GreenBiz 19 | GreenBiz Group Inc. | 26 February 2019 | JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort and Spa, 5350 E Marriott Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA

AZ for GreenBiz Group's annual sustainability forum, taking a close look at the trends, challenges and solutions in sustainable business today.

2019 Speakers

Nicola AcutT
Vice President, Sustainability Strategy, VMware

Cambria Allen
Corporate Governance Director, UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust

Rohini Anand
SVP Corporate Responsibility & Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo

Edwin Anderson
Partner, Oliver Wyman

Lindsay Baker
VP, Head of Sustainability, WeWork

Peter Bakker
President & CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

George Bandy
Vice President of Sustainability, Mohawk Industries

Roberta Barbieri
Vice President, Global Water and Environmental Solutions, PepsiCo

James Barsimantov
COO, SupplyShift

Sophie Beckham
Senior Manager, Natural Capital Stewardship, International Paper

Shirley-Ann Behravesh
Senior Sustainability Scientist, Arizona State University

David Bennell
Manager - Food, Land and Water, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Fawn Bergen
Global Water Stewardship Manager, Intel

Laurent Bernard
Vice President, Global Talent Management, Steelcase

Doug Brown
Director of Public Affairs, Teck Resources Limited

Boma Brown-West
Senior Manager, Consumer Health, Environmental Defense Fund

Rajesh Buch
Director of Strategic Sustainability, Arizona State University

Ellie Buechner
VP, Conferences, GreenBiz Group

Gabriela Burian
Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture, Bayer

Leah Butler
Vice President, Responsible Business Alliance

Sasha Calder
Director of Sustainability, Beautycounter

Prerna Chatterjee
Marketing Manager, Sustainability, BASF

Audrey Choi
Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Sustainability Officer, Morgan Stanley

Heather Clancy
Editorial Director, GreenBiz

Chris Cochran
Executive Director, ReFED

Christopher Cooke
Director, Technical Development, The Sustainability Consortium

Anisa Kamadoli Costa
Chief Sustainability Officer, Tiffany & Co., Chairman and President, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Chris Coulter
CEO, GlobeScan

Erin Craig
Vice President, Energy and Climate Practice, 3Degrees

Michael Crow
President, Arizona State University

Mia d'Adhemar
Manager, Standards, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Jad Daley
President & CEO, American Forests

Aaron Daly
Global Energy Coordinator, Whole Foods Market

Kate Daly
Executive Director, Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners

John Davies
VP, Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Jon Dettling
Global Director, Services + Innovation, Quantis USA

Bill Dolak
Sr. Manager, Product Sustainability, Walgreens

Brendan Edgerton
Director, Circular Economy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

David Eichberg
Global Initiatives Lead, HP

Peter Ellis
Forest Carbon Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Ela Eskinazi
SVP, Environmental Finance, Bank of America

Laura Espinach
Senior Manager, Standards, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Suzanne Fallender
Director, Corporate Responsibility, Intel Corporation

Eric Faurot
CEO, GreenBiz Group

Dr. Saskia Feast
Vice President, Western Region, Natural Capital Partners

Michelle Fehler
Clinical Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Katie Fehrenbacher
Senior Writer & Analyst, Transportation, GreenBiz Group

Eric Fernald
Director, Issuer Relations, Sustainalytics

Jon Foley
Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences

Jessica Ginger
Director, Implementation, The Sustainability Consortium

Allie Goldstein
Associate Scientist, Conservation International

Irving Gomez
Chief Governance Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Intel

Mario Gonzalez
Shared Value & Innovation Manager, Cemex

Rich Goode
Executive Director, Ernst & Young LLP

Nina Goodrich
Executive Director, Director of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Stefani Grant
Senior Manager, External Affairs & Sustainability, Unilever

Gabriel Grant
CEO, Human Partners

Andrew Green
Senior Manager, Head of Environmental Sustainability Office, Capital One

Kevin Hagen
Vice President Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Strategy, Iron Mountain

Chris Hagler
Southeast Practice Leader, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young

Aditi Haldar
Director, Regional Hub: South Asia, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Kevin Haley
Manager, Rocky Mountain Institute

Healy Hamilton
Chief Scientist, NatureServe

Elysa Hammond
Vice President of Environmental Stewardship, Clif Bar

Kristin Hanczor
Corporate Member Engagement Manager, North America, The Climate Group

