Event Will Feature Leaders, Explore How to Build Successful Business Engagement
Published 09-29-15
Submitted by U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF) will host its annual corporate citizenship conference, titled “Connect the Dots: How Businesses Solve Global Challenges Locally.” This year’s conference will focus on how businesses build engagements that align local impact to global strategy and will showcase successful business examples.
Additionally, USCCF will announce the winners of the 2015 Corporate Citizenship Awards, which recognizes businesses for positively impacting society through social and environmental programs.
WHO:
Suzanne Clark, Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Daymond John, Founder & CEO, FUBU; Star of ABC's Shark Tank and; CEO, Shark Branding
Soledad O'Brien, CEO, Starfish Media Group
JJ Ramberg, host of the MSNBC programYour Business
Shannon Schuyler, Principal, Chief Purpose Officer, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, PwC; President, The PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Hugh Welsh, President and General Counsel, DSM North America
Blair Taylor, Chief Community Officer, Starbucks
Connie M. Yowell, CEO of CollectiveShift.org; Director of Education, MacArthur Foundation
Geoff Bastow, President, Global Customer Solutions Group, UPS
Hugh Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Global Poverty Project
Patrick Gaston, President, Western Union Foundation
Lori Harnick, General Manager, Citizenship and Public Affairs, Microsoft
Elliot Kotek, Co-Founder and Content Chief, Not Impossible
Richard Leach, President and CEO, World Food Program USA
An agenda and full list of speakers is available here.
WHAT:
Connect the Dots: How Businesses Solve Global Challenges Locally
WHEN:
Monday – Wednesday, October 5 – 7, 2015
WHERE:
Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
RSVP:
Credentialed members of the media are invited to attend. To register, e-mail Bailey Jacobs at bjacobs@uschamber.com or call 202-230-1877.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is dedicated to strengthening America’s long-term competitiveness and educating the public on how the free enterprise system improves society and the economy.
U.S. community development. Emerging-market development. Disaster response. Social and environmental innovation – businesses play an important role in all of these issue areas.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center is recognized in the corporate citizenship field as a source for fresh thinking, exceptional networking and practical lessons learned.
The Foundation works to strengthen collaboration and understanding among companies, corporate foundations, chambers of commerce, NGOs, and governmental offices. As a partnership facilitator, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center helps businesses find highly effective ways to invest in local communities, be responsive in times of disasters, and improve lives and livelihoods across the globe.
The Foundations mission is to work with businesses to make the world a better place. Email ccc@uschamber.com to learn more.
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