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Jon Powell, the Global Head of the Sustainability Practice at Salesforce, is an entrepreneur, technologist, academic, and chemical/environmental engineer by training. At Salesforce, Jon works directly with hundreds of the world’s largest forward-thinking corporations to accelerate their ESG and Sustainability strategies and actions through direct, catalytic advisory engagements. Additionally, Jon is leading multiple internal and external initiatives to unlock responsible and trusted uses of AI to advance sustainable outcomes.

Shannon is PwC’s US Chief Purpose & Inclusion Officer – a role that brings together unique insights and perspectives from her prior roles as Chief Purpose Officer and Responsible Business Leader to the Chief Diversity Officer role. Her role also includes oversight of this same function in PwC’s Mexico and Asia Pacific America territories, as well as our Acceleration Centers, spanning eight geographic locations. Shannon’s work activates PwC’s purpose to build trust in society and solve important problems and to create a fulfilling employee experience. 

Responsible for furthering diversity, inclusion and equity across the firm’s workforce, she connects purpose with belonging to create an environment in the firm that celebrates identity and intersectionality as a way to drive innovation and business value.

Worku Gachou is the Head of North America Inclusive Impact & Sustainability at Visa, where he leads the company’s efforts to drive equitable economic growth in the United States and Canada.

Benoit Leblanc, the Deputy CEO of TRIGO, is a skilled growth strategist with 20-plus years of experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), operations and digitalization. At TRIGO, Benoit currently supervises operations across the company, as well as internal functions such as operational excellence and systems, marketing, sales and human resources.

Within ten years, Benoit completed more than ten acquisitions and expanded TRIGO’s advanced services division. He also led the company’s entry into Germany, Spain’s aerospace market and the UK. Along with CEO Matthieu Rambaud, Benoit increased TRIGO’s revenues from approximately €100 million in 2013 to €440 million in 2022. His expertise in M&A has helped to transform the company from a European quality inspection business into a global manufacturing technology firm with clients across the transportation sector.

Bertrand Blaise was appointed Chief Communication & CSR Officer and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021. He has built his entire career path within the field of product and corporate communication in the automotive, railway and energy sectors, working in Europe and Asia Pacific.

Emmanuel Caprais is senior vice president and chief financial officer of ITT Inc. He previously served as vice president of Finance and group chief financial officer, in charge of business unit finance teams, Financial Planning & Analysis and Investor Relations for the company.

Peter Soelkner has been a Managing Director of Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG since June 2008. In 2009, he was also appointed Managing Director of Vetter Pharma International GmbH, the company’s marketing and sales organization.

Kevin Martinez, ESPN’s vice president of Corporate Citizenship, oversees all aspects of the company’s citizenship initiatives including corporate giving, volunteerism, cause marketing and sustainability.

As an industry veteran, Martinez is responsible for ESPN’s strategic programs that enable both greater access to sports and leadership through sports. He leads ESPN’s sponsorship of Special Olympics, which has helped more than 1.6 million athletes, teammates and coaches join the Unified Sports movement.

Additionally, Martinez manages ESPN’s ongoing collaboration and fundraising efforts with the V Foundation, which have generated nearly $100 million toward cancer research programs. He also successfully launched the inaugural Sports Humanitarian Awards, celebrating and honoring athletes, teams and nonprofits for using the power of sports to make a positive impact on society.

ESPN named Martinez vice president of Corporate Citizenship in February 2013. He joined the company in 2011 as senior director, Corporate Outreach, where he led the company’s global volunteerism efforts and cause-marketing projects.

Shornda Cadore serves as Alstom’s Vice President of Procurement for the Americas. She is responsible for the strategic development and operational execution of key customer projects. Shornda and the team at Alstom are fully committed to reducing environmental, social and ethical risks at each link in its supply chain.

Anita Spiller’s parallel careers are defined by passion. As a United Church minister, a private business owner, and now, directing ESG (environmental, social and governance) initiatives for Tru Earth, her work and life are characterized by social justice, collaboration, and leaving the planet better than she found it.

At Tru Earth, a Certified B Corp, award-winning, household cleaning products organization, Anita and the Executive Leadership Team focus on disrupting the billion-dollar homecare market, eliminating household plastic jugs (and other single-use plastics), battling microplastics and donating earth-friendly products to organizations in need. Tru Earth has prevented 165 million plastic jugs from being created and donated over 33 million of its earth-friendly laundry detergent strips in just four years.

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