Erik Hansen
Sustainability Director, Workday

Mark Hartman
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Phoenix

Evan Harvey
Global Head of Sustainability, Nasdaq

Davida Heller
‎Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citi

Josh Henretig
Sr Director, Sustainability & AI for Earth, Microsoft

Margaret Henry
Director, Sustainable Agriculture, PepsiCo

George Hodge
Director, Corporate Engagement & Strategic Partnerships, CDP

Jeffrey Hogue
Chief Sustainability Officer & Board Member, C&A Foundation, C&A

Shannon Houde
Impact and Leadership Coach, Walk of Life Leaders

Rodney Irwin
Managing Director, Redefining Value & Education, WBCSD

Velislava Ivanova
Principal, Americas Leader Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY

Keryn James
CEO, Environmental Resource Management (ERM)

Daniel Jones
Founder & CEO, bext360

Amanda Jordan
Program Coordinator, Resource Innovation Solutions Network, Arizona State University

Tara Kapila
Vice President, Customer Product Growth, National Grid

Rob Kaplan
Founder & CEO, Circulate Capital

David Katz
Founder & CEO, Plastic Bank

Matt Kaufmann
Energy Storage Business Development Leader, GE Solar

Richard Keiser
CEO, Common Energy

Kathy Knoop
Principal Environmental Scientist, Salt River Project

Matt Kopac
Manager of Sustainable Business & Innovation, Burt's Bees

Fred Krupp
President, Environmental Defense Fund

Suzanne Kuiper
Senior Consultant, KPMG

Bob Langert
Editor at Large, GreenBiz Group

Crystal Lassiter
Senior Director of Global Sustainability, UPS

Devon Leahy
VP of Strategy, Futerra

Sarah Lewis
Senior Director, Innovation, The Sustainability Consortium

Steve Lippman
ESG Engagement Director, Microsoft

Haley Lowry
Global Sustainability Director, The Dow Chemical Company

Chris Lyon
Manager of Community & Environmental Impact, Seventh Generation

Joel Makower
Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group

Patrick Maloney
Founder & CEO, Inspire

Quint Marini
Package Engineering Manager, UPS

Alicia Marseille
Director, Resource Innovation Solutions Network, Arizona State University

Richard Mattison
CEO, Trucost

Pete May
President, GreenBiz Group

Catherine McCall
Executive Director, Canadian Coalition for Good Governance

Susan McPherson
Founder & CEO, McPherson Strategies

Lyrica McTiernan
Sustainability Manager, Facebook

Tim Mohin
CEO, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Lisa Morden
VP, Global Safety & Sustainability, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Ovie Mughelli
Founder, Ovie Mughelli Foundation

John Mulcahy
VP, Sustainability, Georgia-Pacific

Biko Nagara
Senior Certification Manager, Agriculture, Fair Trade USA

Angela Nahikian
Director of Global Sustainability, Steelcase

Michelle Nutting
Manager, Agriculture Sustainability, Nutrien

Sunya Ojure
Director, Sustainability, Salesforce

Dan Osusky
Director of Standards, B Lab

Ben Packard
Executive Director, EarthLab at University of Washington

Chrissa Pagitsas
Director, Green Financing, Fannie Mae

Kara Peck
Head of B Corp Growth, B Lab

Nicola Peill-Moelter
Director of Sustainability Innovation, VMware

Lauren Phipps
Director & Senior Analyst, Circular Economy, GreenBiz Group

Cara Pike
Executive Director, Climate Access

Mark Porter
Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute

Stephanie Potter
Senior Director, Sustainability and Circular Economy Program, US Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Jon Powers
Co-Founder, CleanCapital

Lindsey Puchyr
Director, Strategy and M&A, NRG

Shana Rappaport
Director of Strategic Programs, GreenBiz Group

Todd Reeve
CEO, Bonneville Environmental Foundation

Jonathan Reinbold
Senior Manager, Sustainability, Organic Valley

Patti Reiter
Executive Director, Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives/Arizona State University

Gregg Renfrew
Founder & CEO, Beautycounter

Jennifer Ronk
Sustainability and Advocacy Manager, North America, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics

Georgia Rubenstein
Principal Change Designer, Forum for the Future

Neil Russell
Vice President, Investor Relations, Sysco

Bruno Sarda
VP of Sustainability, NRG

Kelly Saunders
Program Manager, Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service, Arizona State University

