sustainability, Microsoft

As Sr. Director of Carbon and Energy, DiCaprio is responsible designing, managing, and reporting on Microsoft’s long term Environmental Footprint Reduction strategy.   Read more…

Erin Fitzgerald
Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

Erin Fitzgerald works with dairy producers, processors, retailers, associations, universities, government and nongovernmental organizations to drive innovation that will strengthen U.S. dairy’s marketplace position while generating lasting economic, environmental and social value.   Read more…

Holly Fowler
Senior Director of Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility , Sodexo

Fowler is currently the Senior Director of Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility for Sodexo North America.   Read more…

Meyer Frucher
Vice Chairman, NASDAQ OMX Group

Meyer Frucher (Sandy) is Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ OMX Group. In this role, Mr. Frucher is responsible for global exchange relationships and serves as a senior advisor to NASDAQ OMX’s senior management team on a broad range of industry and regulatory issues.   Read more…

Diana Glassman
Head of Environmental Affairs, TD Bank NA

Diana Glassman is the Head of Environmental Affairs at TD Bank. Diana is collaborating with the bank’s senior executives to identify opportunities to expand TD’s environmental commitment.   Read more…

Tom Gloria
Managing Director, IE Consultants

Thomas P. Gloria, Ph.D.is Managing Director of IE Consultants. He has more than 19 years of professional experience in sustainability management consulting and information technology engineering design.   Read more…

Rich Goode
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

Rich Goode is a senior manager with experience in implementing sustainability programs at large organizations. He regularly assists clients throughout the US with the development, verification and implementation of climate change and sustainability assurance competencies.   Read more…

Tim Greiner
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Pure Strategies

Timothy J. Greiner, Pure Strategies' Co-founder and Managing Director, specializes in building environmental and social integrity into products, brands, and businesses. Greiner consults with domestic and oversees manufacturers, socially responsible business, and environmental advocacy groups.   Read more…

Michele Grossman
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Waste Management

Michele Grossman has over 15 years of experience in the environmental field and she helps customers obtain their sustainability objectives, concentrating on the triple bottom line while ensuring brand and quality is not compromised.   Read more…

Marc Gunther
Senior Writer, GreenBiz Group

Marc is a veteran journalist whose focus is business and sustainability, most recently as Senior Writer for Fortune magazine, where he spent 13 years.   Read more…

Scott Hamlin
Founding Partner, Looptworks

Scott Hamlin co-founded Looptworks in September 2009. Looptworks is a ground-breaking business that repurposes abandoned materials into meaningful, long-lasting and limited-edition products.   Read more…

Amy Hargroves
Director, Corporate Responsibility, Sprint

Amy Hargroves leads corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts for Sprint.   Read more…

Jim Hartzfeld
Corporate Sustainability Strategist,

Leveraging his 18+ years working on sustainability with Ray Anderson and Interface, Jim Hartzfeld is helping organizations build on their efforts in environmental sustainability to embrace “human technologies” of collaboration, learning and innovation that are necessary to accelerate progress.   Read more…

Amy Hartzler
Studio Director, Free Range Studios

As studio director, Amy Hartzler heads up Free Range’s DC office, collaborating with clients all over the world and colleagues in Oakland, New York and Boston.   Read more…

Neil Hawkins
Vice President, Sustainability and EH&S, Dow Chemical

Dr. Neil Hawkins drives strategy and implementation for Dow’s EH&S and sustainability programs, including the enterprise-wide 2015 Sustainability Goals. Since 1988, he has served at Dow in a broad range of functional, business, and operations roles.   Read more…

Sam Hummel
Outreach Director, Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Sam Hummel is the Outreach Director for the Sustainable Purchasing Council and a Data Architect for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.   Read more…

Kara Hurst
CEO, The Sustainability Consortium

Kara Hurst was appointed as the CEO of The Sustainability Consortium in August of 2012. Prior to TSC, Hurst spent eleven years at BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), where she served as Vice President, playing a crucial role in BSR's global expansion by overseeing all activities on the U.S.   Read more…

