The Premier Annual Event for Sustainable Business Leaders 2023 | GreenBiz | 14 February 2023 | JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa, 5402 E Lincoln Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85253, USA

Amid challenging times, the sustainability profession is evolving with new concerns, opportunities and concepts emerging faster than ever. Join the dynamic GreenBiz community to explore the latest trends, learn from your peers and form valuable connections.

2023 Speakers

Abby Sturges
Founding Executive Team Coach & Culture Design Consultant, The Radiant Collective

Adam Wheeler
Associate Director, Information Solutions, Anthesis

Alison Whritenour
CEO, Seventh Generation

Allen Townsend
Senior Program Officer, Freshwater Metrics & Stewardship, WWF

Alpa Sutaria
Senior VP of Sustainability and Strategy, WestRock Company

Aly Bryan
Investor, Ventures Group, Closed Loop Partners

Amath Gomis
ESG Director, CBRE

Amelia Meyer
Senior Program Officer, Nature Metrics, WWF

Amina Razvi
CEO, Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Amy Senter
Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Anastasia O’Rourke
Managing Director, Yale Carbon Containment Lab

Andrea Brown Smatlan
VP, Chief Sustainability Officer, LyondellBasell

Anisa Kamadoli Costa
Chief Sustainability Officer, Rivian

Annabelle Stamm
Director, Sustainability Strategy, Edison Energy

Anoushka Mehta
Head of ESG Banking, Americas, HSBC

Asheen Phansey
Director of ESG & Sustainability, PagerDuty

Betty Cremmins
Director for Sustainable Supply Chains, White House Council on Environmental Quality

Bill Weihl
Founder and Executive Director, ClimateVoice

Blake McGowan
Solutions Executive, VelocityEHS

Blake Durtsche
Principal, Blu Skye

Bob Van Heuvelen
Principal, Vogel Group

Brad Sparks
US Director, The Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability CFO Leadership Network

Brandi Colander
Senior Advisor, Enviva

Brandy Wilson
Sustainability Director, J.R. Simplot Company

Brian King
EVP Marketing, Product Management and Sustainability, Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS)

Bridgette McAdoo
Global Sustainability Officer, Genesys

Bruno Sarda
Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY

Bryan Walker
Partner, IDEO

Byron Austin
Executive Director, Head, Corporate Responsibility and ESG Management, Organon

Carolina Leonhardt
Sr. Manager, Environmental Responsibility, Clif Bar & Company

Casey Brown
Professor, University of Massachusetts

Chandra Farley
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Atlanta

Chitra Rajeshwari
Executive Director, Avasant Foundation

Chris Coulter
CEO, GlobeScan

Chris Hagler
Southeast Practice Leader, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Independence Point Advisors

Chris Gaither
Owner & President, Lantern Leadership

Chris Lee
State Senator, Hawaii State Legislature

Christina Shim
Global Head of Product, Sustainability Software, IBM

Christina Raab
Sustainability, Climate & Circular Economy Leader

Christine Brynaert
Partner, Deloitte Tax LLP

Claudia Herbert Colfer
Program Manager - Network USA, UN Global Compact

Cody Corbell
Vice President, Commercial Head of Market and Merchandise and Source, Indigo Ag

Colleen Corrigan
Senior Sustainability Advisor, Pure Strategies, Inc

Conrad MacKerron
Senior Vice President, As You Sow

Courtney Thompson
Executive Director, Global Sustainable Finance, Morgan Stanley

Craig Beatty
Manager/Lead Specialist Forests Strategy & Research, WWF

Crystal Barnes
Senior Vice President, Social Responsibility & ESG, Paramount

Cynthia Muffuh
Head of Human Rights and Gender, UN Global Compact

Daniella Flanagan
Operations and Research Manager, Coalition of Community Organizations

Danielle Decatur
Director of Environmental Justice, Microsoft

Dave Stangis
Partner, Chief Sustainability Officer, Apollo Global Management Inc.

