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General Session and Keynote Speakers
John Brock
President and CEO, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Douglas Conant
President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
Cal Dooley
President and Chief Executive Officer, Grocery Manufacturers Association
Dan Esty
Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law

 
Lord Michael Hastings
Global Director for Citizenship and Diversity, KPMG LLP
Kevin Havelock
President, Unilever USA

 
Stephen L. Johnson
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Audrone (Audra) Karalius
Vice President
Sustainability, Environment and Safety
Sara Lee Corporation
Dr. Lester Lave
Higgins Professor of Economics and University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Director, Carnegie Mellon Green Design Initiative
Co-Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center
Peter A. Seligmann
Chairman and CEO, Conservation International
Gerald A. Steiner
Executive Vice President Commercial Acceptance, Monsanto Corporation
 


John Brock
President and CEO
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

John Brock joined Coca-Cola Enterprises, the world’s largest marketer, distributor and producer of Coca-Cola products, in April 2006. Coca-Cola Enterprises sells approximately 80 percent of The Coca-Cola Company's bottle and can volume in North America.

Prior to joining Coca-Cola Enterprises, Brock served as chief executive officer of InBev, the world's largest beer brewer by volume. Before his InBev tenure, he held numerous posts at Cadbury Schweppes and Dr. Pepper/Seven-Up Bottling Group, most recently serving as chief operating officer of Cadbury Schweppes and chairman of Dr. Pepper/Seven-Up Bottling Group from March 2000 to January 2003. During this time Brock was named Beverage Industry Magazine's 2000 Executive of the Year. Before joining Cadbury Schweppes in 1983, Brock began his CPG career at Procter & Gamble Company.

Brock was recently named chairman of the Americas for the International Business Leaders Forum. He is a director of Dow Jones & Company and previously served as a director of The Campbell Soup Company and Reed Elsevier, Plc in London.

Douglas Conant
President and CEO
Campbell Soup Company


Douglas R. Conant was appointed president and chief executive officer of Campbell Soup Company in January 2001, at which time he was also elected a director of the company. Conant is Campbell’s 11th leader in the company’s nearly 140-year history.

Conant joined Campbell with 25 years of extensive food industry experience from three of the world’s leading food companies: General Mills, Inc., Kraft Foods, Inc., and Nabisco, Inc. Conant began his career in 1976 in marketing at General Mills, Inc. After 10 years with General Mills, he then moved to Kraft, where he held top management positions in marketing and strategy. Immediately prior to joining Campbell, Conant was president of the $3.5 billion Nabisco Foods Company, where he led that unit to five consecutive years of double-digit earnings growth.

Conant is a director of Applebee’s International, Inc., chairman of the board of directors of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), chairman and trustee of The Conference Board, a trustee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and was elected chairman of the GMA Board of Directors in November 2007.

Cal Dooley
President and Chief Executive Officer
Grocery Manufacturers Association

Cal Dooley was named president and chief executive officer of the Food Products Association (FPA) in 2005. Under his leadership, FPA merged with the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) in 2006 and today Dooley serves as president and chief executive officer of GMA. Dooley served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2004, representing the 20th District of California. He served on the House Agriculture Committee and was ranking minority member of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. He also served on the House Resources Committee. Dooley is a fourth-generation farmer and partner in Dooley Farms, growing cotton, alfalfa and walnuts in California's San Joaquin Valley.

Dan Esty
Director
Yale Center for Environmental Law

Dan Esty is Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University with faculty appointments in both Yale’s Environmental and Law Schools. He is director of the Yale Center for Business and Environment and the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy.

Formerly a senior official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Esty is one of the world’s leading experts on corporate environmental strategy. He and his consulting group, Esty Environmental Partners, have advised CEOs and top executives from Dow, Hanes, Honeywell, Ikea, Kerr-McGee, Limited Brands, Nokia, Northeast Utilities, Shell and more than a dozen other companies in the United States, Europe and Asia. Dan helped establish and continues to serve on environmental advisory boards at The Coca-Cola Company and Unilever.

Esty is the author or editor of nine books and numerous articles on environmental policy issues and the relationships between the environment and trade, competitiveness, governance, development and environmental performance. His recent prizewinning book, Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, explains why environmental thinking has become a core element of business strategy and how corporate environmental efforts can generate significant market opportunities.

Lord Michael Hastings
Global Director for Citizenship and Diversity
KPMG LLP

Lord Michael Hastings is the global head of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for KPMG LLP where he directs the firm’s global CSR strategy, building recognition programs and developing new opportunities for corporate citizenship appropriate to different markets and geographies.

He represents the company on the Global Corporate Citizenship International Committee of the World Economic Forum and serves on the oversight board for Students in Free Enterprise. He also represents KPMG as a member of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development.

Before joining KPMG, Hastings served as the British Broadcasting Company’s first head of CSR, where he led a range of corporate and business responsibility programs. He has also served on the U.K’s Commission for Racial Equality, and is currently chairman of Crime Concern, the U.K’s leading non-governmental crime prevention organization. He was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in 2002 in recognition of his work in community safety and made an Independent Life Peer in 2005.

