2020 Speakers
Social Innovation Summit 2021 will be held virtually on June 8-10. We look forward to bringing together top executives and thought leaders from around the globe to discuss opportunities for leveraging technology & innovation to affect social change. Participants will discuss philanthropic trends, analyze innovative approaches for problem solving and build lasting partnerships that enable them and their organizations to discover new methods of engaging with social challenges.
2020 Featured Speakers
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ADELE LANGTON
Vice President, 10,000 Women
Goldman Sachs -
AL ROKER
Host & Weatherman, NBC’s Today Show, CEO, Al Roker Entertainment
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ALEX LAZAROW
Investment Director
Cathay Innovation -
ALI MARANO
Global Head of Tech for Social Good & Firmwide Head of Emerging Talent Programs
JPMorgan Chase -
AMANDA COLE
Co-Founder
The Mental Health Coalition -
AMY NELSON
Founder & CEO
The Riveter -
AMY NELSON
Chief Executive Officer
Venture for America -
ANDREA RIEHL
Senior Manager, Social Impact
Best Buy -
ANDREA SULLIVAN
Chief Marketing Officer
VaynerMedia -
ANDREW DUNCKELMAN
Head of Education & Economic Opportunity, Google.org
Google -
ANDREW "KAPPY" KAPLAN
Vice President, Culinary Operations; Director, Yum-o!
Rachael Ray / Watch Entertainment -
DR. ANGELA JACKSON
Partner
New Profit -
DR. ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER
Chief Executive Officer
New America -
ARLAN HAMILTON
Founder & Managing Partner
Backstage Capital -
BARBARA HUMPTON
Chief Executive Officer
Siemens USA -
BARON DAVIS
Two-Time NBA All-Star; CEO
Baron Davis Enterprises -
BETH MEYER
Vice President, Corporate Education Partnerships
Discovery Education -
BILL TAYLOR
Vice President, Outreach & Partnership Development
NAF -
BRIDGET DURKAN LAIRD
Chief Executive Officer
Wings for Kids -
BRYAN BRECKENRIDGE
Head of Sustainable Social Impact and Executive Director, Zillow for Good
Zillow Group -
BULBUL GUPTA
Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Community Ventures -
CAROLINE BARLERIN
Founder
Platypus Advisors -
CATIE COLE
CTO & Content Director of “How Are You, Really?"; Founder
The Mental Health Coalition -
CHARLES RAY PATTON II
Author & Poet
Red Lion Poetry -
CHERYL CARRIER
Executive Director
Ford Next Generation Learning -
CHERYL HOLLIS
Director of Programs
Wings for Kids -
CHRIS KROHN
Program Lead, OpenIDEO
IDEO -
CRYSTAL E. BROWN
National Vice President, Youth Development Programs
Boys & Girls Clubs of America -
DALILA WILSON-SCOTT
SVP, Community Impact, Comcast; President, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation
Comcast NBCUniversal -
DARNELL STROM
Head of Culture & Leadership
United Talent Agency -
DARYL BREWSTER
Chief Executive Officer
CECP -
DAWN HARFLINGER
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Liliuʻokalani Trust -
DEBORAH WINSHEL
Managing Director, Global Head of Social Impact; President, BlackRock Foundation
BlackRock -
DORA HUGHES
Associate Research Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
The George Washington University -
ERIKA IRISH BROWN
Chief Diversity Officer
Goldman Sachs -
ERIN BAUDO FELTER
Vice President, Social Impact
Okta -
ETHAN ZOHN
Winner, Survivor (Season 3)
Grassroot Soccer -
EZGI BARCENAS
Global Vice President, Sustainability
AB InBev -
GARY VAYNERCHUK
Chief Executive Officer
VaynerMedia -
GERALD CHERTAVIAN
Founder & CEO
Year Up -
GRAHAM MCLAUGHLIN
Vice President, Social Responsibility
Optum -
HENK CAMPHER
Vice President Corporate Marketing, Head of Impact
HootSuite -
HENRY DONAHUE
Executive Director, Save The Music Foundation
ViacomCBS -
HOLLY COPELAND
Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability & Impact
Horizon Therapeutics -
HUGH WELSH
General Counsel, Secretary & President
DSM North America -
IDALIA HILL
Director, CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion
PwC -
IRINA KONSTANTINOVSKY
Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Horizon Therapeutics 
JAMIE SEARS
Head of Community Affairs & Corporate Social Responsibility
UBS
JEAN ACCIUS
Senior Vice President, Global Thought Leadership
AARP
JEFF SENNE
Managing Director, Responsible Business Leader
PwC
JEFF TERRY
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
GAF
JENNIFER BAHUS
Director, Social Impact Programs
Fidelity Charitable
JENNIFER GOOTMAN
Vice President, Sustainability
Williams-Sonoma
JONATHAN MCKAY
Interim CEO & Head of Product
Girl Effect
JORGE CASIMIRO
President, NIKE Foundation; Chief Social & Community Impact Officer
NIKE
KATE RICHMOND
Chief Talent Officer
WE Communications
KATHLEEN MCLAUGHLIN
Executive Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer; President, Walmart Foundation
Walmart
KATRINA STEVENS
Senior Director, Learning Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
KEN BIBERAJ
Managing Director
