Agenda

8:00 – 8:45 a.m. 

Registration, Coffee and Breakfast - Courtyard outside McNally
Generously Sponsored by: Lupoff/Stevens Family Office
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks – Barbara Porco, Ph.D., CPA, CFF, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies; Managing Director, Responsible Business Coalition, Gabelli School of Business; and Cara Smyth, Gabelli Fellow and Founder, Responsible Business Coalition, Gabelli School of Business; Global Senior Managing Director, Accenture

Event Overview – Peter Lupoff, Gabelli Fellow, Responsible Business Coalition; Executive in Residence, Gabelli School of Business; Lupoff/Stevens Family Office
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

CSO Summit – Public Company ESG Challenges, Solutions, Objectives

  • Dave Stangis, Partner, CSO, Apollo Global Management
  • Rachel Taplinger, Head of Sustainability, Maybelline NY at L'Oréal
  • Melissa Mahtani (Moderator) Senior Producer/Reporter, CNN
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.

The Vexing Issues and Opportunities of ESG Measurement

  • Davida Heller, Director, Head of Sustainability Strategy, Citibank
  • Bruno Sarda, Partner/Principal, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY
  • Jenny McColloch, Chief Sustainability Officer, McDonald's
  • Frank Zambrelli, Executive Director, Responsible Business Coalition, Gabelli School of Business; Managing Director, Global ESG Retail, Accenture
  • Timothy Hedley, Ph.D., CPA, CFF. CFE (Moderator) Executive in Residence, Gabelli School of Business
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

Shareholder Engagement - Stakeholder Influence in Driving Better Outcomes

  • Yusuf George, Managing Director, Engine No. 1
  • Josh Zinner, Chief Executive Officer, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
  • Randy Strickland (Moderator) Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Finance, Gabelli School of Business; Director, Client Portfolio Manager, Westfuller
11:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Break
11:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Nuveen and The Sustainable Cities Challenge

  • Roberta Lobo, Director ESG Strategies, Nuveen Investments
  • Karen Johns, CEO, Net Impact
  • Peter Lupoff, (Moderator) Gabelli Fellow, Responsible Business Coalition; Executive in Residence, Gabelli School of Business; Principal, Lupoff/Stevens Family Office
11:45 – 12:15 p.m.

Innovation Changes the World - Fireside Chat with Seth Goldman

  • Seth Goldman, Co-Founder and CEO of Eat the Change, Board Chair of Beyond Meat, Co-Founder, PLNT Burger and Honest Tea
  • Hitha Herzog (Moderator) Chief Research Officer, H Squared Research, LLC; consumer spending expert for major media outlets; retail reporter
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.

Can Money, Business, Be a Force for Good?

  • Margot Brandenburg, Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation
  • Andrew Kassoy, Co-Founder and CEO, B-Labs
  • Kevin Thompson, (Moderator) General Manager, GOOD Worldwide
1:00 – 2:30 p.m

Lunch and Networking, McNally Amphitheater Courtyard