Event – GreenBiz 18

GreenbBiz 18 will take place on Februry 6 – 8, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge. This is the premier annual event for sustainable business leaders. GreenBiz 18 will look at pressing challenges, emerging trends and big opportunities in sustainable business today.  GreenBiz offers forward-looking big picture ideas mixed with practical things you can take back to the office. Join the world’s brightest thinkers and most influential sustainability leaders . More than 1,000 sustainability leaders from the business world, academia and NGOs will be in attendence to learn about the latest trends, make new connections with suppliers and peers and bring back innovative, actionable ideas. Check out the list of more than 160  speakers.

Speakers

• Lindsey Longendyke
  Lindsey Longendyke
  Communications Officer
  World Resources Institute (WRI)
• Aaron Nutter
  Chief of Staff, Responsible Business Leadership
  PwC
• Abhishek Humbad
  Founder & Co-CEO
  Goodera
• Al Iannuzzi
  Sr. Director, Worldwide Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability
  Johnson & Johnson
• Alastair Child
  Vice President, Global Sustainability
  Mars Wrigley Confectionery
• Alex Bernhardt
  US Responsible Investment Leader
  Mercer
• Alex Co
  Pittsburgh Living Product Hub Coordinator
  International Living Future Institute
• Alexa Beaver
  Digital Innovation
  BASF Corporation
• Ali Rotatori
  Associate
  Rocky Mountain Institute
• Alistair Hirst
  SVP Global Supply Chain
  Kellogg Company
• Allen Wilson
  Sr. Supply Chain Sustainability Program Manager
  Intel
• Alyson Genovese
  Head of North America
  GRI
• Amon Rappaport
  Senior Strategist
  Civilian
• Andrea Brown
  Director, Circular Economy
  WBCSD
• Andrew Winston
  Founder
  Winston Eco-Strategies
• Andrew Behar
  CEO
  As You Sow
• Andy Butler
  Associate Director
  P&G
• Angela Nahikian
  Director of Global Sustainability
  Steelcase
• Anita Kedia
  Senior Business Development Manager
  Waste Management Inc.
• Anne Kelly
  Senior Program Director, Policy and BICEP Program
  Ceres
• Anthony Rossi
  VP, Global Business Development
  TerraCycle
• Ariana Meinz
  Associate
  Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Ashley White
  Director and Head of Corporate Sustainability
  Clean Energy Fuels
• Audi Banny
  Interim Director, Market Engagement
  Institute for Market Transformation
• Beth Richmond
  Manager
  BSR
• Bob Langert
  Editor at Large
  GreenBiz Group
• Brandon Middaugh
  Senior Program Manager for Distributed Energy
  Microsoft
• Brendan LeBlanc
  Partner
  EY
• Brian Janous
  General Manager of Energy
  Microsoft
• Brian Werner
  Associate Director, Corporate Business
  Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices
• Britta Gross
  Director of Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy
  General Motors
• Bruce Smith
  Director Design, Global Seating & Surface Material
  Steelcase
• Bruno Sarda
  VP of Sustainability
  NRG
• Bryan Sheehan
  Director, US
  Quantis International
• Candela Montero
  Director, Corporate Citizenship
  Disney Consumer Products and Interactive
• Cassandra Fong
  MBA Student
  The Wharton School
• Cassandra Sweet
  Senior Writer
  GreenBiz Group
• Catherine Banat
  Institutional Portfolio Manager
  RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.
• Cecily Joseph
  ‎Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Chief Diversity Officer
  Symantec
• Charlene Wall-Warren
  Director of Sustainability
  BASF Corporation
• Charles Smith
  Vice President Human Resources & Diversity
  Guitar Center
• Charlotte Blommestijn
  Senior Manager, Net-Zero by 2050
  The B Team
• Chris Walker
  Director, North America
  World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Chris Busch
  Manager
  Apple
• Chris Cochran
  Executive Director
  ReFED
• Christian del Maestro
  Manager of Corporate Citizenship
  Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI)
• Christopher Cooke
  Director, Technical Development
  The Sustainability Consortium

