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Graham Hill is the founder and CEO behind The Carbonauts. Hailed as one of Fast Co.’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” Graham’s 23-year environmental career has many achievements. There was the groundbreaking, highest trafficked green website TreeHugger.com that was sold to Discovery Channel and has served billions of page views, LifeEdited, a small living consultancy with projects on the cover of Dwell and features in the NYT and two main-stage TED talks that have reached over 11 million views. Graham’s latest adventure is The Carbonauts. With Clients including Amazon, AT&T, and Disney, the mission is to get 25% of the population to live compelling, lower-footprint lives and precipitate a tipping point that will pave the way for the rest of society to move rapidly to net-zero. They are doing this by providing the best interactive workshops on the planet, for the planet.

As Vice President of Sustainability for Whole Foods Market, Caitlin is responsible for creating and implementing the company’s sustainability vision and strategy in more than 540 stores worldwide. From climate strategy, to waste reduction, to water and land stewardship, Caitlin works to improve Whole Foods Market’s impact as a company and plays a key role in helping the company achieve its purpose of nourishing people and the planet.

Kelsey Duffey, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, joined Walker & Dunlop in August 2012. Her primary responsibility is managing all communications between Walker & Dunlop and the investment community. She spearheads the company’s ESG efforts and leads a group of senior executives in driving towards W&D’s Drive to ’25 ESG goals.

Aidan is the Regional Director, Americas for Enterprise Ireland. In his role, Aidan is responsible for implementing Enterprise Ireland’s strategy for increasing client exports through identification of market opportunities, market connections and advice. Aidan leads a team across 9 offices supporting over 900+ client companies entering and scaling key markets and verticals in Americas.

Angela Baker is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Qualcomm, Inc. and spearheads the company’s Corporate Responsibility efforts focused on driving sustainable innovation in wireless technology to transform how the world connects, computes, and communicates. She oversees Qualcomm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) program; Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™, the company’s tech-for-good initiative; and global STEM Education investments that inspire student inventors.

https://www.qualcomm.com/company/corporate-responsibility/empowering-digital-transformation/stem-education/thinkabit-lab

Jeannie Renné-Malone leads global sustainability at VF Corporation, overseeing all aspects of VF’s sustainability strategy across its brands, operations, supply chain, materials, and products. Jeannie has extensive experience in the development and implementation of sustainability goals and strategies, stakeholder engagement, and tracking and reporting of sustainability/ESG results. At VF, she has led various strategic initiatives, including the development of VF’s Science-Based Targets roadmap and its Green Bond Framework, which resulted in the first green bond issuance in the apparel and footwear industry. Under her leadership, VF has integrated circular design, sustainable materials and innovation across its portfolio of brands from farm to cradle, reducing energy, waste, carbon emissions and water usage, encouraging regenerative farming practices and embedding renewable energy and sustainability priorities across its operations and supply chain.

Daniel Zahir is the Creative Director of Edelweiss Chocolates, a 5th-generation family run chocolatier, handcrafting confections in the heart of Beverly Hills since 1942. Daniel has enjoyed 20 years of growth and learning at Edelweiss Chocolates and is proud to commit to ushering in a new era of tradition that will take Edelweiss full-steam ahead into another 79 years in Beverly Hills.

Currently serving as Chief Sustainability and Transformation Officer at Albertsons, Suzanne Long began her career at Accenture consulting for Fortune 100 companies. She joined Albertsons in 2001 where she developed and led the company’s Lean Six Sigma program – this first of its kind in the food and drug industry.

In 2008, she become the Retail Practice Leader for SSA & Company, a New York-based consulting firm, directing engagements with clients such as Kroger, Harris Teeter, Staples and Office Depot. Suzanne joined the “new” Albertsons Companies in 2012, leading five major acquisitions/integrations that grew the company to the nation’s second largest food and drug retailer.

She became Group Vice President, Strategic Sourcing and ESG/Sustainability in 2020, and moved into her current role in 2021, driving both the company’s ESG strategy and transforming the company’s approach to engaging and inspiring its 250k+ frontline associates.

Dr. Thomas P Seager is an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University. He is the founder of a new concept called Self-Actual Engineering that emphasizes application of design principles for the top of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Motivation, rather than the bottom. Seager also co-founded the Morozko Forge ice bath company and is an expert in the use of ice baths for building metabolic and psychological resilience.

Tobi Young is the SVP of Regulatory, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs at Cognizant, a Fortune 250 company.  Tobi manages global regulatory risk for Cognizant, including privacy, ESG, immigration, and government affairs.  She also manages global impact and philanthropy for Cognizant.