Speakers

The Social Innovation Summit program elevates, inspires, and mobilizes cross-sector action spanning the corporate, philanthropic, investment, policy, cultural, civil society, and innovation landscape. Our diverse mix of Speakers help frame the conversation.

Please see below for the complete list of 2024 speakers!

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2024 Speakers

Abraham Leno

Executive Director

Eastern Congo Initiative

Adrienne Scherenzel

Vice President of Community Engagement

Chicago Bulls

Aimée Eubanks Davis

Founder & CEO

Braven

Al Roker

Host & Weatherman, NBC's Today Show & CEO

Al Roker Entertainment

Alex Amouyel

President & CEO

Newman's Own Foundation

Alexis McGill Johnson

President & CEO

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Ali Velshi

Chief Correspondent & Host, 'Velshi'

MSNBC

Amanda Lenaghan

Director, Social Impact

Cruise

Amanda Smith

President

Native American Business Association

Ami Copeland

Senior Director & Public Affairs Lead

APCO

Amy Terpeluk

Global Purpose & Social Impact Lead

FINN Partners

Andraéa Lavant

Disability Advocate, Inclusion Specialist; Founder & President

LaVant Consulting

Andrew Kaplan

Vice President, Culinary Operations

Rachael Ray

Ann Canela

Director of Corporate Giving

Niagara Bottling

Anne Wintroub

Head of the Centre for Social Impact

lululemon

Ariel Raz

Head of Learning Collaborations

Stanford d.school

Arne Duncan

Former U.S. Secretary of Education ; Managing Partner

Emerson Collective

Ashlee Davis

Global Head of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Ancestry.com

Ayele Shakur

President

Redstone Family Foundation

Barb Short

Senior Director, CSR

Sanofi

Beth Spurgeon

ESG Director, Purpose & Inclusion

PwC

Beth Swanson

Chief Executive Officer

A Better Chicago

Brenda Langstraat Bui

President & CEO

Chicago Public Libraries Foundation

Brandon Wolf

National Press Secretary

Human Rights Campaign

Brooke Hanson

Head of Sustainability & Impact

Agilon Health

Caleb Gardner

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

18coffees

Celena McCord

Director of Generosity

Jasco Giving Hope Foundation

Charisse Dean

Managing Director, US Social Sustainability & Advisory Technology Media & Telcom

KPMG LLP

Dr. Chelsea Clinton

Vice Chair

The Clinton Foundation

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot

Chief Executive Officer

Feeding America

Claire Graves

President

The Webby Awards

Claudia Carravetta

President, AbbVie Foundation; Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Global Philanthropy

AbbVie

Colton Underwood

American TV Personality, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur & New York Times Best Selling Author

Colton Underwood Legacy Foundation

Curt Ellis

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

FoodCorps

Dale Strange

President & COO

Blackbaud Corporate Impact

Danny Wirtz

Chairman & CEO

Chicago Blackhawks

Daryl Brewster

Chief Executive Officer

CECP

Debbie Wishart

Vice President, Enterprise

T-Mobile US, Inc.

Dena Trujillo

Chief Executive Officer

Crisis Text Line

Denielle Sachs

Senior Director & Global Head of APCO Impact

APCO Impact

DeNora Getachew

Chief Executive Officer

DoSomething.org

Diego Mariscal

Founder, CEO & Chief Disabled Officer

2Gether-International.org

Dion Dawson

Founder & Chief Dreamer

Dion’s Chicago Dream

Donielle Lee

Senior Communications Officer

Walton Family Foundation

Edith Yokley

Violinist

Chicago Sinfonietta

Eric Reid Jr

NFL Legend, Entrepreneur, Activist

Eric Ripert

Chef, Author & Television Personality; Co-owner

Le Bernardin

Erica Bauer

Director of Community Relations

Chicago Bulls

Euria Min

Director, Lipman Family Prize & Fellows Program, McNulty Leadership Program

The Wharton School

Felecia Webb

Chief Strategy Officer, Philanthropy & Partnerships

Partnership on AI

Franziska Ehrhardt

Managing Director

Berlin Business Office USA

Fred Tan

Head of Global Social Impact

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Gerald Chertavian

Founder & Senior Advisor

Year Up

Greg Cunningham

Senior Executive Vice President, Global Chief Diversity Officer

U.S. Bank

Gretchen Carlson

Former CBS & Fox News Journalist & Co-Founder

Lift Our Voices

DJ Prince Hakim

DJ-in-Residence

Hana Haile-Mariam

Managing Director, Partnerships

The Robin Hood Foundation

Heather Foster

Senior Director, Federal & International Public Policy

Lyft

Heather Ignatius

Chief of External Affairs

PATH

Hilary Noon

Head of Strategy & Go-to-Market for the Nonprofit Business

AWS

Jason Palmer

Co-Founder, CEO

TOGETHER!

