Previous Shows
Impact with John Shegerian produces new episodes every week. Visit regularly to explore our archive of past conversations below.
March 7, 2023
Developing A Sustainability-Forward Culture with The Carbonauts’ Graham Hill
Graham is the founder and CEO of The Carbonauts. They help Fortune 1000 companies build climate-literate, sustainability enthusiastic cultures via tools such as live, interactive sustainability workshops. Their clients include giants such as Amazon, Chanel, News Corp, Toyota, AT&T, Warner Brothers, Discovery, Netflix, Dow Jones, and HarperCollins. Many companies have or are developing sustainability strategies. […]
February 28, 2023
Advancing Circularity with Ball Corporation’s Adam Shalapin
Adam Shalapin leads global sustainability initiatives at Ball Corporation, where he works with cross-functional teams to execute against Ball’s sustainability goals and initiatives. Adam is a systems-thinking problem solver with thirteen years of experience in corporate environmental and sustainability strategy, which has allowed him to craft and collaboratively execute a unifying vision that aligns sustainability […]
February 21, 2023
Innovating for Energy Efficiency with Texas Instruments’ Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor is an applications manager in Systems Engineering Marketing group covering custom power supply design for the industrial and personal electronics market. His group is responsible for 500 designs per year and has designed 15k power supplies over the last 20 years. Robert joined TI in 2002 and spent most of his time as […]
February 14, 2023
Embracing Difference & Diversity with Liz Kleinrock
Liz Kleinrock (she/her) is a Korean-American, queer, Jewish, antibias and antiracist educator of both children and adults, and creates curriculum for K-12 students, specializing in designing inquiry based units of study. In addition to her work as a classroom teacher, Liz also works with schools and companies to facilitate learning for adults that supports antibias […]
February 7, 2023
Amplifying Sustainable Business Practices with ESG Today’s Mark Segal
Mark founded ESG Today in 2020 following a 20 year career in investment management and research. Prior to founding ESG Today, he worked at Delaney Capital Management (DCM) in Toronto, Canada as the firm’s head of U.S. equities. Mark also spent several years in the sell-side research industry, covering the technology and services sectors. He […]
January 31, 2023
Innovating the Sustainable Grocery Shopping Experience with Thrive Market’s Kristin De Simone
Kristin De Simone, Senior Mission Manager (she/her) acts as the architect of mission and environmental stewardship at Thrive Market, the online, membership-based market delivering the highest quality, healthy and sustainable products at member-only prices. De Simone joined the Thrive Market team in 2015 with a hunger to help Americans reclaim access to healthy living, making […]
January 24, 2023
Making “Chicken” Better with Daring’s Ross Mackay
Ross Mackay is the CEO and founder of Daring, the leading plant-based chicken brand on a mission to remove chicken from the global food system. John Shegerian: Do you have a suggestion for an amazing Impact guest? Go to ImpactPodcast.com and click “Be a Guest” to recommend someone today. This edition of the Impact Podcast […]
January 17, 2023
Maintaining a Commitment to Sustainability with The Home Depot’s Ron Jarvis
Ron Jarvis is the Chief Sustainability Officer for The Home Depot. He is responsible for aligning the Company’s business strategies with its social, environmental and sustainability objectives. Ron also leads our SER factory audits, Utility Rebates, Product Safety departments, and he is the chairman of the Home Depot Environmental Council. Ron joined the Company in […]
January 10, 2023
Achieving Your Healthiest Self with Dallas Kingsbury, MD
Dallas Kingsbury, MD, is the medical director for two companies: Danford Works is a virtual platform that combines personal data analysis and 1:1 coaching to empower people to live their healthiest and most active lives. Fountain Life (Naples Center in Florida) is a company dedicated to proactive and personalized medical care via cutting-edge artificial intelligence-enhanced […]
January 5, 2023
Pushing the Limits to Support our Veterans with Ryan “Birdman” Parrott
Ryan “Birdman” Parrott, Author, Public Speaker, Former Navy SEAL, Patent Holder, Action Sports Athlete, and Founder of two non- profits benefitting Veterans and First Responders is originally from Detroit, Michigan. Birdman enlisted in the Navy after watching the Twin Towers fall on 9/11 and served eight years as a U.S. Navy SEAL attached to SEAL […]
January 3, 2023
Achieving Higher Standards in Investing with CAIA’s Debbie McLean
Deborah McLean is president of the CAIA Foundation and global head of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the CAIA Association, the professional body for the alternative investment industry with 13,000 Members representing 100 countries. As a chief DEI strategist and spokesperson, Deborah leverages the organization’s voice and influence to help shape an investment industry […]
December 27, 2022
Helping Farmers Sustainably Feed the Planet with Indigo Ag’s Chris Harbourt
With more than 25 years in leadership positions at the intersection of science, agriculture, engineering, and business, Chris Harbourt leads Indigo’s efforts to leverage science and digital technology to measure and translate the impact of farmers’ sustainability efforts into new profitability opportunities. John Shegerian: Do you have a suggestion for an Amazing Impact guest? Go […]
