David Crean
Dave Crean, Vice President of Corporate R&D and Chief Science Officer at Mars, Incorporated has over 30 years’ experience in food safety; working in many countries and most Mars businesses. Dave leads quality and food safety at Mars developing operational and research strategies addressing current and future business challenges. He has spoken extensively about the […]
Katherine Neebe
Katherine joined Duke Energy in 2020 to serve as Vice President of National Engagement and Strategy as well as Chief Sustainability Officer; she is also President of the Duke Energy Foundation. In this capacity, she leads Duke Energy’s stakeholder engagement efforts in service of the company’s purpose to power the lives of our customers and […]
John Barsa
John Barsa is the acting USAID Administrator. Prior to assuming these duties on April 11, 2020, he was sworn in on June 10, 2019, as the Assistant Administrator for USAID’s Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. Barsa brings considerable experience from decades of service in the public and private sectors. Mr. Barsa comes to […]
H.E. Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been at the centre of European and global politics for three decades as Secretary General of NATO, Prime Minister of Denmark, Danish Minister of Economic Affairs, Danish Minister for Taxation and a leading Danish parliamentarian. During the Danish Presidency of the European Union in 2002, he played a key role in […]
Peter Reisman
Mr. Reisman joined Bank of China in 2017 and leads a new group focusing on government and public relations, business development, marketing, and corporate social responsibility. Mr. Reisman has almost 30 years of experience working with Chinese private and government entities advising on cross-border investments and bilateral trade negotiations with the United States, China and […]
Pin Ni
Mr. Pin Ni is the President of Wanxiang America Corporation, the company he started in 1994. The company’s revenue grows from zero to $ 4.0 billion to date, crossing the area of automotive, clean energy, and real estate with operations in 27 states in USA. In January, 2016, he was honored as “The Most Influential […]
Chen Xu
Mr. Xu has served as President and CEO of Bank of China USA since January 2015. Under his leadership, Bank of China USA has provided billions of loans to local U.S. and Chinese enterprises. Mr. Xu was elected Chairman of the CGCC and the CGCC Foundation in 2015, and was re-elected in 2017. Founded in […]
Jen Field Whitman
Jen Field is Vice President and Head of Social Impact at GLG where she develops and leads the company’s partnerships with nonprofits, foundations and social enterprises. Previously, Jen was a Vice President in the Office of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs, which houses the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Jen’s experience also includes serving as Special Assistant […]
Billy Fennebresque
Billy is co-founder and co-managing partner of Stronghold Resource Partners, a Dallas based investment manager focused on the real estate (leasehold, minerals, and surface) associated with the development of oil and gas wells in American shale basins. Previously Billy co-founded A2 Access, a financial technology platform serving the equity hedge and mutual fund industry, which […]
Christian Gomez
Christian Gómez, Jr. is Director for Global Government Affairs – Latin America at Walmart. Based in Bentonville, Arkansas, he supports Walmart’s relations with Latin American governments and policy stakeholders such as multilateral organizations, think tanks, trade associations, academia, and NGOs. As Economic Growth Advisor in the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID, […]
Joanne Sonenshine
Joanne Sonenshine is a development economist with a passion for partnership development, and experiences working with government agencies, large and small corporations, and nonprofits. Joanne focuses on collaboration approaches to solve some of our world’s biggest problems. Passionate about societal change, Joanne has devoted her career to helping non-profit decision makers, corporate leaders and entrepreneurs […]