• Cindy Drucker
  Executive Vice President, Global Sustainability & Energy
  Weber Shandwick
• Claus Stig Pedersen
  Head of Corporate Sustainability
  Novozymes
• Cristina Mittermeier
  Co-founder, Executive Director & Vision Lead
  National Geographic
• Dan Strechay
  U.S. Representative, Outreach & Engagement
  Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
• Daniela Pigosso
  Co-founder
  essensus
• Darla Stuckey
  Executive Director
  Society for Corporate Governance
• Dave Stangis
  VP, Corp. Responsibility, Chief Sustainability Officer
  Campbell Soup Company
• David Tulauskas
  Director, Sustainability
  General Motors
• David Rinard
  Global Sustainability & Strategic Sourcing
  Equinix
• Davida Heller
  ‎Vice President, Corporate Sustainability
  Citi
• Dawn Danby
  Co-founder
  Spherical
• Dayna Baumeister
  Partner
  Biomimicry 3.8
• Deanna Bratter
  Director, Sustainable Development Strategy
  DanoneWave
• Delwyn Hudson
  Head of US Operations
  Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• Denise Naguib
  Vice President, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity
  Marriott International
• Denise Osterhues
  Senior Director, Corporate Affairs
  Kroger
• Derek Bingham
  Vice President
  Goldman Sachs
• Devon Leahy
  VP of Strategy
  Futerra
• Diane Biagianti
  Vice President, Chief Responsibility Officer
  Edwards Lifesciences
• Diane Holdorf
  Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer
  Kellogg Company
• Edward Farrington
  Executive Vice President
  Natixis Global Asset Management
• Elaine Hsieh
  Program Director & Senior Analyst – VERGE
  GreenBiz Group
• Elena Kocherovsky
  Manager, Member Services and Adoption
  Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC)
• Elim Sritaba
  Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement
  Asia Pulp & Paper
• Elizabeth Willmott
  Carbon Program Lead
  Microsoft
• Elizabeth Sturcken
  Managing Director
  Environmental Defense Fund
• Ellie Buechner
  Conference Director
  GreenBiz Group
• Emilio Tenuta
  Vice President, Corporate Sustainability
  Ecolab
• Emily Reichert
  CEO
  Greentown Labs
• Emma Kurihara
  Recent Graduate
  Brown University
• Emmanuelle Aoustin
  CEO
  Quantis
• Eric Faurot
  CEO
  GreenBiz Group
• Erin Meezan
  Chief Sustainability Officer
  Interface
• Erin Robert
  Head of Capital Strategies
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Euan Murray
  Chief Executive
  The Sustainability Consortium
• Faryal Diwan
  Implementation Specialist & Data Analyst
  Figbytes
• Fawn Bergen
  Global Program Manager – Water Stewardship and Carbon Footprint
  Intel
• Filippo Veglio
  Managing Director
  WBCSD
• Freya Williams
  CEO, North America
  Futerra
• Genriyetta Lund
  Procurement Manager, Controlling & Governance
  BASF Corporation
• George Hodge
  Director, Supply Chain Program North America
  CDP
• Greg Kandankulam
  Senior Manager, Sustainability
  NRG
• Gregg Anderson
  Managing Director
  Crowe Horwath LLP
• Gwen Y. Migita
  Vice President Social Impact & Chief Sustainability Officer
  Caesars Entertainment
• Haley Rushing
  Chief Purposologist
  The Purpose Institute
• Haley Lowry
  Global Sustainability & End Use Marketing Director
  Dow Chemical
• Heather Clancy
  Editorial Director
  GreenBiz
• Helena Barton
  Partner
  Deloitte

• Holly Emerson
  Sr. Analyst, Innovation & Product Stewardship, Center for Energy Efficiency
  Ingersoll Rand
• Ian van der Vlugt
  Associate Director, Data
  CDP
• Iberia Zafira
  Senior Analyst
  UC Berkeley
• Jacob Park
  Director
  Sustainable Futures Lab
• James Barsimantov
  COO
  SupplyShift
• James Gomme
  Director, Sustainable Development Goals
  WBCSD
• Jeff Wooster
  Global Sustainability Leader
  Dow Chemical Co.
• Jeffrey Hogue
  Chief Sustainability Officer
  C&A
• Jennifer Silberman
  VP, Corporate Responsibility
  Target
• Jessica Ginger
  Director, Implementation
  The Sustainability Consortium
• Jill Kolling
  Global Sustainability Leader
  Cargill
• Jillene Connors Belopolsky
  Senior Associate
  Earth Security Group
• Jim Hanna
  Director, Environmental Affairs
  Starbucks
• Joe Zazzera
  President
  Plant Solutions, Inc
• Joel Makower
  Chairman & Executive Editor
  GreenBiz Group
• Johannes Escuerdo
  Founder & CEO
  Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas
• John Davies
  VP, Senior Analyst
  GreenBiz Group
• Jon Radtke
  Water Sustainability Program Manager
  Coca-Cola
• Jon Powers
  Co-Founder
  CleanCapital
• Jon Dettling
  Global Director, Services + Innovation
  Quantis USA
• Jorge Campana Paez
  Undergraduate Student
  Indiana University
• JP Leous
  Strategic Partnerships
  World Resources Institute (WRI)
• Juliette Gaussem
  Senior Manager – Guidance & Practice
  Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
• Kara Peck
  Head of B Corp Growth
  B Lab