David Kuhn
Lead, Corporate Resilience, World Wildlife Fund

David Grayson
Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility, School of Management, Cranfield University

Deborah Breisblatt
Head of Global Sustainability, Intuit

Deborah Gallagher
Director, Climate, BSR (Business for Social Responsiblity)

Deepa Poduval
Senior Vice President & Global Advisory Lead, Black & Veatch

Denise Fairchild
President Emeritus, Emerald Cities Collaborative

Dottie Schindlinger
Executive Director, The Diligent Institute, Diligent Corporation

Dylan Siegler
VP & Senior Analyst, Sustainability, GreenBiz Group

Elba Pareja-Gallagher
Sustainability Director Stakeholder Engagement, UPS

Ellen Weinreb
CEO, Weinreb Group

Ellen Lenny-Pessagno
Global Vice President of Government and Community Affairs, Albemarle

Emily Luscombe
Natural Resources Director, Intertribal Agriculture Council

Emily Nyrop
Vice President, Climate Change, Conservation International

Emily Chan
EVP, Social Impact & Sustainability, Edelman

Evan Harvey
Managing Director, Deloitte

Ezgi Barcenas
Global VP of Sustainability, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Fernando Reiter
Corporate Finance Director, CEMEX

Gail Grimmett
Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Innovation, Delta Air lines

Gordon Darling
Senior Manager, Risk Consulting, PwC

Grant Harrison
Director & Senior Analyst, Sustainable Finance & ESG, GreenBiz Group

Heather Tanana
Assistant Professor of Law (Research), University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

Heather Clancy
Editorial Director, GreenBiz Group

Hélène Dieck
Sustainability Manager, Neste

Helle Bank Jorgensen
CEO and Founder

Hugh Welsh
General Counsel, Secretary & President, DSM North America

Inge Jacobs
Senior Manager Human Rights and Social Impact – Cocoa, Mars

Ingrid Irigoyen
Associate Director, Ocean and Climate, EEP & Director, Aspen Shipping Decarbonization Initiative, The Aspen Institute

Janice Lao
Vice President, ESG, Helen of Troy Limited

Jared Connors
Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, ESG & Responsible Sourcing, Assent

Jason Kibbey
CEO, Higg

Jay Watson
Senior Manager, Global Impact Initiatives, General Mills

Jayant Kairam
VP, Corporate Social Responsibility / Society 2030, Diageo

Jeannie Renne-Malone
Vice President, Global Sustainability, VF Corporation

Jeff Senne
Found & CEO, Sandbar Solutions

Jeff Lang
Vice President, Technology Innovations, ZeroMe

Jeffrey Hogue
Chief Sustainability Officer & Board Member, C&A Foundation, Levi Strauss & Co.

Jennifer McGowan
Chief Scientist, Untamed Planet

Jennifer DuBuisson
Senior Director of Sustainability Strategy, Levi Strauss & Co.

Jennifer Silberman
SVP and Chief Sustainability Officer, Dollar Tree Stores

Jenny Carney
Vice President of Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP USA

Jenny Ahlen
Director, Net Zero, We Mean Business Coalition

Jesse Klein
GreenBiz Group

Jessica McGlyn
Corporate and Partner Engagement Director, Science Based Targets Network

Jill Kolling
VP, ESG & Chief Sustainability Officer, James Hardie

Jillaine Dellis
Vice President - Sustainability and Industry Affairs, Henkel Consumer Brands, North America, Henkel

Jim Giles
VP, Net Zero | Chair, VERGE Net Zero, GreenBiz Group

Joel Tickner
Director, Green Chemistry & Commerce Council

Joel Makower
Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group

John Niles
Senior Manager, Natural Climate Solutions, Salesforce

John Shegerian
Co-Founder and CEO, Electronic Recyclers International

John Holm
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, PYXERA Global

Jon Smieja
VP, Circularity & Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Jonathan Lanciani
Vice President Water Solution, Coho Climate Advisors

Josh Robinson
Racial Equity Advocate & Sr. Associate, Network Manager, Living Cities

Judy Castaño
Vice President Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Munters

Julia Grant
Director of Policy, Partnerships and Sustainability, Green Diamond Resource Company

Kate Monahan
Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Trillium Asset Management

Katherine Kelly
Secretary, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Meta

Kathleen Abbott
Global Executive Director, Arcadis

Kathrin Winkler
Executive Consultant and Advisor

Kathryn Sorensen
Director of Research & Professor of Practice, Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute - ASU

Kati Kallins
Senior Sustainability Manager, Innovation + Engagement, Meta

Katie Kross
Managing Director, Center for Energy, Development, & EDGE, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Kentaro Kawamori
CEO & Co-Founder, Persefoni

Kirk Siegler
Correspondent, NPR News

Kristen Sullivan
Partner, Deloitte

Kristina Wyatt
Deputy GC, SVP, Global Regulatory Climate Disclosure, Persefoni

Laura Lane
EVP & Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer, UPS

Laura Nelson
VP Sustainability & Public Policy, Southwest Gas

Laura Hohmann
Associate Director, Supply Chain, CDP North America

Laura Zapata
CEO & Co-FounderClearloop Corporation, Clearloop Corporation

Lauren Wylie
Global Head of Sustainability and Oliver Wyman for Society, Oliver Wyman

