2nd Annual Summit on ESG 2023 | American Conference Institute | 12 October 2023 | New York City

Attendees will gain insights from the full ESG ecosystem – institutional investors, asset managers, legislators, regulators, government leadership from the SEC, and ESG thought leaders from various sectors – to discuss ways to unlock ESG opportunities that align people, profit, and purpose with the greater goal of building a better future for all.

An Event That Stands Apart: While most ESG and impact investment events only scratch the surface, this program will truly delve into actionable strategies for a best-in-class ESG program and investment risk management.

An Event Worth Your Time: Your time is valuable-and this event will deliver! Spend your time comparing notes with the right people. Benchmark with proven leaders, connect with key stakeholders and stay in the loop on new, anticipated regulatory changes affecting your ESG strategy.

An Event with You in Mind: No generic, watered-down presentations. The interactive sessions will focus on the very high stakes issues coming across your desk.

An Event with the People You Want to Meet: Meet influential ESG and investment executives with proven track records of success. Connect in 1:1, large and smaller-group networking opportunities

Who should attend:
• Chief Sustainability Officers / Heads of Sustainability
• Head of ESG / ESG Initiatives – Head / VP / Director / Officer / Analyst-Environmental, Social and Governance / ESG / ESG Investment / ESG Impact / ESG Strategy / ESG Reporting
• Chief Investment Officer
• VPs of Investor Relations / VP-Director / Head-Corporate Responsibility (Social Responsibility) / Impact Investing
• Chief Compliance Officer / Director, VPs of Compliance
• In-house Counsel / General Counsel
• Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officers (not solely HR-focused)
• Managing Director / Partner / Manager-Consulting Firms with ESG practice groups
• ESG Consultants / ESG Solutions
• Chief Compliance Officers / Heads of Corporate Governance / Heads of Global Citizenship
• Head of Responsible Investing
• Head of Social Impact

2022 Past Speakers

Sarah Altschuller
Business & Human Rights Counsel, Verizon

Divya Bendre
Director, ESG Capital Markets, Bank of America

Lisa Boyd
Director of Social Impact, Lyft

Elizabeth Bradley
Shareholder, FortneyScott

Sarah Chapman, PhD
Global Chief Sustainability Officer, Manulife

Conor T. Chell
ESG Practice Group Leader, MLT Aikins LLP

Kevin Christopher
Founder & Principal, Rockridge Venture Law

Cynthia Dalagelis
SVP Director ESG and Impact Investments, Amalgamated Bank

Reagan Demas
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Troy Dennis
SVP, Head of Product, Fintech, Financial Inclusion & ESG for North America, Mastercard

Candice Dial
SVP and Director of ESG Investments, Rockefeller Capital Management

Tricia Etzold
Partner, Resolution Economics

Tania Ferlin
Global Manager ESG, Husky Technologies

David S. Ferris
Chief Sustainability Officer, Laredo Petroleum

Howard A. Fischer
Partner, Moses & Singer LLP

Mark Goodman
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Tara Giunta
Partner, Paul Hastings LLP

Chris Gray
Head of ESG, Pfizer

John Hodges
Director of Sustainability, CSR/ESG and Waste, Burlington Stores, Inc

Brooke Hopkins
Managing Director, AlixPartners LLP

Mary Beth Houlihan
Partner, ESG & Impact, Kirkland & Ellis

Sarah Bratton Hughes
Head of ESG and Sustainable Investing, American Century Investments

Prashanth PJ Jayachandran
Chief Supply Chain Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive Company

Beth Jones
Senior Managing Director, Risk & Investigations, FTI Consulting

Andrew Levine
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

Michael Levine
VP and Chief Sustainability Officer, Under Armour

Michael Littenberg
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

Brian Matt
Director, Head of ESG Advisory, New York Stock Exchange

Mike McDonnell
Senior Manager for Supply Chain Human Rights, Intel Corporation

Alyse Mauro Mason
Associate Director of ESG, Protiviti

Jim McWeeney
CEO, Integrity Risk International

Maureen Mitchell
Independent Board Director, Webster Bank

Richard Mojica
Practice Lead, Customs & Import Trade, Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Michael Murphy
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Demian Newman
Founder, GreenWorks Environmental Partnerships

Katherine O’Neill
Head of ESG, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, American Express Global Business Travel

Kosmas Papadopoulos, CFA
Executive Director, Head of Americas Sustainability Advisory, ISS Corporate Solutions

Amanda Raad
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

Maksim Rakhman
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Eric Reynolds
Global Director of Sustainability, J.M. Huber Corporation

Lindsay Ross
Director, Client Services, Moody’s ESG, Moody’s Corporation

Alexandra Russo
Head of ESG Client Portfolio Management for the US & UK, Candriam, A New York Life Investments Company

Aniket Shah, PhD
Managing Director and Global Head of ESG and Sustainability, Jefferies Financial Group

Lisa M. Tanzi
SVP and General Counsel, The Parts Authority

Douglas A. Thompson
Partner and Global Banking Sector Co-Leader, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Matt Toohey
Vice President, ESG and Sustainable Business Practice, Modern West

Shila Wattamwar
Global Head of Retail and Wealth ESG Strategy and Strategic Partnerships, Morningstar; and Executive Director, Sustainalytics

Victoria Westerhaus
Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Paul White
Partner, Resolution Economics

Kate Yin
Partner, Fangda Law

Frank Zarb
Partner, Proskauer & Rose LLP

KEYNOTE:

Andrew Dean
Co-Chief, Asset Management Unit, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

CO- CHAIRS:

Justina Nixon-Saintil
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG, IBM

Nancy Reynolds
Chief Ethics Officer, Managing Associate General Counsel, Legal Operations and ESG, Western Union