Janis Searles Jones
CEO, Ocean Conservancy

Marcus Selig
Vice President, Field Programs, National Forest Foundation

Jeff Senne
Managing Director, PwC

Sandra Seru
Director, US, Forum for the Future

Suzanne Shelton
President & CEO, Shelton Group

Jennifer Silberman
VP, Corporate Responsibility, Target

Erin Simon
Director, Sustainability R&D, World Wildlife Fund

Amy Skoczlas Cole
Managing Director, Water, American Public Media

Adam Smith
General Manager - Education and Corporate Affairs, Laureate Education

Dave Stangis
VP, Corp. Responsibility, Chief Sustainability Officer, Campbell Soup Company

Lauren Stone
Senior Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Walgreens

Coro Strandberg
President, Strandberg Consulting

Dan Strechay
Interim Director of Outreach & Engagement and U.S. Representative, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Elaine Strunk
Director, Global Restaurant Sustainability, McDonald’s Corporation

Elizabeth Sturcken
Managing Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Tom Szaky
Founder and CEO, TerraCycle

Asim Tahir
District & Renewable Energy Lead, Google

Emilio Tenuta
Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Ecolab

Scott Tew
Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability, Ingersoll Rand

Rob Threlkeld
Global Commodity Supply Manager, General Motors

Jeff Turner
VP Sustainability, DSM

Sally Uren
CEO, Forum for the Future

Daniel Vargas
Country Program Manager, Peru, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Fleming Voetmann
VP, Public Affairs, International Copper Association, ICA

Michelle Wald
US Country Manager, Tony's Chocolonely

Mike Wallace
Partner, BrownFlynn, an ERM Group company

Bill Weihl
Former Director of Sustainability, Facebook

Shane Werling
Sr. Buyer, Manager, Walmart

Justin Whitmore
CSO, Tyson Foods

Kathrin Winkler
Principal, CW Partners

Christina Wong
Director, SustainAbility

Joe Zazzera
President, Plant Solutions, Inc

Rob Zimmerman
Director - Sustainability, Kohler Co.2019 Speakers

Nicola AcutT
Vice President, Sustainability Strategy, VMware

Cambria Allen
Corporate Governance Director, UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust

Rohini Anand
SVP Corporate Responsibility & Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo

Edwin Anderson
Partner, Oliver Wyman

Lindsay Baker
VP, Head of Sustainability, WeWork

Peter Bakker
President & CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

George Bandy
Vice President of Sustainability, Mohawk Industries

Roberta Barbieri
Vice President, Global Water and Environmental Solutions, PepsiCo

James Barsimantov
COO, SupplyShift

Sophie Beckham
Senior Manager, Natural Capital Stewardship, International Paper

Shirley-Ann Behravesh
Senior Sustainability Scientist, Arizona State University

David Bennell
Manager - Food, Land and Water, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Fawn Bergen
Global Water Stewardship Manager, Intel

Laurent Bernard
Vice President, Global Talent Management, Steelcase

Doug Brown
Director of Public Affairs, Teck Resources Limited

Boma Brown-West
Senior Manager, Consumer Health, Environmental Defense Fund

Rajesh Buch
Director of Strategic Sustainability, Arizona State University

Ellie Buechner
VP, Conferences, GreenBiz Group

Gabriela Burian
Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture, Bayer

Leah Butler
Vice President, Responsible Business Alliance

Sasha Calder
Director of Sustainability, Beautycounter

Prerna Chatterjee
Marketing Manager, Sustainability, BASF

Audrey Choi
Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Sustainability Officer, Morgan Stanley

Heather Clancy
Editorial Director, GreenBiz

Chris Cochran
Executive Director, ReFED

Christopher Cooke
Director, Technical Development, The Sustainability Consortium

Anisa Kamadoli Costa
Chief Sustainability Officer, Tiffany & Co., Chairman and President, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Chris Coulter
CEO, GlobeScan

Erin Craig
Vice President, Energy and Climate Practice, 3Degrees

Michael Crow
President, Arizona State University

Mia d'Adhemar
Manager, Standards, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Jad Daley
President & CEO, American Forests

Aaron Daly
Global Energy Coordinator, Whole Foods Market

Kate Daly
Executive Director, Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners

John Davies
VP, Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Jon Dettling
Global Director, Services + Innovation, Quantis USA

