Event &#8211; 2018 Ceres Conference (Boston)

This Ceres conference will take place April 24-26 at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. We urgently need to scale up sustainable solutions to climate change, water scarcity and pollution, and human rights abuses to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy and deliver on the goals of the global Paris Agreement. At Ceres Conference 2018, you will hear from institutional investors, C-Suite company executives and capital market leaders who understand the financial imperative of addressing these sustainability threats. Join 600 influential leaders across the U.S. and around the globe and help transform the economy to build a more sustainable future for generations to come. Ceres Conference 2017 in San Francisco brought together more more than 600 investor and company leaders and advocates who are catalyzing the biggest breakthroughs on sustainability. This year’s conference will also feature ‘World Ceres Talks’ to showcase innovative and inspiring leaders who bring a distinct message and unique perspective on a wide range of topics.

Speakers

VICKI ARROYO Founding Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center Georgetown Law
AMY AUGUSTINE Senior Director, Company Network Ceres
BRYN BAKER Deputy Director, Renewable Energy World Wildlife Fund
BROOKE BARTON Senior Director, Water and Food Ceres
MATTHIAS BERNINGER Director Corporate health and Nutrition for Europe and the CIS Mars Europe
DAVID BLOOD Co-Founder and Senior Partner Generation Investment Management
MICHAEL BRADLEY President and Founder M.J. Bradley & Associates LLC.
MARISA BUCHANAN Deputy Global Head of Sustainable Finance JPMorgan Chase & Co.
LAURIE BURT President Laurie Burt, LLC.
TRACEY CAMERON Analyst, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Fidelity
KARINA CASTILLO Florida Field Consultant and Latina Outreach Organizer Moms Clean Air Force
CAROLINE CHOI Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Southern California Edison
SIOBHAN COLLINS Manager, Food and Water Ceres
CYNTHIA CURTIS Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement JLL
LISA DAVIS Sustainability Manager IKEA US
MARY ANN DIMASCIO Senior Manager, Company Network Ceres
PATTY DIORIO Vice President, US Strategy National Grid
EOIN FAHY Head of Responsible Investing KBI Global Investors
ANDERS FERGUSON Founding Partner Veris Wealth Partners
JAMES FORESE President Citigroup
SARA FORNI Senior Manager, Clean Vehicles Ceres
DANIELLA FOSTER Senior Director of Global Corporate Responsibility Hilton
MARK FULTON Senior Fellow Ceres
CARL GANTER Managing Director Circle of Blue
MICHAEL GARLAND Assistant Comptroller Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment
BILL GILL AVP Environmental Affairs Smithfield Foods
ALLI GOLD ROBERTS Senior Manager, State Policy Ceres
ALISA GRAVITZ President & CEO Green America
ANITA GREEN Director, Sustainable Investment Strategies Wespath Investment Management
CARLY GREENBERG Senior ESG Analyst Walden Asset Management
KEVIN HAGEN Vice President Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategy Iron Mountain
GEORGE HAMILTON President Institute for Sustainable Communities
JEFF HANRATTY Applied Sustainability Manager General Mills
JAY HARF Vice President, EHS&S L’Oréal Operations Americas
PATRICIA HEALY Sr. Vice President of Research & Portfolio Manager Cumberland Advisors
CANDACE HEWITT Analyst, Responsible Investing Nuveen
STEVEN HOCH Partner Brown Advisory
DERRICK JACKSON Environmental Writing Fellow Union of Concerned Scientists
KIRSTEN JAMES Director, California Policy and Partnerships Ceres
ROSABETH MOSS KANTER Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administrator Harvard Business School
ADAM KANZER Managing Director of Corporate Engagement Domini Impact Investments
ANNE KELLY Ceres
DAVID KING Head of Environmental, Social and Governance Fidelity Investments
JONAS KRON Senior Vice President Trillium Asset Management
RAKHI KUMAR Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship State Street Global Advisors
KRISTEN LANG Director, Company Network Ceres
SARA LAW VP, Global Initiatives CDP
JOHN LEISEN Vice President, Property Management Target
CARL LEVANDER Executive Vice President, Regulatory Policy and Corporate Affairs NiSource
JANE LLOYD Global Forests Watch, Commodities and Finance Program Product Manager WRI
ANDREW LOGAN Director, Oil and Gas Ceres
MINDY LUBBER Chief Executive Officer and President Ceres
ALEXIS LUDWIG-VOGEN Director, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Best Buy Co.
JOSEPH MANNING Senior Associate, Company Network Ceres
DAWN MARTIN Chief Operating Officer Ceres
JAMIE MARTIN Executive Director, Global Sustainable Finance Morgan Stanley
CYNTHIA MCHALE Director, Insurance and Interim Director, Climate Action 100+ Investor Engagement Ceres
SHAUN MICKUS Global Director, Social Business Practices Johnson & Johnson
SARAH MIHALECZ Sustainability, North America Tata Group
JULIE NASH Senior Manager, Food and Capital Markets Ceres
KATHERINE NEEBE Senior Director – ESG, Trust & Transparency Walmart, Inc.
SAMANTHA SUE PING Vice President, Head of ESG Issuer Communications MSCI
VEENA RAMANI Program Director, Capital Market Systems Ceres Veena Ramani is the program director of the Capital Market Systems program at Ceres.
JANET RANGANATHAN Vice President for Science and Research World Resources Institute
EMILY REICHERT Chief Executive Officer Greentown Labs
SUE REID Vice President, Climate and Energy Ceres
JOHN REPLOGLE Partner, One Better Ventures Former CEO, 7th Generation
MARY ROBINSON President Mary Robinson Foundation
MICHELLE ROMERO Deputy Director Green for All
DAN SACCARDI Director, Company Network Ceres
BRUNO SARDA Head of Sustainability NRG
FRANK SHERMAN Executive Director Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment
VALERIE SMITH Managing Director & Global Head of Corporate Sustainability Citi
MARTY SPITZER Senior Director, Climate and Renewable Energy World Wildlife Fund
MADHYAMA SUBRAMANIAN Program Manager Solidaridad North America
DANIELLE SUGARMAN Vice President, Investment Stewardship BlackRock
JOHN SULLIVAN Chief Engineer Boston Water and Sewer Commission
BYRON THAYER Sustainability Manager: Water Strategist, Performance & Reporting Levi Strauss & Co.
GAURAV TRIVEDI Vice President, ESG Indexes and Reporting Research MSCI
JACKIE VANDERBRUG Managing Director U.S. Trust
CYRUS WADIA Vice President, Sustainable Business & Innovation Nike, Inc.
CHRIS WELLISE Chief Sustainability Officer HPE Corporate Affairs
LINDSEY WHITE Senior Manager, Investor Network on Climate Risk and Sustainability Ceres
RAY WOOD Managing Director, Global Head of Power, Utilities & Renewables Bank of America Merrill Lynch
MICHELLE WU Boston City Councilor At-Large
ION YADIGAROGLU Partner and Managing Principal Capricorn Investment Group