Kevin Havelock
President
Unilever USA

In his 22 year career with Unilever, Kevin Havelock has worked for and led Unilever businesses across the world. In April 2007, Havelock was appointed president Unilever USA, responsible for Unilever’s U.S. businesses which include well known brands such as Dove, Lipton, Suave, Hellmann’s, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Axe and Country Crock. Seventeen thousand people work for Unilever in the U.S. and the company’s U.S. retail sales total $10 billion.

Over the years, Havelock has taken on roles with increasing responsibility, including in 1997, serving as chairman of Unilever Foods France; in 2000, was named chairman of Unilever Arabia, where he was responsible for eight countries across the Middle East; in 2004, was appointed chairman of Unilever Foods UK. In March 2006, Havelock became chairman, Unilever UK, responsible for the UK operating companies with 9,000 employees and sales of $2.8 Billion.

Stephen L. Johnson
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

On May 2, 2005, Stephen L. Johnson was sworn in as the 11th administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As administrator, he leads EPA’s efforts to protect human health and the environment, managing more than 17,000 agency employees nationwide and overseeing an annual budget of $7.2 billion.

As a scientist and 26-year veteran of the agency, Administrator Johnson brings a strong scientific background and wealth of experience to his role as the nation’s top environmental official and head of the premier environmental agency in the world. Prior to becoming administrator, he held several senior-level positions, including acting administrator, deputy administrator, acting deputy administrator, and assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. He has received numerous awards and commendations, including the Presidential Rank Award – the highest award that can be given to a civilian federal employee.

Audrone (Audra) Karalius
Vice President
Sustainability, Environment and Safety
Sara Lee Corporation


As the vice president of environment and safety for Sara Lee Corporation, Audra Karalius is responsible for the company’s global environmental and safety strategy. Since joining Sara Lee in May 2006, her role has expanded to champion Sustainability, leading Sara Lee’s effort to advance its sustainability position globally.

Prior to joining Sara Lee, Audra was vice president of environment, health, and safety at Nalco Chemical Company, and director of environment, safety, and health/quality assurance oversight at Argonne National Laboratory.

Throughout her career, Audra has been actively involved with leading industry organizations through board memberships and frequent lectures. In 2006, Audra founded and chaired the Food & Beverage Industry Sustainability Roundtable, which started as a sustainability discussion forum working to define sustainability parameters for the food and beverage industry. It grew into the GMA Food, Beverage & Consumer Products Sustainability Principles Team which she currently chairs. Additionally, she serves on the GMA Sustainability Leadership Team. Audra also belongs to the Conference Board Chief ES&H Officers Council, the Corporate Responsibility Officer, and the Food Industry Environmental Council. Most recently, she spoke at the 2007 Food Industry Environmental Council Conference about sustainability for the food & beverage industry.

 

Dr. Lester Lave
Higgins Professor of Economics and University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Director, Carnegie Mellon Green Design Initiative
Co-Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center


Lester B. Lave is the Harry B. and James H. Higgins Professor of Economics and University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also director, Carnegie Mellon Green Design Initiative, and co-director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center. His teaching and research interests include applied economics, political economy, quantitative risk assessment, safety standards, modeling the effects of global climate change, public policy concerning greenhouse gas emissions, and understanding the issues surrounding the electric transmission and distribution system. Lave was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, is a past president of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), and won the SRA’s Distinguished Achievement Award. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, other federal and state agencies, many foundations and companies. He served on a White House taskforce in the Carter Administration as a technical expert to a White House conference on global warming, and as a lecturer in Japan and Korea for the U.S. State Department. Lave has testified before Congress on many occasions.

 

Peter A. Seligmann
Chairman and CEO
Conservation International

Peter A. Seligmann co-founded Conservation International (CI) in 1987 and has been a leader in conservation efforts for the past 25 years. During his stewardship, CI has earned a reputation as an organization on the cutting edge of conservation, creating innovative and lasting solutions to biodiversity and sustainable development problems. He has developed strong conservation partnerships between CI and leaders in industry, science, government and entertainment, both in the United States and abroad.

Under Seligmann’s leadership, CI has pioneered conservation tools that are economically sound, scientifically based and culturally sensitive. CI has grown to be a major international conservation leader with field offices in 45 countries and major influences in science and business.

Seligmann serves on the advisory councils of the Jackson Hole Land Trust, Ecotrust and other not-for-profit organizations, including the Wild Salmon Center. President Clinton named him a member of the Enterprise for the Americas Board in 2000.

Gerald A. Steiner
Executive Vice President Commercial Acceptance
Monsanto Corporation

Jerry Steiner is executive vice president, commercial acceptance, with responsibility to lead Monsanto’s global corporate government and public and industry affairs, as well as develop business with downstream partners in the grain and food industry. Steiner has worked for Monsanto for over 24 years and has been involved in biotechnology issues for more than a decade.

From 1996-1998, Steiner led the Global Product Strategy Group. He lived in Brussels for two years, serving as the general manager of Monsanto's Europe/Africa business, after which time he led Monsanto's Corporate Strategy Group. Steiner was appointed to his current position in June 2003.

Steiner is actively involved in the industry as chairman of the CropLife International Biotech Strategy Council and the Council for Biotech Information. He is a board member of The Keystone Center, Corporate Council on Africa and a member of the International Food and Ag Trade Policy Group (IPC).

   
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