Bill Dolak
Sr. Manager, Product Sustainability, Walgreens

Brendan Edgerton
Director, Circular Economy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

David Eichberg
Global Initiatives Lead, HP

Peter Ellis
Forest Carbon Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Ela Eskinazi
SVP, Environmental Finance, Bank of America

Laura Espinach
Senior Manager, Standards, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Suzanne Fallender
Director, Corporate Responsibility, Intel Corporation

Eric Faurot
CEO, GreenBiz Group

Dr. Saskia Feast
Vice President, Western Region, Natural Capital Partners

Michelle Fehler
Clinical Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Katie Fehrenbacher
Senior Writer & Analyst, Transportation, GreenBiz Group

Eric Fernald
Director, Issuer Relations, Sustainalytics

Jon Foley
Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences

Jessica Ginger
Director, Implementation, The Sustainability Consortium

Allie Goldstein
Associate Scientist, Conservation International

Irving Gomez
Chief Governance Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Intel

Mario Gonzalez
Shared Value & Innovation Manager, Cemex

Rich Goode
Executive Director, Ernst & Young LLP

Nina Goodrich
Executive Director, Director of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Stefani Grant
Senior Manager, External Affairs & Sustainability, Unilever

Gabriel Grant
CEO, Human Partners

Andrew Green
Senior Manager, Head of Environmental Sustainability Office, Capital One

Kevin Hagen
Vice President Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Strategy, Iron Mountain

Chris Hagler
Southeast Practice Leader, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young

Aditi Haldar
Director, Regional Hub: South Asia, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Kevin Haley
Manager, Rocky Mountain Institute

Healy Hamilton
Chief Scientist, NatureServe

Elysa Hammond
Vice President of Environmental Stewardship, Clif Bar

Kristin Hanczor
Corporate Member Engagement Manager, North America, The Climate Group

Erik Hansen
Sustainability Director, Workday

Mark Hartman
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Phoenix

Evan Harvey
Global Head of Sustainability, Nasdaq

Davida Heller
‎Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citi

Josh Henretig
Sr Director, Sustainability & AI for Earth, Microsoft

Margaret Henry
Director, Sustainable Agriculture, PepsiCo

George Hodge
Director, Corporate Engagement & Strategic Partnerships, CDP

Jeffrey Hogue
Chief Sustainability Officer & Board Member, C&A Foundation, C&A

Shannon Houde
Impact and Leadership Coach, Walk of Life Leaders

Rodney Irwin
Managing Director, Redefining Value & Education, WBCSD

Velislava Ivanova
Principal, Americas Leader Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY

Keryn James
CEO, Environmental Resource Management (ERM)

Daniel Jones
Founder & CEO, bext360

Amanda Jordan
Program Coordinator, Resource Innovation Solutions Network, Arizona State University

Tara Kapila
Vice President, Customer Product Growth, National Grid

Rob Kaplan
Founder & CEO, Circulate Capital

David Katz
Founder & CEO, Plastic Bank

Matt Kaufmann
Energy Storage Business Development Leader, GE Solar

Richard Keiser
CEO, Common Energy

Kathy Knoop
Principal Environmental Scientist, Salt River Project

Matt Kopac
Manager of Sustainable Business & Innovation, Burt's Bees

Fred Krupp
President, Environmental Defense Fund

Suzanne Kuiper
Senior Consultant, KPMG

Bob Langert
Editor at Large, GreenBiz Group

Crystal Lassiter
Senior Director of Global Sustainability, UPS

Devon Leahy
VP of Strategy, Futerra

Sarah Lewis
Senior Director, Innovation, The Sustainability Consortium

Steve Lippman
ESG Engagement Director, Microsoft

Haley Lowry
Global Sustainability Director, The Dow Chemical Company

Chris Lyon
Manager of Community & Environmental Impact, Seventh Generation

Joel Makower
Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group

Patrick Maloney
Founder & CEO, Inspire

Quint Marini
Package Engineering Manager, UPS

Alicia Marseille
Director, Resource Innovation Solutions Network, Arizona State University

Richard Mattison
CEO, Trucost

Pete May
President, GreenBiz Group

Catherine McCall
Executive Director, Canadian Coalition for Good Governance

Susan McPherson
Founder & CEO, McPherson Strategies

Lyrica McTiernan
Sustainability Manager, Facebook

Tim Mohin
CEO, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Lisa Morden
VP, Global Safety & Sustainability, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Ovie Mughelli
Founder, Ovie Mughelli Foundation

