7th Responsible Business Summit New York 2019 | Ethical Corporation | 18 March 2019 | New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA

On the back of our largest and most-successful US-based conference our vision for 2019 is to create a 2-day event where 500+ CEOs and business leaders meet to shape the future of responsible business. Leading practitioners from sustainability, procurement, innovation and communications alongside Investors, Government officials, Academia and NGOs will debate the key business challenges and opportunities.

2019 Speakers

John Kern
SVP Supply Chain Operations, Cisco

Sandra Nessing
Managing Director, Corporate Sustainability, American Electric Power

Matthew Welch
President, The SASB Foundation

Hervé P. Duteil
Managing Director, Chief Sustainability Officer, Americas, BNP Paribas

Jostein Solheim
Executive Vice President, Foods and Refreshments, Unilever North America

Richard Ellis
Group Head of CSR, Walgreen Boots Alliance

Amandine Robin
SVP North America, Communications & Sustainability, Pernod Ricard

James F. Kenny
Mayor, Philadelphia

Paige Goff
Vice President of Sustainability, Domtar

Michael Colarossi
Vice President, Innovation & Sustainabiliity, Avery Dennison

John Hocevar
Oceans Campaign Director, Greenpeace

John Scott
VP - Global Quality, Food Safety & Sustainability, Subway

Sasja Beslik
Head of Group Sustainable Finance, Nordea

Crystal Lassiter
Sr. Director of Global Sustainability, UPS

Rich Kroes
Senior Director of Global Sustainability, Oracle Corporation

Louis Coppola
Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, GA Institute

John Kotlarczyk
Senior Director, CSR & Waste Reduction, Walgreen Boots Alliance

Daniel Fibiger
Director, Global Sustainability, Gap

Bridget Croke
VP, External Affairs, Closed Loop Partners

Nick Gogerty
CEO, Solarcoin

Andy Keller
CEO & President, Chicobag

Hakon Mattson
Director of Sustainability, Anthem

Lina Constantinovici
Founder and Executive Director, Innovation 4.4

Anna Lisa Lukes
Director CSR, Golden State Foods

Nathan Truitt
Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, American Forest Foundation

Ravinder Bhalla
Mayor, City of Hoboken, Hoboken

Jon Mithcell
Mayor, New Bedford

Davida Heller
Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citi

Virginie Helias
Vice President Global Sustainability, P&G

Anne Van Riel
Head of Sustainable Finance Americas, ING

Wendy Blanpied
Senior Advisor, Save the Children

Michael Levine
Vice President and Managing Counsel, Sustainability, Under Armour

Janet Ranganathan
Vice President, World Resources Institute

Christopher Walker
Director, North America and Redefining Value, WBCSD

Laura Palmeiro
Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact

Michael Garland
Assistant Comptroller - Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, Office of New York City Comptroller

Alisa Gravitz
CEO, Green America

Chris Fowle
Head of America, PRI

Andy Pharoah
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Strategic Initiatives & Sustainability, Mars

Brendon Steele
Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Future 500

Judy Panayos
Sr Director, Sustainability, Supply Management, Sodexo

Carol Surface
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Medtronic

Hammad Atassi
CEO, American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC)

2018 Speakers

Pascal Baltussen
Global Vice President, Procurement, Mars

Ashley Schulten
Head of Responsible Investing, Global Fixed Income, BlackRock

Michele Malejki
Global Head of Strategic Programs - HP Sustainability & Social Innovation, HP Inc

Abby Maxman
President and CEO, Oxfam America

Tom Madrecki
Director of Urban Innovation and Mobilit, UPS

Joelle Tanguy
Director Strategic Partnership, Advocacy and Communications, UN Women

Jim Gowen
Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon

Kristina Kloberdanz
Vice President of Corporate Sustainabilit, Mastercard

Rob Hargrove
Senior Vice President, Research, Development, Quality and Innovation, Mondelez

Brian Kelley
Vice Chairman, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc

Minna Aila
VP, Corporate Affairs, Nokia

Javette Hines
Director, Head of Supply Chain Development, Inclusion and Sustainability, Citi

Cari P. Boyce
Senior Vice President Stakeholder Strategy and Sustainability and President, The Duke Energy Foundation

Matt Petersen
President & CEO, LACI

John Scott
Vice President of Global Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility, Subway

Sara Link
Head / President, Oath For Good

Ronald Den Elzen
President and CEO, Heineken

Thomas Brostrøm
President, Orsted

Al Naqvi
President, American Institute

J. Patrick Gallagher Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co

Matthew Welch
President, SASB Foundation

Tim Mohin
Chief Executive, GRI

Allen Love
Senior Vice President and Chair US Diversity Leadership Team, TD Bank

Jennifer Holmgren
CEO, LanzaTech

Pieter Wolters
Vice-President, DSM Innovation Center | Managing Director DSM Venturing, DSM

Richard Howitt
CEO, IR

Richard Ellis
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility,
Walgreens Boots Alliance

