A networking and skill-building experience for sustainability leaders


 

Green Wave is a unique blend of brief presentations and small group interaction, giving everyone a chance to speak while practicing leadership skills and getting to know other people.

All leaders need to be prepared to address the questions below.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Session 1: 8:00 - 10:30 AM PST


 
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Personal Energy

Libba Pinchot, Co-Founder, Pinchot & Co

Glenn Hallam, Co-Founder, Green Dock Ventures

Group Dialogue

Where did you get your passion for sustainability? What fuels you during tough times?

 

 
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Reaching zero at 10,000 feet

Kate Wilson

Senior Director of Sustainability

Vail Resorts

If you had full support from senior leaders, how quickly … and at what scale … could you move? What is your most ambitious plan?

 

 
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Inside/out: mobilizing companies to tackle grand challenges

Dan Vermeer

Executive Director, Center for Energy, Development, and Global Environment (EDGE)

Duke University

How are you mobilizing resources (talent, human energy and money) to accelerate sustainability?

 

JANUARY 28, 2021

Session 2: 8:00 - 10:30 AM PST


 
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Leading sustainability through a pandemic

Susan Kolodziejczyk

Sustainability Director

National Geographic

What are the challenges and silver lining of this pandemic? What unique opportunities are you hoping to seize?

 

 
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Influencing with policy

Marty Muenzmaier

Sustainability and External Affairs Lead

Cargill

Persuasion: How do you make the case for change? What is your approach to influence?

 

JANUARY 28, 2021

Session 3: 12:30 - 3:00 PM PST


 
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From sustainability director to CEO

Stephanie Stuckey

Chief Executive Officer

Stuckey’s 

What are the unique pressures of your senior leaders? How will you win their hearts and minds?

 

 
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Driving a sustainable future for agriculture

Fiona Woody

Sustainability Excellence Manager

Bayer

What is your vision for the future that you use to inspire or mobilize other people? What about your vision do people find plausible or engaging?

 

JANUARY 29, 2021

Session 4: 8:00 -10:30 AM PST


 
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Moving markets through public-private partnerships

Andrew McAllister

Commissioner

California Energy Commission

Who are the pivotal leaders in government that affect your work? How can you seek rules that are wiser for the planet? Who else in your industry would take an interest in collaborating?

 

 
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Sustainability across scales

Julie Newman

Director, Office of Sustainability

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

At what scale are you working to affect change? What is your unique role or niche in protecting the planet?

 

 
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Conclusion: Next steps in mobilizing and aligning resources

Which leaders at this event are most likely to help you scale or accelerate your work?

How will you reach the hearts and minds of people who are currently too distracted or insulated to help?

Of the many levers you can push, which ones are likely to have the greatest impact?