John Mulcahy
VP, Sustainability, Georgia-Pacific

Biko Nagara
Senior Certification Manager, Agriculture, Fair Trade USA

Angela Nahikian
Director of Global Sustainability, Steelcase

Michelle Nutting
Manager, Agriculture Sustainability, Nutrien

Sunya Ojure
Director, Sustainability, Salesforce

Dan Osusky
Director of Standards, B Lab

Ben Packard
Executive Director, EarthLab at University of Washington

Chrissa Pagitsas
Director, Green Financing, Fannie Mae

Kara Peck
Head of B Corp Growth, B Lab

Nicola Peill-Moelter
Director of Sustainability Innovation, VMware

Lauren Phipps
Director & Senior Analyst, Circular Economy, GreenBiz Group

Cara Pike
Executive Director, Climate Access

Mark Porter
Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute

Stephanie Potter
Senior Director, Sustainability and Circular Economy Program, US Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Jon Powers
Co-Founder, CleanCapital

Lindsey Puchyr
Director, Strategy and M&A, NRG

Shana Rappaport
Director of Strategic Programs, GreenBiz Group

Todd Reeve
CEO, Bonneville Environmental Foundation

Jonathan Reinbold
Senior Manager, Sustainability, Organic Valley

Patti Reiter
Executive Director, Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives/Arizona State University

Gregg Renfrew
Founder & CEO, Beautycounter

Jennifer Ronk
Sustainability and Advocacy Manager, North America, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics

Georgia Rubenstein
Principal Change Designer, Forum for the Future

Neil Russell
Vice President, Investor Relations, Sysco

Bruno Sarda
VP of Sustainability, NRG

Kelly Saunders
Program Manager, Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service, Arizona State University

Janis Searles Jones
CEO, Ocean Conservancy

Marcus Selig
Vice President, Field Programs, National Forest Foundation

Jeff Senne
Managing Director, PwC

Sandra Seru
Director, US, Forum for the Future

Suzanne Shelton
President & CEO, Shelton Group

Jennifer Silberman
VP, Corporate Responsibility, Target

Erin Simon
Director, Sustainability R&D, World Wildlife Fund

Amy Skoczlas Cole
Managing Director, Water, American Public Media

Adam Smith
General Manager - Education and Corporate Affairs, Laureate Education

Dave Stangis
VP, Corp. Responsibility, Chief Sustainability Officer, Campbell Soup Company

Lauren Stone
Senior Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Walgreens

Coro Strandberg
President, Strandberg Consulting

Dan Strechay
Interim Director of Outreach & Engagement and U.S. Representative, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Elaine Strunk
Director, Global Restaurant Sustainability, McDonald’s Corporation

Elizabeth Sturcken
Managing Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Tom Szaky
Founder and CEO, TerraCycle

Asim Tahir
District & Renewable Energy Lead, Google

Emilio Tenuta
Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Ecolab

Scott Tew
Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability, Ingersoll Rand

Rob Threlkeld
Global Commodity Supply Manager, General Motors

Jeff Turner
VP Sustainability, DSM

Sally Uren
CEO, Forum for the Future

Daniel Vargas
Country Program Manager, Peru, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Fleming Voetmann
VP, Public Affairs, International Copper Association, ICA

Michelle Wald
US Country Manager, Tony's Chocolonely

Mike Wallace
Partner, BrownFlynn, an ERM Group company

Bill Weihl
Former Director of Sustainability, Facebook

Shane Werling
Sr. Buyer, Manager, Walmart

Justin Whitmore
CSO, Tyson Foods

Kathrin Winkler
Principal, CW Partners

Christina Wong
Director, SustainAbility

Joe Zazzera
President, Plant Solutions, Inc

Rob Zimmerman
Director - Sustainability, Kohler Co.

2019 Sponsors

PREMIER SPONSOR:
• Johnson a Family Company

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• BASF
• Steelcase
• Dow Chemical Company
• PepsiCo

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• Boeing
• NRG
• Common Energy
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative
• International Copper Association
• International Paper
• Quantis International
• EcoVadis
• Environmental Defense Fund

EXHIBITORS:
• Project WET Foundation
• Flex
• The Sustainability Consortium
• American Forests
• Natural Capital Partners
• VADA Vented Roofs
• Black & Veatch