Velislava Ivanova
Global Sustainability Practice Director, CH2M Hill

Dr. Velislava Ivanova is an accomplished sustainability practitioner with wide international experience.   Read more…

Ashok Kamal
Co-Founder & CEO, Bennu, LLC

Ashok Kamal is Co-Founder & CEO of Bennu, which is the leader in green social media marketing. Kamal coined the term “green gamification” and has worked extensively with FORTUNE 500 clients and startups to develop game-based campaigns that promote sustainability while creating enterprise value.   Read more…

Erika Karp
Managing Director, Head of Global Sector Research, UBS Investment Bank

Erika Karp chairs the UBS Global Investment Review Committee and manages a team of sector analysts and strategists around the world. She sits on the UBS Securities Research Executive Committee and the Environmental and Human Rights Committee of the UBS Group Executive Board.   Read more…

Cary Krosinsky
Executive Director, Network for Sustainable Financial Markets

Cary Krosinsky is Executive Director of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets, and teaches Sustainability & Investing at Columbia University's Earth Institute & the University of Maryland Smith School of Business. Previously, he was senior vice president for Trucost.   Read more…

Bob Langert
VP of Corporate Responsibility, McDonald's Corporation

Bob Langert’s responsibilities with McDonald’s include social responsibility efforts, including McDonald’s social responsibility reporting, global environmental management systems, and global supply chain issues.   Read more…

Michelle Lapinski
Director, Corporate Practices, The Nature Conservancy

Michelle Lapinski is The Nature Conservancy's Director, Corporate Practices. She leads development of the Conservancy's worldwide corporate engagement strategy, and the Conservancy's International Leadership Council of corporations.   Read more…

Brendan LeBlanc
Executive Director, Ernst & Young

LeBlanc is an Executive Director in Ernst & Young LLP’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice.   Read more…

Kimberly Liu
Corporate Responsibility Manager, PwC US

Kimberly Liu is Corporate Responsibility Manager for PwC US.   Read more…

Leslie Lowe
Attorney, Future 500

Leslie Lowe is an attorney who specializes in environmental law, and corporate environmental disclosure and governance.   Read more…

Joel Makower
Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group

Joel Makower is a well-respected voice on business, the environment, and the bottom line. As a writer and strategist on corporate sustainability practices and clean technology, he has helped a wide range of companies align environmental goals with business strategy.   Read more…

Jason Mathers
Senior Manager, Environmental Defense Fund

Jason Mathers, project manager, leads mobile source emission reduction efforts for the Corporate Partnership Program of Environmental Defense Fund. He is currently focused on increasing the carbon efficiency of goods movement and cutting emission from corporate vehicles.   Read more…

Richard Mattison
CEO, Trucost

Richard Mattison is Chief Executive of Trucost Plc, the leading provider of information and research on corporate environmental efficiency.   Read more…

David Metcalfe
CEO, Verdantix

David Metcalfe is the CEO and a founding director of Verdantix. Over the last three years his strategic vision for the growth of sustainable business has been recognized by clients, media and academics.   Read more…

Cora Lee Mooney
Senior Consultant, BrownFlynn

Cora Lee Mooney has experience in corporate training and curriculum development, university instruction and consulting. She has over twelve years of university teaching experience and has developed numerous corporate training guides for both non-profit and for profit organizations.   Read more…

Chris O'Brien
Director of Sustainability, American University

Chris O’Brien is American University’s Director of Sustainability, responsible for sustainability policy, planning, outreach, implementation and greening the university's procurement.   Read more…

Summer Rayne Oakes
EVP of Sustainability & Chief Storyteller, Above Live

Summer Rayne Oakes has taken an unlikely career path, having parlayed her background in environmental science and entomology with a successful career as a fashion model.   Read more…

Dr. Anastasia O’Rourke
Principle DEKRA and Co-Chair, Sustainable Purchasing Council

