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Time | Description |
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7:30-8:00 | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
8:00-8:05 | Welcome Remarks Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Skytop Strategies |
8:05-8:30 | Opening Keynote Address “Leaning In”: Institutional Shareholders’ Roles Balancing the Gender Equality Scales Presenter: The Honorable Janet Cowell, North Carolina State Treasurer |
8:30-9:00 | CEO Spotlight: Jim Powers, CEO Interviewer: Dorri McWhorter, President, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago Interviewee: Jim Powers, Chief Executive Officer, Crowe Horwath |
9:00-9:30 | The Ms. Foundation Endowment at 43: Aligning Endowment Investments with Its Mission Interviewer: Erika Karp, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Capital Group Interviewee: Teresa Younger, President, Ms. Foundation for Women |
9:30-10:15 | Follow the Money: Investor Interest in Gender Equality Moderator: Suzanne Hopgood, Member of the Executive Committee, Thirty Percent Coalition Panelists: Drianne Benner, CFA, Managing Director, Appomattox Advisory, Inc. & Director, New York Society of Securities Analysts Candace Klein, Chief Strategy Officer, Dealstruck, Inc. Kathleen McQuiggan, SVP, Global Women’s Strategies, PAX World Investments Melissa Waller, Chief of Staff, North Carolina Department of State Treasurer |
10:15-10:30 | Refreshment Break |
10:30-11:15 | Fireside Chat Tackling Board Diversity: From the Local to the Global Moderator: Melissa Waller, Chief of Staff, North Carolina Department of State Treasurer Participants: Meredith Miller, Chief Corporate Governance Officer, UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust Kurt Summers, Treasurer, City of Chicago |
11:15-11:30 | Equality Means Business: Leveraging the Women’s Empowerment Principles Presenter: Helle Bank Jorgensen, Chief Executive Officer, B. Accountability & Head of Global Compact Network Canada & Facilitator for the Global Compact Board Program |
11:30-12:05 | Men’s Voices in the Gender Equality Conversation Moderator: Erika Karp, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Capital Group Panelists: John Adams, Partner, XMS Capital Partners Steven C. Bachar, Public Policy Expert & Partner, Moye White LLP Ravi Karkara, Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnership & Advocacy to the Assistant Secretary-General/Deputy Executive Director, UN Women Francois Millard, Senior Vice President & Chief Actuarial Officer, The Vitality Group Bill Proudman, Co-founder, White Men as Full Diversity Partners |
12:05-12:40 | President Spotlight Interviewer: Ellen Taaffe, Member of the Board of Directors, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. & Hooker Furniture Corporation and Consultant & Coach and Former Fortune 100 Senior Marketing & Management Executive Interviewee: Adena Friedman, President, Nasdaq OMX |
12:40-1:20 | Networking Luncheon |
1:20-2:00 | The “Pipeline Problem” & A Velcro Fix: Getting Women Into Senior Leadership & Keeping Them There Moderator: Elba Pareja-Gallagher, Founder & President, ShowMe50.org Panelists: Lynne Durbin, Board Director, ION Tom Furlong, Managing Director, Energy Practice, The Harvard Group International Linda-Eling Lee, Global Head of ESG Research, MSCI Dorri McWhorter, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago |
2:00-2:40 | Overcoming Unconscious Bias Moderator: Julie Graber, Managing Director, ION Panelists: Sean Fullerton, CFA, Senior Research Analyst, State Street Center for Applied Research Ravi Karkara, Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnership & Advocacy to the Assistant Secretary-General/Deputy Executive Director, UN Women Julie Nugent, Vice President & Center Leader, Catalyst Research Center for Corporate Practice |
2:40-3:20 | Getting it Done: How Companies That Have Gender Balance in Leadership Got There Facilitator: Elba Pareja-Gallagher, Founder & President, ShowMe50.org Featured Speakers: Tom Furlong, Managing Director, Energy Practice, The Harvard Group International Julie Nugent, Vice President & Center Leader, Catalyst Research Center for Corporate Practice |
3:20-3:35 | Refreshment Break |
3:35-4:15 | The Answer Should Sometimes Be “No”: Why Women Should Not Accept Every Invitation for a Board Seat Facilitator: Helle Bank Jorgensen, Chief Executive Officer, B. Accountability & Head of Global Compact Network Canada & Facilitator for the Global Compact Board Program |
4:15-4:55 | The “Gender Card”: Pluses and Pitfalls Facilitators: Drianne Benner, CFA, Managing Director, Appomattox Advisory, Inc. & Director, New York Society of Securities Analysts Meredith Jones, Founder, MJ Alternative Investments Research & author of Women of the Street – Why Female Money Managers Generate Higher Returns (And How You Can Too) |
4:55-5:00 | Closing Remarks |
5:00-6:00 | Networking Reception |
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