Lauren Phipps
Master of Environmental Management Candidate, Yale School of the Environment

Laurie McGinley
Founder, Via Lucent

Lee Ballin
Managing Director, Deloitte

Lesford Duncan
Chief Executive Officer, Greening Youth Foundation

Lindsay Brewer
Associate, Covington & Burling LLP

Lindsay Scherr
ESG Disclosure Manager, WM

Lindsay Wilkinson
Senior Director, CSR & ESG Reporting, Cox Enterprises

Lori Gustavus
Director, Europe, GreenBiz Group

Lori Llewellyn
Managing Director, North America, CDP

Madhu Rajesh
Senior Director, Water and Agriculture, The Coca-Cola Company

Mandi McReynolds
Head of Global Environment, Social, and Governance, Workiva

Marisa Dukovich
Director, Global Sustainable Finance, Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Operations, Morgan Stanley

Mark Lee
Director, The SustainAbility Institute by ERM

Mary Francia
Partner, H.I. Executive Consulting

Matthew Rusk
Head of GRI Regional Hub North America, GRI

Megan Beauregard
Vice President, Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Enel North America

Megan Lorenzen
Senior Manager, Sustainability, Salesforce

Melissa James
Vice Chairman and Managing Director Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley

Meme Styles
Anti-Racist Data Activist & President, MEASURE

Michael Kobori
VP, Chief Sustainability Officer, Starbucks

Michael Green
CEO, Center for Environmental Health

Michael Levine
VP, Managing Counsel - Sustainability, Under Armour

Mike Hower
thinkPARALLAX

Monica Rowand
Sustainability Consultant, WM

Nadia Marquez Pabst
Chief of Staff to the CEO, Antenna

Nancy Mahon
SVP, Global Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability, The Esteé Lauder Companies

Neil Stewart
Director of Corporate Outreach, IFRS Foundation

Nethra Rajendran
Net Zero Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Nicholas Aster
South Pole

Nicole Bulgarino
Executive Vice President, Ameresco

Niki King
Head of Sustainability Unilever North America, Unilever

Noemí Jiménez
Cofounder, qb.

Obiageli Onuba
Community Engagement Specialist, qb.

Olivia Albrecht
Chief Executive Officer, Aspiration

Patricia Zurita
CEO, BirdLife International

Patrick Reaves
Strategic Planning Director of Social & Community Impact, Nike

Rajat Panwar

Randall Hopkins
Global Head of ESG Solutions, Nasdaq

Raymon Shange
Director, Carver Integrative Sustainability Center, Tuskegee University

Renae Kezar
VP Global Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs, Johnson Controls

Renee Lertzman
Founder, Project InsideOut

Rich Gilchrist
ESG Managing Director, PwC

Richard Mattison
CEO, S&P Global Sustainable1

Rob LaCount
Partner, ERM, and ERM Climate Lead North America

Robyn Luhning
Chief Sustainability Officer, Wells Fargo

Roma McCaig
Senior Vice President of Impact & Communications, Clif Bar & Company

Ryan Cooper
VP of Circular Economy Solutions and Organics Recycling Lead, Rubicon

Ryan Meinke
Senior Project Director – Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP USA

Ryan Whisnant
Manager, TCFD Reference Scenarios, WBCSD

Ryan Hart
Corporate Counsel - Sustainability, Salesforce

Sally Flis
Sr. Manager, Sustainability Field, Nutrien

Sally Uren
Chief Executive, Forum for the Future

Saloni Multani

Saloni Doshi
CEO and Chief Sustainability Geek, EcoEnclose

Sandra Seru
Director, US, Forum for the Future

Sara Bogdan
Director, Head of Sustainability & ESG, JetBlue Airways

Sarah Dearman
Chief Innovation Officer, The Recycling Partnership

Sarah Golden
VP, Energy | VERGE Electrify, GreenBiz Group

Sarah Zoen
Associate Director, ESG Strategy and Reporting, Corporate Citizenship

Scot Case
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, National Retail Federation

Scott Herndon
President, Field to Market

Scott Case

Shally Venugopal
Partner & North America Leader, Vivid Economics, McKinsey & Company

Shana Rappaport
SVP and Executive Director, VERGE, GreenBiz Group

Sheila Bonini
Senior Vice President, Private Sector Engagement, WWF - ‎World Wildlife Fund

Sina Rojas
Global Responsibility Associate – Sustainability Engagement, Starbucks

