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Final Round of Speakers Confirmed for Charities@Work Employee Engagement Summit

June 4, 2019

It’s the last chance to register for the 18th Annual Charities@Work Employee Engagement Summit on June 12-13, 2019 in New York City. New speakers from Ally Financial, Boxed and BSE Global (Brooklyn Nets) have been added to the robust program which includes a preconference with training for emerging leaders, a shark tank for senior professionals and a volunteer meal-packing experience; two private networking receptions; plus a full day of interactive content on social impact strategy, employee resource groups, diversity and inclusion, successful programs, social activism, and more.  

Confirmed speakers:

  • Gina Rude, US Corporate Citizenship Manager at Accenture

  • Alison Summerville, Business Administration Executive and Head of Corporate Citizenship at Ally Financial

  • H. Art Taylor, President and CEO at BBB Wise Giving Alliance and Lecturer at Columbia University

  • Gary Levante, SVP, Corporate Responsibility & Culture at Berkshire Bank

  • Nneka Norville, Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility & Internal Communications at BET Networks/Viacom

  • Nitasha Mehta, Director of Vendor Marketing at Boxed

  • Dr. Maurice A. Stinnett, Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Culture at BSE Global (NBA Brooklyn Nets, NBA G League team, the Long Island Nets, The Barclays Center and NYCB Live home of Nassau Coliseum)

  • Alex Cunningham, Senior Advisor, Global Social Investment at Chevron

  • Kevin Clayton, Vice President Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement at Cleveland Cavaliers & Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

  • Lori George Billingsley, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

  • Christine Jereb, Director of Employee Engagement & Volunteerism, Community Impact at Comcast

  • Jillian Mershon, Senior Manager of National Partnerships at Comcast

  • Nita Kirby, Director, Strategy at Cybergrants

  • Kevin Martinez, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship at ESPN

  • Kristi Thomas, Charity Division, Group Sales

  • Michael Carren, Vice President and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Guardian Life Insurance

  • Pamela Haas, CSR Manager at IBM

  • Charlie Brown, Area Director at Jersey Mike’s Subs

  • Michael Bzdak, Ph.D., Executive Director, Global Community Impact at Johnson & Johnson

  • Yezenia Ramos, Senior Manager of Employee Engagement for North America, Global Community Impact at Johnson & Johnson

  • Erin Gollhofer, Global CSR Consultant at Kimberly-Clark Corporation

  • Jerome Tennille, Manager, Volunteerism at Marriott International

  • Shilpa Nadhan, Manager, Social Impact at Marriott International

  • Matthew Nelson, Corporate Vice President at New York Life Insurance

  • Dezarie Mayers, Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility at Pfizer

  • Heather Lofkin Wright, Responsible Business Leadership Director at PwC US

  • Trina Scott, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Quicken Loans Family of Companies

  • Chris Jarvis, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Realized Worth

  • Angela Parker, Co-Founder and CEO at Realized Worth

  • Debbie Snyder, Group Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility Solutions at StratusLIVE

  • Kerry Steib, Director of Social Impact at Spotify

  • Arlene De La Cruz, Assistant Managing Director, NYC Roastery at Starbucks

  • Tracey Burton, Senior Director of CSR at Target, and Head of Target Foundation

  • Stacey Ullrich, Head of Global Social Responsibility at Under Armour

  • Peter Dudley, Author, CSR expert, and Executive 

Michael Carren of Guardian Life Insurance chairs the Summit’s corporate advisory council. To learn more or register for the Summit, visit https://charitiesatwork.org/.

This Summit is made possible thanks to generous sponsors:

  • Summit lunch sponsor: The Guardian Life Insurance Company

  • Gold sponsors: Best Buy, Comcast, New York Life Insurance

  • Silver sponsors: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, Cybergrants, Group Sales, Safeguard Global

  • In-kind sponsors: 3BL Media, Care First BCBS, Jersey Mike’s Subs, KIND Snacks, Pfizer, Realized Worth, RK Black, Starbucks, The Westin New York at Times Square

About Charities@Work

Charities@Work (Charities at Work) bridges the corporate and nonprofit sectors to achieve greater social and environmental impact. Charities@Work is an alliance of three nonprofit organizations – Community Health Charities, EarthShare and Global Impact – that collectively represent more than 3,000 of the leading health, environmental, international development, and community nonprofits making a difference in the U.S. and around the world today. These nonprofits exist to facilitate interaction and partnership between charities, companies, and their employees for meaningful outcomes and impact for all.