12th Annual Building Resilience Conference 2023 | US Chamber of Commerce Foundation | 26 July 2023 | U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062, USA

This event is for professionals with resilience- or crisis-related roles in their business, government agency, or NGO and is dedicated to dialogue and best practices that will improve resilience locally and strengthen communities globally.

Disasters of all kinds are occurring more frequently in both familiar and novel forms. Many of the systems bolstering our communities, such as transportation, public communication, and emergency response, are already stressed, underfunded, or untested in crisis.

At the same time:

• As of late, incidents requiring rapid response are causing resource constraints and fatigue for the people on the response and recovery front lines.

• There are continued concerns about inclusively serving underserved populations, especially in the context of crisis response requiring pre-established community networks and trust.

• Community-, state-, and federal-level processes and bonds forged during the pandemic may not be sustainable as that global challenge wanes.

• When existential threats and compounded risks meet these above realities, systems and people become more stressed – and more susceptible to failure.

The opportunity ahead? Establishing and testing partnerships now to improve community-level capabilities for the day they are needed most. That’s what this event is designed to do.

Join us to improve resilience locally and strengthen all of us globally.

2023 Speakers

Cindy Allen
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, FedEx

Justin Ángel Knighten
Director, Office of External Affairs, FEMA

Evren Aydoğan
Board Member; Executive Director, IDEMA; Needs Map

Chris Beck
Chief Scientist and VP for Policy, EIS Council

Lauren Boas Hayes
Senior Advisor for Technology & Innovation, CISA

Curtis Brown
Professor of Practice, Virginia Commonwealth Universty

Provash Budden
Deputy Senior Vice President of Emergency Programs, Americares

Jeff Byard
Vice President of Operations, Team Rubicon

Chuck Chaitovitz
VP Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Belinda Constant
Mayor, City of Gretna, LA and Louisiana Chair for the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative

Administrator Deanne Criswell
Administrator, FEMA

Marc DeCourcey
Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

René Deida
Director, Corporate and Community Engagement, Office of Corporate Social Responsibility, Prudential

Vilas Dhar
President, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Natalie Enclade
Executive Director, BuildStrong Coalition

David Fortino
Director, Strategic Response, Circle

Jonathan George
Foundation Lead, North America, PepsiCo Foundation

Rob Glenn
Vice President, Global Resilience, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Eric Goldstein
Executive Assistant Director, Cyber Security, CISA

Don Graves
Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

Sean Griffin
CEO, DisasterTech

Heidi Jedlicka Halvarson
Senior Philanthropy Program Manager, Medtronic Foundation

Daniel Kaniewski
Managing Director, Public Sector, Marsh McLennan

David Kaufman
Vice President Saftey & Security, CNA

Jesse Levin
Founder, Tactivate

Shawn Lonergan
Cyber, Risk and Regulatory Resilience Lead, PwC

Warren Miller
Senior Advisor, Office of Disaster Assistance, SBA

Tatiana Moklebust
Vice President, Global Business Resilience, AmerisourceBergen

Pepper Natonski
Vice President, Federal Government Affairs, Duke Energy

Brooks Nelson
Senior Manager, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Walmart.org

Ines Pearce
CEO, Pearce Global Partners Inc.

Damien Quentin
ESG Leader, Americas, Copperleaf

Mitch Reynolds
Mayor and Wisconsin Chair of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, City of La Crosse, WI

Trevor Riggen
President, Humanitarian Services, American Red Cross

Christopher Roberti
Senior Vice President, Cyber, Space, and National Security Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Joe Ruiz
Vice President, Social Impact and The UPS Foundation, UPS Foundation

Deputy Administrator Victoria Salinas
Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Administrator for Resilience, FEMA

Vidya Sampath
Senior Product Manager, Disaster Relief, Amazon

Francisco Sánchez, Jr.
Associate Administrator, Small Business Administration

Romaine Seguin
CEO, Good360

Frank Shultz
CEO, Infinite Blue

Kevin Sligh
Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Adam Smith
Physical Scientist/Climatologist, Center for Environmental Information, NOAA

Beverley Stinson
Executive Vice President, Global Business Line Chief Executive, Water, AECOM

Prachi Sukhatankar
Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Jeff Terry
Vice President, CSR & Sustainability, GAF

Joel Thomas
CEO, SPIN Global

Sarah Thompson
Sr. Managing Director, Corporate Partnerships, Save the Children

Thomas Tighe
CEO, Direct Relief

Margi Van Gogh
Head, Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Industries, World Economic Forum

Nicole C. Wood
Deputy Director, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, DHS

Roy Wright
President & Chief Executive Officer, IBHS

Diana Yassanye
Co-Founder, Parasol Health Consulting

2023 Sponsors

FEDERAL PARTNERS:
• DHS
• CISA
• FEMA
• NOAA
• SBA
• USAID

SHAPE LEADERS:
• Abbott
• Amazon
• Coca-Cola Company
• FedEx
• Medtronic Foundation
• P&G
• Prudential
• Shell
• T-Mobile
• UPS
• UPS Foundation

EVENT SPONSORS:
• AmerisourceBergen
• Copperleaf
• Duke Energy
• JetBlue
• The Resiliency Initiative