Savills
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KENNETH COLE
Founder & CEO, Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.; Founder & Chairman, The Mental Health Coalition
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KEVIN ZWICK
Chief Executive Officer
Housing Trust Silicon Valley -
KHARY PENEBAKER
Fellow
Everytown Survivor Network 
KIM ERLICHSON
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility Communications
Wells Fargo
LAURA BAKOSH
Co-Founder
Inner Explorer
LAURA BARBIERI
Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility & Community Relations
LG Electronics USA
LAURA FREVELETTI
Senior Program Officer
The Allstate Foundation
LAURA GRANNEMANN
Vice President, Strategic Investments
Quicken Loans Community Fund
LAURIE KEITH
Vice President, Media, Social & Emerging
Ad Council
LEE ANDREWS
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Mars Wrigley North America
LIA MCINTOSH
Program Officer, Education
Kauffman Foundation
LIAM ELKIND
Co-Founder
Invisible Hands
LISA BOYD
Director, Social Impact
Lyft
LISA MARSH RYERSON
President
AARP Foundation
LYNDA GARCIA
Director, Policing Campaign
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
MANDY GONZALEZ
Broadway Actress & Singer, Hamilton; Founder, #FearlessSquad
MARC H. MORIAL
President & CEO
National Urban League
MARISSA LOWMAN
Head, Future of Work Practice
Village Capital
MATT KRESS
Senior Manager, Veterans & Military Affairs
Starbucks
MEL OCHOA
Chief Operating Officer
Landmark Ventures
MEREDITH MORRIS
Global Education Leader
The Dow Chemical Company
RABBI MICHAEL LEZAK
Staff Rabbi, Center for Social Justice
GLIDE
MICHAEL SMITH
Executive Director, MBK Alliance & Director, Youth Opportunity Programs
Obama Foundation
MIKE MASSERMAN
Head of Global Policy & Social Impact
Lyft
MILES SANDLER
Director of Engagement, Education, Public Affairs
Kauffman Foundation
MURRAY WOODARD
Program Officer, Education
Kauffman Foundation
NARIA SANTA LUCIA
Senior Director, Skills for Employability, Microsoft Philanthropies
Microsoft
NICHOL WHITEMAN
Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation
NICK SALTER
Co-Founder
Aduna Africa
NOAH KETEYIAN
Senior Vice President, Corporate Reputation & Brand Purpose
WE Communications
OMMEED SATHE
Head of Impact Investments
Prudential Financial
ORIS STUART
Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
National Basketball Association
PAMELA NORLEY
President
Fidelity Charitable
PATTI MILLER
Chief Executive Officer
Too Small to Fail
PAULL YOUNG
Nonprofit Partnerships Lead, Social Impact
Facebook
PAYAL DALAL
Vice President, Global Programs
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
PHILIP GASKIN
Vice President, Entrepreneurship
Kauffman Foundation
PINA JABBARI
Head of Global Corporate Partnerships
Save the Children
RACHEL GERROL
Co-Founder & CEO
NEXUS
RACHEL HUTCHISSON
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy
Blackbaud
RAHIM RAJAN
Deputy Director, US Programs
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
REBECCA CHESNEY
Senior Portfolio Lead, Circular Economy of Food CoLab
IDEO
RHYS THOM
Director, Circular Economy & Sustainability
IDEO
RICH PIERSON
Co-Founder & CEO
Headspace
ROSARIO DAWSON
Actress; Board Member
The Lower Eastside Girls Club-
SABRINA KIEFFER
Chief Operating Officer
Skillshare -
SAM GLASSENBERG
Founder & CEO
Level Ex
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SARAH GELFAND
Vice President, Social Impact Programs
Fidelity Charitable -
SARAH KEH
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility
Prudential Financial 
SHERMAN WHITES
Director, Education
Kauffman Foundation
SHERRIE WESTIN
President, Social Impact & Philanthropy
Sesame Workshop
SIMON MAINWARING
Founder & CEO
We First
SOLOMON GOLDSTEIN-ROSE
Climate Change Activist
The 100% Solution
SPENCER OVERTON
President
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies
STEPHEN DEBERRY
Founder & Managing Partner
Bronze Investments
SURYA KOLLURI
Managing Director of Thought Leadership, Retirement and Personal Wealth Solutions Business
Bank of America-
SUSAN MCPHERSON
Founder & CEO
McPherson Strategies -
SYDNEY STRABALA
Spoken Word Poet
Spiritual Perspective 
TARA ABRAHAMS
Managing Director
Arabella Advisors
TAWANNA BLACK
Founder & CEO
Center for Economic Inclusion
TODD JACOBSON
Senior Vice President, Social Responsibility
National Basketball Association
VIKRUM AIYER
Vice President, Public Policy & Strategic Communications
Postmates
WM. JAHMAL MILLER
Vice President, Equity & Inclusion, Office of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Belonging
CommonSpirit Health
ZAINAB SALBI
Founder
Women for Women International
ZANIYA LEWIS
Founder, CEO & Executive Director
YesSheCanCampaign
ZEENAT RAHMAN
Project Director, Inclusive America Project
The Aspen Institute
ZEEV KLEIN
Founder & Curator of Social Innovation Summit; General Partner
Landmark Ventures