Javin Smith

Volunteer Engagement Director

Mary’s Place

Governor JB Pritzker

43rd Governor of Illinois

Jennifer Lawson

President & CEO

Keep America Beautiful

Jennifer Lotito

President & COO

(RED)

Jessica Salinas

Chief Investment Officer

New Media Ventures

Jill Baldock

Partnerships Manager, Strategic Growth

Best Buy Co., Inc.

Jillane Rochin

Senior Director

Gagen MacDonald

Joel Pollick

Founder & CEO

Percent Pledge

Joshua Arce

President & CEO

Partnership with Native Americans

Judith Spitz

Founder & Executive Director

Break Through Tech

Julie Cordua

Chief Executive Officer

Thorn

Julie Gehrki

Vice President, Philanthropy

Walmart

Julie Roginsky

Television personality & Co-Founder

Lift Our Voices

Julie Scelfo

Founder

Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA)

Kaleb Sy

Economics & Political Science Student; Advisory Council Member

National Youth Leadership Council

Kara May

Founding Principal

Arts in Motion Creative Arts School

Kate Nack

Vice President, The Allstate Foundation & Social Impact

Allstate

Katherine Colsher

Chief Executive Officer

Girls Who Invest

Kathy Pickus

Vice President, Sustainability & Global Impact

Tyson Foods

Kathleen Boyle Dalen

Founder & Principal

KBD Consulting

Katya Echazarreta

Citizen Astronaut, Electrical Engineer; Board Member

Space for Humanity

Kayla Jeter

Runner, Strength & Wellness Coach, lululemon Ambassador

Kelly Leonard

VP, Creative Strategy, Innovation & Business Development

The Second City

Ken Biberaj

Host of Coffee with Ken

Kendall Hurns

Creative Entrepreneur & Founder

The Arte Haus, Robotic Minds Concepts

Karen Weigert

Director, Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise & Responsibility

Loyola University

Kevin Martinez

Vice President, Corporate Citizenship

ESPN

Kwaku Aning

Principal/Founder

Retro Futurism Consulting

Lakshmi Iyer

Managing Director

FSG

Lane Jost

Managing Director, Head of ESG Advisory

Edelman Smithfield

Lara Littlefield

Executive Director of Partnerships & Programs

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

Laura Demarse

Vice President, Future of Work

Charles Koch Foundation

Lauren Coape-Arnold

Global Head of Citizenship

Apollo Opportunity Foundation

Lauren Lake

VP of Education Partnerships

Goalsetter

Lauren Stovall

Global Head of Nonprofit Programs

AWS

Lina Walker

Senior Vice President of Global Thought Leadership

AARP

Lisa Schumacher

Director, Education Strategies & Workforce Policy

McDonald’s

Lynette Bell

President

Truist Foundation

Maha Jweied

Chief Executive Officer

Responsible Business Initiative for Justice

Maria Kim

President & CEO

REDF

Maura Pally

Executive Director

Blackstone Charitable Foundation

Marvin Carr

Director, Strategic Initiatives, Corporate Giving

Walmart

Maya Thompson

Project Leader, Socially Transformative Business

Boston Consulting Group

Meenu Singh

Faculty Member

Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design

Melissa Conrad

Social Impact Manager

Zillow Group

Metta World Peace

Chairman

Artest Management Group

Michael Counter

VP Branded Entertainment & Strategic Partnerships

Al Roker Entertainment

Michele Lee

Public Affairs, Accessibility at Cruise; Member of the Board

Chicago Transit Authority

Nadia Khamis

Senior Director of Corporate Engagement

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Nancy Weintraub

Chief Advancement Officer

Easterseals Southern California

Naomi Davis

Founder & CEO

Blacks in Green

Natalie Diamond

Vice President

Hello Alice

Natalie Moore

Columnist

Chicago Sun-Times

Natika Washington

Founder & CEO

Tomorrow Owned By You

Nia Mathis

VP & Chief ESG Engagement Officer

Verizon

Nicole Johnson

Director of Global Social Impact, Diversity & Employee Engagement

Cadence Design Systems

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist; Domestic Correspondent

The New York Times Magazine

Norman Fleming

Chief Information Technology Officer

Chicago Public Schools

Patti Constantakis

Director, Economic Opportunity

Walmart

Paul Rice

Founder & CEO

Fair Trade USA

Paurvi Bhatt

President & Chief Impact Officer

Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI)