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Jason Pearson
Interim Executive Director, Sustainable Purchasing Council

Jason Pearson is the Interim Executive Director of the Sustainable Purchasing Council. He is the founder and Principle of TruthStudio, a consultancy that provides research, analysis, strategy, visualization, and communication support to organizations working in the public interest.   Read more…

Craig Philip
CEO, Ingram Barge Company

Craig Philip has spent more than 30 years in various professional and senior management capacities in the marine, rail and intermodal industries, and has held adjunct faculty positions at Princeton and Vanderbilt.   Read more…

Skooks Pong
Senior VP of Technology, Synapse

Driven by limitless curiosity and a passion for doing things right, Skooks Pong has a reputation for clarity and insightfulness, providing valuable perspectives on product development, operations and marketing. The company’s most-tenured employee, Pong is the Senior Vice President of Technology.   Read more…

Jeff Rice
Senior Director, Sustainability, Walmart

Jeff Rice is Director, Sustainability at Walmart. In this role Jeff is responsible for product and supply chain sustainability initiatives and the Sustainability Index.   Read more…

Stephen Ritz
Educator, Green Bronx Machine

Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator who believes that students shouldn't have to leave their community to live, learn and earn in a better one.   Read more…

Ellen Roche
Director of Content Strategy, Free Range Studios

Ellen Roche's enthusiasm for advocacy started on the playground in fifth grade, defending frogs and toads from torture, and she's been an advocate for human rights, animal welfare, and U.S. education reform issues ever since.   Read more…

Dan Saccardi
Principal, GreenOrder

During his five years at Cleantech Group / GreenOrder, Daniel Saccardi has worked on a variety of sustainability consulting projects, including helping two global chemicals companies develop and implement market-oriented sustainability strategies, an oil and gas supply company develop an integrated   Read more…

Jonah Sachs
Co-Founder and President, Free Range Studios

Sachs' pioneering communications work has helped hundreds of progressive organizations break through the media din with strategic, inspiring messages.   Read more…

Jeff Seabright
VP, Environment and Water, Coca-Cola

Jeff Seabright is the chief environmental officer at the Coca-Cola Company, where he is responsible for environmental governance and leadership across global operations of the Coca-Cola system including water stewardship, sustainable packaging, climate protection practices, and sustainable agricultu   Read more…

Jeff Senne
Director, Corporate Responsibility, PwC

Jeff Senne is a Director on the PwC Corporate Responsibility team. In this role Senne leads the firm's efforts in terms of environmental conservation and promoting responsible business practices in the marketplace.   Read more…

Simran Sethi
Journalist, Strategist, Educator,

Simran Sethi is an award-winning journalist, strategist & educator who teaches & reports on sustainability, environmentalism & social media for social change.   Read more…

Andrew Shapiro
Founder, Broadscale

Andrew Shapiro, Broadscale's founder, has spent the last two decades working at the nexus of new technologies and societal transformation -- with a focus over the last dozen years on energy and environmental innovation and before that on information technology and globalization.   Read more…

Kavita Shukla
Inventor, Founder & CEO, Fenugreen

Kavita M. Shukla is the Inventor and Founder/CEO of Fenugreen (www.fenugreen.com), a pioneer in the movement towards sustainable, active, natural food packaging.   Read more…

Yalmaz Siddiqui
Senior Director of Environmental Strategy, Office Depot

Yalmaz Siddqui is Office Depot’s Senior Director of Environmental Strategy responsible for setting strategy, defining metrics, and driving integration of a wide range of environmental programs into the global organization.   Read more…

PJ Simmons
Chair, Corporate Eco Forum

P.J. Simmons is Chairman of the Corporate Eco Forum, a preeminent network of senior Fortune 500 and Global 500 executives focused on forging “next” practice in corporate sustainability strategy.   Read more…