Pam Strifler
Vice President, Global Sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Insights, Monsanto

Paige Goff
Vice President of Sustainability and Business Communications, Domtar

Doug Walters
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Los Angeles

Patsy Doerr
Global Head, Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Inclusion, Thomson Reuters

The Hon. Per-Olof Loof
Chief Executive Officer, KEMET Corporation

Dave Stangis
VP Corporate Responsibility and Chief Sustainability Officer, Campbell Soup

Amanda Gardiner
Vice President of Global Sustainability and Social Innovation, Pearson

Colleen Vien
Sustainability Director, Timberland

Bob Dixon
Head of Sustainability Siemens

Ken Kimmell
President, The Union of Concerned Scientists

Michael Perry
Director of Kit and Product, Shopify

Simon Messenger
Managing Director, CDSB

Caroline Rees
President and Co-Founder, Shift

Dennis Wilson
Director of CSR, Product Stewardship & Sustainability, Saint-Gobain

Joe Verrengia
Global Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Arrow Electronics

Maria Ignacia Arcaya
VP & Exec Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Cisneros

Michael Burger
Executive Director of the Sabin Center, Columbia Law School

Anna Lisa Lukes
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Golden State Foods

Patricia Jurewicz
Director, Responsible Sourcing Network

Andrew Watterson
Senior Vice President and Head of Sustainability, KeyBank

Helle Bank Jorgensen
CEO, B. Accountability

Herma Van Der Laarse
Sustainability Reporting Specialist, ABN AMRO

Nancy Wildfeir-Field
President, GBC Health

Tensie Whelan
Clinical Professor for Business and Society
Director, Center for Sustainable Business, NYU Stern School of Business

Jeff Malcolm
Senior Director, Private Sector Engagement, World Wildlife Fund

Christina Alfandary
Managing Director ESG & Sustainable Investments, Gabelli Asset Management

Bruno Sarda
Chief Sustainability Officer, NRG Energy

Adam Muellerweiss
Executive Director, Sustainability, Government and Industry Affairs, Johnson Controls

Paul Zeitz
Co-Founder - SDG Compacts, Global Development Incubator

Aileen Nowlan
Manager, EDF

Katja Zastrow
Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility – Better World, Anheuser-Busch

Rakhi Kumar
Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship, State Street Global Advisors

Mark Tulay
Program Director, Strategic Investor Initiative, CECP

Jessica Rosman
Vice President of Procurement, Caesars Entertainment

Rodrigo Arias
Global Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum

Roel Nieuwenkamp
Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct, OECD

Sabrina El-Chibini
Founder & President, CTV

Brian Reaves
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Dell

Adam Roy Gordon
Engagement Director, Global Compact Network USA

Bennett Freeman
Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary, State for Democracy

Brendon Steele
Senior Stakeholder Engagement Manage, Future 500

Dan Linsky
Vice President, Voluntary Markets, ClimeCo

Jeff Hanman
Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Teck

Jessica Ginger
Director, Implementation, The Sustainability Consortium

Amanda MacArthur
Chief Program Officer, PYXERA Global

Ravi Mikkelsen
Co-Founder & CEO, CleanWeb

Natalia Cohen
Motivational speaker and mindset coach

Melanie George Smith, Esq.
State Representative, 5th District

Paula Luff
Director, Sustainability and Impact, Inherent Group

Karen Becker
Professor, The College of New Jersey

Ahsiya Mencin
Director, PULSE & Global Volunteering, GSK

Gina Tesla
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, IBM

Sue Allchurch
Chief of Participant Relations and Communications, UN Global Compact

William Theisen
CEO, ecoAct North Americaf

Susanne Katus
VP Business Development, Datamaran

Paul Hoeffel
Founder and Director, LLC

Barry Koch
Associate, LLC

Erica Steckler
Co-Director, Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility, Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Chris Thomas
Chief Innovation Officer, Sierra Club

Chuck Melko
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Hannon Armstrong

James M. Stephens
Director Global Government & External Affairs, Martin Lagonda Ltd.

Scarlet Cronin
Senior Director of Private Sector Partnerships, Tent

Suzanne Shelton
President and CEO, Shelton Group

Jamie Barsimantov
COO and Co-Founder, SupplyShift

Andrew J. Troup
Director of Corporate Giving & Engagement Strategy, Blackbaud

Sophia Mendelsohn
Head of Sustainability, JetBlue

Sharon Castillo
Principal, SB Services, Inc.

Cassandra Nattrass
Senior Business Development Manager, South Pole Group

Abhishek Humbad
Founder and Co-CE, Goodera

2019 Sponsors & Partners

PLANTINUM:
• International Paper

GOLD:
• SC Johnson

SILVER:
• Flex

WORKSHOP SPONSOR:
• CO2 Neutral

EXHIBITOR:
• Greenstone

SUPPRTING PARTNERS:
• Connect4Climate
• G&A
• International Society of Sustainability Professionals
• Global Compact Network Canada
• WBCSD
• The Sustainability Consortium (TSC)
• Future 500