Pooja Shaw

Senior Advisor for Technology & Delivery

The White House

Rachel Salinas

President of the Inter-Tribal Council of Employees

AT&T

Reba Dominski

Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Social Responsibility Officer & President, U.S. Bank Foundation

U.S. Bank

Regina Miller

Executive Director

Array Alliance

Reginald Humphrey

HR Director, DEI Center of Excellence

General Motors

Scott Curran

Founder & CEO

Beyond Advisors

Sean Knierim

Partner, Co-Founder

SidePorch

Shahrzad Yavari

Wireless Reach Lead for Asia-Pacific

Qualcomm

Shaka Senghor

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Award-winning Speaker & Coach

Shannon Dulin

Senior Director, Community Impact

Comcast

Dr. Shelley Francis

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

EV Noire

Sid Espinosa

Head of Social Impact

GitHub

Stephanie Kaplan Lewis

Co-Founder & CEO

Her Campus Media

Steven Collens

Chief Executive Officer

MATTER

Sukhendra Rompally

Founder & CEO

Chezuba

Sunil Rajpurohit

Chief Investment & Product Officer

U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance

Susan Jin Davis

Social Impact Officer

Al Roker Entertainment

Thomas Jonas

CEO & Co-Founder

Nature's Fynd

Tiffanie Boyd

Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer

McDonald's USA

Tiffany Drake

Executive Director

Girls Opportunity Alliance

Tracy McFerrin

Founder & Principal

Credo Philanthropy Advisors

Tyler Blackburn

Senior Associate Director, Equity & Justice

APCO

Valerie Jarrett

Chief Executive Officer

Obama Foundation

Valerie Lefler

Founder & CEO

Feonix

Valarie Wafer

Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisory Council Chair

Rotary International

Vijay Ravindran

Chief Executive Officer

Floreo

Walter Diaz

Associate Director, Socially Transformative Business

Boston Consulting Group

Wandy Hernandez

Founder & Past Board Chair

National Association of Community Health Workers

William Brown

Life Coach

Chicago CRED

William “Billy” Moore

Site Manager

West Side

Dr. Yousef Alhammadi

Executive Director, Knowledge & Impact

Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA)

Speaker Inquiries

Social Innovation Summit year-round events feature blockbuster speakers and industry thought leaders in a variety of formats, including main-stage keynotes and panel discussions, interactive breakouts, roundtable discussions, experiences, and VIP social events.

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Nomination FAQ

Throughout the year, the SIS Programming team curates the most compelling content, elevating top industry thought leaders and luminaries, CSR, ESG, & DEI executives, social impact practitioners, cultural icons, and other special guests to fill our speaking roles.

We invite you to review the following FAQs ahead of submitting an application:

Speaker Guidelines

Who can I nominate?

We welcome all types of nominations, whether a colleague, client, or yourself. You may nominate a particular individual, or even a group of individuals for an entire proposed session. Regardless of the nature of your nomination, please be sure to clarify your relationship to the proposed speaker in your application.

Who are you looking for?

Everyone! Our speakers range from the most influential and well-known business leaders and cultural icons, to the undiscovered kid-scientist who will one day change the world. The only key parameter is that we are looking for individuals who are mission-driven and passionate about social impact.

Are speakers compensated?

While we are unable to offer speaker honorariums, we are from time to time able to assist with travel and accommodation for speakers in demonstrated need.

Nomination Process

How do I suggest a speaker?

Please use our Nomination Form and provide the speaker’s essential details: bio/background, content focus, and links to website profiles, news articles, or past engagements. This information goes directly to our programming review team, who will follow up with each applicant.

Is there an application deadline?

We accept nominations on an ongoing basis. Of course, the earlier the better, as our speaking roles are limited.

When can I expect to hear back?

Our programming committee reviews nominations on a rolling basis, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. If we are unable to make an immediate decision, the decision may be delayed, but we will do our best to keep you apprised of the status of your application. Please don’t hesitate to follow up on your nomination if you have any questions!

Can I become a speaker via SIS partnership?

Yes and No. While many of our SIS partners also contribute thought-leadership as a speaker, our Partnerships team does have a set of parameters to validate and ensure the content and messaging is relevant, mission-oriented, and authentic for our audience. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a partner in addition to a speaking role, please just let us know inside your speaker application.

Additional Questions?

We want to hear from you!

For any additional questions, or to follow-up on an existing application, don’t hesitate to reach out to a member of our SIS Programming Team, who will be happy to assist:

Zak Miller

VP, Programming & Partnerships

zmiller@landmarkventures.com