• Karen Hughes
  Director, Strategic Initiatives
  Alliance to Save Energy
• Karen Hanner
  Managing Director Manufacturing Product Sourcing
  Feeding America
• Karen S. Carter
  Chief Inclusion Officer
  Dow
• Katherine Smith
  Executive Director
  Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
• Katherine Pickus
  Divisional Vice President, Sustainability
  Abbott
• Katrin Ley
  Managing Director
  Fashion for Good
• Keith Kenny
  Vice President Sustainability
  McDonald’s
• Kelli McCullough
  Governance, Stakeholder, & Sustainability Manager
  The Southern Company
• Kelly Helfrich
  Manager – Maven Electric Vehicles & Charging Infrastructure
  General Motors (GM)
• Kelly Fisher
  Head of Corporate Sustainability, U.S.
  HSBC
• Kerry Cesareo
  Vice President, Forests
  WWF
• Kevin Hagen
  Director, Corporate Responsibility
  Iron Mountain
• Kevin Haley
  Manager
  Rocky Mountain Institute
• Kevin Rabinovitch
  Global VP Sustainability
  Mars, Inc.
• Kim Marotta
  Global Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility
  Molson Coors
• Kim Carswell
  Director of Packaging
  Target
• Laura Phillips
  SVP for Global Sustainability
  Walmart
• Lauren Rogge
  Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability
  EY
• Lauren Smith
  Project Manager Renewable Energy & Sustainability Metrics
  General Motors
• Lee O’Dwyer
  Sales Team Lead
  Bloomberg L.P.
• Lee Ballin
  Head of Sustainable Business Programs
  Bloomberg LP
• Leslie Samuelrich
  President
  Green Century Capital Management
• Letitia Webster
  Vice President, Global Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility
  VF Corporation
• Libby Bernick
  Global Head of Corporate Business
  Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices

• Librian Angraeni
  Sustainability Manager
  Asia Pulp & Paper
• Lise Kingo
  CEO & Executive Director
  United Nations Global Compact
• Liz Baldridge
  Director of Sustainability and Food Waste Initiatives
  Feeding America
• Lois Guthrie
  Director – Redefining Value
  WBCSD
• Mara DeFilippis
  Project Engagement Manager
  ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives
• Maria Tikoff Vargas
  Senior Program Advisor and Director, Better Buildings
  U.S. Department of Energy
• Mark McDivitt
  Head of ESG Solutions
  State Street Corporation
• Mark S. Rossi
  Executive Director
  Clean Production Action
• Marshall Chase
  Associate Director
  BSR
• Marty Spitzer
  Senior Director, Climate and Renewable Energy
  WWF
• Marvin Smith
  Senior Manager, Stakeholder Engagement
  Future 500
• Mary McCarthy
  Sustainability Advisor (US)
  Forum for the Future
• Matt Handel
  VP of Development
  NextEra Energy Resources
• Max Weiss
  Global Social & Environmental Responsibility Manager
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Max Scher
  Sustainability Manager
  Salesforce
• Maya Henderson
  Sustainability Manager
  Kilroy Realty Corporation
• Meredith Ferguson
  Managing Director
  TMI Strategy / DoSomething.org
• Meri-Margaret Deoudes
  President and CEO
  EarthShare
• Michael Rohwer
  Associate Director
  BSR
• Michael MacMiller
  Environmental Advocate
  Doxicom Global
• Michelle Fehler
  Clinical Assistant Professor
  The Design School, ASU
• Michelle Langlois
  Reporting Program Advisor
  Shift
• Michelle Lapinski
  VP Market Development
  Earth Genome
• Mike Wallace
  Managing Director
  BrownFlynn