Dave Stangis
Vice President - CSR & Sustainability, Campbell Soup Company

Stangis is Vice President of CSR, Sustainability and Community Affairs for the Campbell Soup Company and President of the Campbell Soup Foundation. Campbell is the world's largest soup manufacturer, and comprises other brands such as Pepperidge Farm, V8, Pace, Prego and Swanson.   Read more…

Andrew Steer
President & CEO, World Resources Institute

Dr. Andrew Steer is the third President of the World Resources Institute. He has three decades of experience working on international development on the front line in Asia and Africa, and at a senior level in international policy roles.   Read more…

David Struhs
Vice President, Sustainability, Domtar

David Struhs has been Vice President for Sustainability at Domtar for one year. He came to this position with a broad range of experiences in environmental and energy policy.   Read more…

Trisa Thompson
VP, Corporate Responsibility, Dell

As Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Dell, Trisa Thompson is responsible for Dell’s global giving and sustainability. Previously at Dell, Thompson served as Vice President, Legal, for the Global Operations, Marketing and Product Groups, and was a member of the Legal Team for 12 years.   Read more…

Brandon Tidwell
Manager of Sustainability, Darden Restaurants

Brandon Tidwell is Manager of Sustainability for Darden Restaurants.   Read more…

Sally Uren
Deputy Chief Executive, Forum for the Future

Dr. Sally Uren is the Deputy Chief Executive at Forum for the Future and as well as helping lead the organisation, she oversees Forum's partnerships in both the UK and the US, as well as Forum’s networks and communication activities.   Read more…

Jim Walker
International Programmes and Strategy Director, The Climate Group

Jim is a Co-founder of The Climate Group and serves as the organization's Director of International Programmes & Strategy, based in the US. He is a member of the Executive Management Team and of The Climate Group’s Australia, Hong Kong and China boards of directors.   Read more…

Chris Walker
Associate Director, Ernst & Young

Walker is a member of Ernst & Young LLP’s Americas Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice.   Read more…

Charlene Wall-Warren
Sustainability Leader - North America, BASF

Wall-Warren leads sustainability programs for BASF in North America. Prior, she led a company-wide team pursuing opportunities for sustainable packaging technologies.   Read more…

Adam Werbach
Co-Founder, yerdle

Adam Werbach is regarded as one of the world's premier experts in sustainability. At age 23, Werbach was elected as the youngest president ever of the Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental organization in the United States.   Read more…

Timothy Westbrook
Artist,

Timothy Westbrook grew up in the northern Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. Growing up in a society that had a low environmental impact by nature had a profound influence on his daily practice as an artist.   Read more…

John Whalen
Principal, BluSkye

John Whalen is a principal with Blu Skye who specializes in engagements involving system change – specifically, sustainability-driven innovation across supply chains and industries. Whalen has led Blu Skye’s team supporting the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, played a key role in the U.S.   Read more…

Erik Wohlgemuth
COO, Future 500

Erik Wohlgemuth joined Future 500 in 2001 and is now Future 500’s COO, responsible for the organizational management. He oversees the financial planning, strategic marketing and development, and serves as a strategic advisor on various projects.   Read more…

Kristine Young
Sustainability Manager, Ocean Spray Cranberries

Kristine Young leads the Sustainability program at Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., a $2 billion consumer packaged goods company and best-in-class agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 growers.   Read more…

Doug Young
General Partner, Spruce Haven Farm & Research Center

Doug Young is general partner of Spruce Haven Farm and Research Center in Union Springs, NY. He has served as a dairy producer on his family farm since 1981. At Spruce Haven, Young, along with his wife and four children, manages 38 employees and 1,925 dairy cows.   Read more…

Gabe Zichermann
Editor in Chief, Founder & CEO, Gamification.Co

Gabe Zichermann is the chair of GSummit (gsummit.com) where top gamification experts across industries gather to share knowledge and insight about customer & employee engagement and loyalty and the Founder/Editor of Gamification.Co (gamification.co) and EQ magazine.   Read more…