2023 Speakers

Conference Keynotes

Lee A. Greenwood

Assistant Regional Director – Asset Management Unit Division of Enforcement
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Rohit T. “Rit” Aggarwala

Chief Climate Officer of New York City
Commissioner of NYC Environmental Protection

Co-Chairs

Nicole Karlebach

Assistant General Counsel, Sustainability
Mars Wrigley

Alyse Mauro Mason

Associate Director, ESG
Protiviti

Industry Speakers & Thoughtleaders

Thomas Abdallah

Vice President Design Services and Chief Environmental Engineer
MTA Construction and Development New York City

Divya Bendre

Head of Sustainable Fixed Income, Americas
Bank of America

Chad Breckinridge

VP and Deputy General Counsel
Cisco

Kirby Brendsel

Vice President, ESG & Sustainability Director
Flagstar Bank
 

Marie Clara Buellingen

Director, Responsible Finance/ESG
Société Générale

Jessica Butts

Principal
ESG Global Advisors, Inc.

David Carlin

Head of Climate Risk and TCFD
United Nations Environmental Program, Financial Institutions (UNEP FI)

Holly Carr, CPA

Managing Director, Forensics
BDO USA, P.A.

Conor T. Chell

Head of ESG Practice Group: Sustainability
MLT Aikins LLP

Allen Cheng

Associate Partner, Hedge Fund Research - New York Practice Lead
AON

Kevin Christopher

Founder & Principal
Rockridge Venture Law

Jayme Colosimo

ESG Investment Director
Capital Group

Boris Couteaux

Chief Strategy Office, Head of Indices
impak Analytics

Candice Dial

SVP and Director of ESG Investments
Rockefeller Capital Management

Hervé P. Duteil

Chief Sustainability Officer
BNP Paribas

Howard A. Fischer

Partner
Moses & Singer LLP

Kelly Fisher

SVP and Head of Corporate Sustainability, US
HSBC

Ekaterina Grigoryeva

Former Global Lead, Environment and Social Development - Financial Sector
The World Bank

Akanksha Halbe

Associate Director, Corporate Responsibility & ESG
Organon

John Anthony Hodges

Director of ESG, Climate and CSR
Burlington Stores

Angela Jhanji

Managing Director
EQT Group

Sarah Kapnick, PhD

Chief Scientist
NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Kevin Kwok

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Sustainability Officer
OMAO Brands

Ann Lee-Jeffs

Global Head of ESG & Sustainability
Modern Meadow

Irina Markina

Managing Director, Head of Impact and Sustainability
Ara Partners

Alyse Mauro Mason

Associate Director, ESG
Protiviti

Brian Matt

Director, Head of ESG Advisory
New York Stock Exchange

Clarence Mingo

Vice President, Corporate Affairs & ESG
T. Marzetti Company

Subho Mukherjee

Vice President, Global Head of Sustainability
Nokia

Michael Murphy

Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Demian Newman

CEO
GreenWorks ESG

Egwu Nwankpah

Vice President, Head of Supplier Diversity
Cushman & Wakefield

Punita Patel

Head of Supplier Diversity, Sustainable Procurement - ESG
Guardian Life

John Tobin-de le Puente

Professor of Practice of Corporate Sustainability
Cornell University

Joanna Rice

Vice President, Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
Match Group

Joe Rozza

Chief Sustainability Officer
Ryan Companies

Rishi Shah

Senior Director, Sustainability
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Tequila Smith

Executive Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer
Covanta

Nelson A. Switzer

Managing Partner
Climate Innovation Capital

Douglas Thompson

Class Action and Commercial Litigation Partner
Snell & Wilmer

Matt Toohey

Vice President, ESG and Sustainable Business Practice
Modern West

Frank G. Zarb, Jr.

Partner
Proskauer Rose LLP