Skyra Rideaux
Owner | Principal Consultant, Skyra Rideaux LLC

Soffia Alarcon
Associate Director, Americas, Schneider Electric

Solitaire Townsend
Chief Solutionist & Co-Founder, Futerra

Sophie Beckham
VP and CSO, International Paper

Stefan Premer
Global Lead Climate Strategy, Sphera

Stefanie Woodward
Senior Sustainability Manager, Water & Climate, Meta

Stephanie Gripne
CEO, Impact Finance Center

Steven Jennings
Stakeholder Relations and Brand Lead, Health & Sustainability, Ahold Delhaize USA

Steven M. Rothstein
Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets

Sunny Schlesinger
Director, Finance, The Sustainability Consortium

Susan Uthayakumar
Chief Energy and Sustainability Officer, Prologis

Suz Okie
Director of Design Strategy & Senior Analyst, Circular Economy, GreenBiz Group

Suzanne Fallender
VP, Global ESG, Prologis

Suzanne Shelton
Founder, President & CEO, Shelton Group

Suzanne Zweben
Company Engagement Lead, Inclusive Value Chains and Private Sector, Oxfam America

Tamara Toles O'Laughlin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Grantmakers Association

Tetyana Pecherska
Global Land & Agriculture Lead, Quantis

Theresa Lieb
Senior Analyst, Food Systems

Todd Cline
Sr Director Sustainability - Fabric Care, Procter & Gamble

Todd Reeve
CEO, Bonneville Environmental Foundation

Tom Szaky
Founder & CEO, TerraCycle & Loop

Treston Rudder
Project Consultant, WSP USA

Trina Mallik
Acting Co-President, Institute for Sustainable Communities

Ty Colman
Co-Founder and CRO, Optera

Van Butsic
Principal Scientists, Carbon Direct

Vartan Badalian
Transportation Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Victoria Mills
Managing Director, Corporate Partnerships Program, Environmental Defense Fund

William Sisson
Executive Director, North America, WBCSD

Yinka Bode-George
Founder & CEO, Sustain Our Future Foundation

Zack Parisa
Co-Founder & CEO, NCX

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Meta
• Microsoft
• Morgan Stanley
• Nike
• ProLogis
• PwC
• VelocityEHS

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• ABInBev
• Arcadia
• Assent
• Diligent
• Engie Impact
• EY
• IBM
• NCX
• Nutrien
• P&G
• Pachama
• S&P Global
• SalesForce
• WM

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• 3Degrees
• ADM
• ADS
• Albemarle
• Ameresco
• American Forest Foundation
• American Forests
• Anthesis
• Applied Materials
• Arbor Day Foundation
• BASF
• Black&Veatch
• Chemours
• Climate Impact Partners
• Coho
• Constellation
• COX
• Deloitte
• Delta
• Environmental Defense Fund
• ERI
• empoweredESG
• Equinix
• ERM
• Henkel
• Indigo
• International Copper Association
• MarshMcLennan
• Neste
• NextEra Energy
• Optera
• Persefoni
• Quantis
• Rubicon
• Schneider Electric
• Southwest Gas
• South Pole
• Sphera
• Sylvamo
• Target
• ThinkParallax
• Truterra
• United States Steel
• UPS
• Veolia
• Wells Fargo
• WestRock
• Workiva
• ZeroMe

PARTICIPATING SPONSORS:
• Agendi
• Amplo Global
• Aspiration
• Bevi
• BDO
• Browning Environmental
• C3.ai
• Camston
• Datamaran
• Davies Office
• Dow
• EisnerAmper
• Fill it Forward
• Fiscal Note
• Greenstone
• HydroPoint
• ISS Corporate Solutions
• KMPG
• Lyondellbasell
• MSCI
• Nasdaq
• Nautilus Solar
• One Tree Planted
• Patch
• Pointb
• Rehrig Pacific Company
• Republic Services
• RSPO
• Rubicon Carbon
• SRP
• Smartrain
• Solsystem
• Tellus Markets
• Truist
• United Nations Global Compact
• Watchwire
• Wipro

CONVENING PARTNERS:
• AgriSolar
• Wbcsd
• World Resources Institute
• WSLA
• United Nations Global Compact

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• CDP
• Pyxera Global
• Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council
• The Sustainability Consortium
• BLAB
• GRI
• Ceres
• Post Script Media
• Closed Loop Partners
• The Open Group
• BSR
• Rent The Runway

SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS:
• One Tree Planted
• rePurpose
• South Pole
• Terracycle
• WM
• Copia
• Bonneville Environmental Foundation