• Nell Fry
  Senior Manager Sustainability Field Support
  Sodexo Inc.
• Nelson Switzer
  Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer
  Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA)
• Nicola Peill-Moelter
  Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability
  Akamai Technologies
• Nicolai Lundy
  Director of Product and Partnerships
  SASB
• Nicole Miller
  Managing Director
  Biomimicry 3.8
• Nicole Lederer
  Chair and Co-Founder
  E2
• Nicole Labutong
  Technical Manager, Science Based Targets
  CDP North America Inc.
• Nicole Koharik
  ‎Global Sustainability Marketing Director
  GOJO Industries
• Nicole Gaetjens
  Energy and Sustainability Analyst
  JLL
• Niki King
  Director- Responsible Sourcing
  Campbell Soup Company
• Nina Goodrich
  Executive Director, Director of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition
  Sustainable Packaging Coalition
• Noah Deich
  Executive Director
  Center for Carbon Removal
• Oforiwaa Pee Agyei-Boakye
  Regional Transportation Planner
  East Alabama Regional Planning Commission
• Patrick Flynn
  Senior Director of Sustainability
  Salesforce
• Patti Reiter
  Executive Director
  Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives/Arizona State University
• Paul Hawken
  Executive Director
  Project Drawdown
• Paul Carp
  Director of Research & Sr. Analyst
  GreenBiz Group
• Pete Pearson
  Director, Food Waste
  WWF
• Pete May
  President
  GreenBiz Group
• Peter Byck
  Professor of Practice; School of Sustainability & School of Journalism
  Arizona State University
• Philip Rudolph
  Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer
  Jack In The Box
• Rachel Rigby
  Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
  U.S. Department of Labor
• Raj Buch
  Director of Sustainability
  Arizona State University
• Randy Gaines
  SVP, Operations & New Hotel Openings, Americas
  Hilton Worldwide

• Rasmus Skov
  Head of Group Sustainability
  Ørsted
• Rebecca Lucore
  Head of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
  Covestro LLC
• Richa Mittal
  Director of Research and Innovation
  Fair Labor Association
• Richard Eidlin
  Vice President, Policy and Campaigns and Co-founder
  American Sustainable Business Council
• Richard Mattison
  CEO
  Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices
• Rob Kaplan
  Managing Partner
  Closed Loop Partners
• Rob Threlkeld
  Global Manager – Renewable Energy
  General Motors
• Robert B. Hirth, Jr.
  Chair
  COSO
• Rodney Irwin
  Managing Director Redefining Value & Education
  WBCSD
• Rolf Skar
  Forest Campaign Director
  Greenpeace
• Rose McKinney-James
  Managing Principal
  McKinney-James & Associates and Energy Works LLC
• Sam Hummel
  Outreach Director
  Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council
• Samara Rudolph
  Director, Global Sustainability and Philanthropy
  Tiffany & Co.
• Sara Allan
  Sustainability Analyst
  Annie’s
• Sarah Mihalecz
  Lead, Sustainability, North America
  Tata Group
• Sarah Lewis
  Managing Director Members and Implementation
  The Sustainability Consortium
• Sarah Fischer
  Undergraduate Student
  The Ohio State University
• Shana Rappaport
  Director of Strategic Programs
  GreenBiz Group
• Shannon Houde
  Leadership & Game Changer Coach
  Walk of Life Leaders
• Shannon Schuyler
  Corporate Responsibility Leader
  PwC
• Sheila Bonini
  Senior Vice President, Private Sector Engagement
  WWF – ‎World Wildlife Fund
• Sophia Mendelsohn
  Head of Sustainability
  JetBlue Airways
• Sophie Beckham
  Senior Manager, Natural Capital Stewardship
  International Paper
• Steve Lippman
  Director, Corporate Responsibility
  Microsoft

• Steve Ardagh
  Founder & CEO
  Eagle Protect, New Zealand & USA
• Sue Lebeck
  Application Manager
  Cool City Challenge
• Sue Allchurch
  Chief of Participant Relations and Communications
  UN Global Compact
• Sunya Ojure
  Senior Manager, Sustainability
  Salesforce
• Susan McPherson
  Founder & CEO
  McPherson Strategies
• Suzanne Fallender
  Director, Corporate Responsibility
  Intel Corporation
• Suzanne Shelton
  President & CEO
  Shelton Group
• Tamara Barker
  Chief Sustainability Officer
  UPS
• Thomas Ramos
  Director – Oversight Risk and Compliance
  GPSC Logistics Director
• Tim Carey
  Senior Director, Sustainability
  PepsiCo
• Tim McAloone
  Co-Founder & Professor
  essensus
• Todd Reeve
  CEO
  Bonneville Environmental Foundation
• Todd Cort
  Faculty Co-Director, Lecturer
  Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) & Yale School of Management
• Tom Cleves
  Vice President, Global Citizenship
  International Paper
• Tom Murray
  Vice President of EDF+Business
  Environmental Defense Fund
• Tommy Hayes
  Policy Partnerships Manager
  Lyft
• Tony Calandro
  President
  Purposeful Strategies
• Val Fishman
  Chief Development Officer
  BEF
• Wayne Honeycutt
  President & CEO
  Soil Health Institute
• William McDonough
  Chief Executive
  McDonough Innovation
• William Brandt
  Director of Strategic Integration, LightWorks®
  ASU
• Winston Vaughan
  Senior Manager for Renewable Energy
  Ceres, Inc.
• Yuan Yuan
  Manager of Regional Hub China
  GRI

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