Social Innovation Summit Speakers
The Social Innovation Summit brings together top executives and thought leaders from around the globe to discuss opportunities for leveraging technology & innovation to affect social change. Attendees 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.
2015 Featured Speakers
AARON SHERINIAN
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
United Nations Foundation
ADAM BRAUN
Founder – Pencils of Promise; Director, Global Education Platform
Global Business Coalition for Education-
ADAM LOWRY
Co-Founder & Chief Greenskeeper
Method -
ALETHA MAYBANK
Associate Commissioner
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 
AMANDA COLE
Social Impact Strategist
Kenneth Cole Productions
AMIR DOSSAL
Founder & Chairman
Global Partnerships Forum-
ANDREW YANG
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Venture For America 
ANDREW OMIDVAR
Vice President, Enterprise & Government R&D
Philips Healthcare
BARBARA DALTON
Head, Pfizer Ventures
Pfizer-
BART WEETJENS
Founder
Apopo -
BECCA LEVIN
Partner
Eagle Cliff Partners -
BRIAN BANKS
Former NFL Linebacker
NFL 
CAROLYN BERKOWITZ
President, Capital One Foundation
Capital One
CARRIE HAMMER
Founder + Creative Director
Carrie Hammer
CHERYL SELF
Executive Director, Global Social Partnerships
World Vision
CHID LIBERTY
Social Entrepreneur, Co-Founder
Liberty & Justice
COREY MARSHALL
Director, Splunk4Good
Splunk-
DALILA WILSON-SCOTT
Head of Global Philanthropy
JPMorgan Chase
DAN RESTUCCIA
Chief Analytics Officer
Burning Glass Technologies
DANIELA SALTZMAN
Director
Generation Investment Management-
DARYL BREWSTER
Chief Executive Officer
CECP -
DAVID RITTBERG
Senior Program Officer
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation -
DERK HENDRIKSEN
VP Business Integration & GM EKOCENTER, Office of Sustainability
Coca-Cola DINA DUBLON
Board Member
PepsiCo, Deutsche Bank & Accenture-
DOROTHY MCAULIFFE
First Lady
Commonwealth of Virginia 
DOUGLAS SABO
Vice President, Head of Corporate Philanthropy & Responsibility
Visa-
ELLIOT GERSON
EVP, Policy & Public Programs, International Partners
The Aspen Institute -
ELLIOT KOTEK
Chief of Content & Co-Founder
Not Impossible 
FAIZAL KARMALI
Associate Director, Network Engagement & Bellagio Programming
The Rockefeller Foundation
FARAH MOHAMED
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
G(irls)20GEOFF MARTHA
SVP, Strategy & Business Development; Chief Integration Officer
Medtronic-
GERALD CHERTAVIAN
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Year Up GLENN ROCKMAN
Portfolio Manager
Lion's Head Global Partners for Global Health Investment Fund
GRANT HARRIS
Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council
The White House
HILARY BRANDT
Director of Policy, Bureau of International Information Programs
US Department of State
HOWARD FINEMAN
Global Editorial Director
The Huffington PostICEMA GIBBS
Head, Corporate Social Responsibility
JetBlue Airways
ISABELLE HAU
Director, Investments
Omidyar Networks
JACK ANDRAKA
Teen Inventor, Scientist and Cancer Researcher
JEFF SENNE
Corporate Responsibility Operations Leader
PwC
JEN FIELD
Social Impact Director
GLG
JENNIFER ANASTASOFF
Founding Member, U.S. Digital Service
The White House
JEN PSAKI
Director of Communications
The White House
JENSINE LARSEN
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
World Pulse
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JOHN BRIDGELAND
President & Chief Executive Officer
Civic Enterprises
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JOHN FORRER
Associate Director, GW ICR; Associate Research Professor
George Washington University
JUNE SUGIYAMA
Director, Vodafone Americas Foundation
VodafoneJUSTIN BACHMAN
Founder
Honor Good Deeds
KATE GOODALL
Chief Operating Officer
S&R FoundationKATIE KLEIN
Director, Community Affairs
Cycle for Survival
LARA GALINSKY
Senior Vice President
Echoing Green
LAURA DEWITT
Partner
Idea Farm
LORI FORTE HARNICK
General Manager, Citizenship & Public Affairs
Microsoft
MANDAR APTE
GameChanger, Social Innovation
ShellMARC POLLICK
Founder & President
The Giving Back FundMARCELINO FORD-LIVENE
General Manager, Global Strategic Alliances
Intel
MARIA THOMAS
Former CEO – Etsy; Chief Consumer Officer
SmartThings
MARK HANIS
Consultant
Clinton Foundation
MARK JOHNSON
Co-Founder & Chairman
Playing for Change
MARY GALETI
Executive Director & Vice-Chair
Tecovas FoundationMATT MCCALL
Partner
Pritzker Group Venture CapitalMATT ARNOLD
Managing Director & Head of Social and Sustainable Finance
JPMorgan ChaseMEG GALLOWAY GOLDTHWAITE
Chief Marketing Officer
Conservation International-
MEGAN SMITH
Chief Technology Officer
United States of America
MEL OCHOA
Chief Operating Officer
Landmark Ventures
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MERYL DAVIS
Winner – Dancing with the Stars; Gold Medalist, Ice Dancing
2014 Olympics MIKE HONDA
Representative, State of California
US CongressNATALIE AFRICA
Director, Private Sector Engagement
Every Woman Every ChildNATE HURST
Global Director, Environmental & Living Progress
HP
NAZANINE SCHEUER
Senior Director, Partnership Strategy and Innovation
Save the Children
NUSRAT DURRANI
General Manager & Senior Vice President, MTV World
Viacom Media Networks
OLIVER LIBBY
Chair & Co-Founder
The Resolution Project
PAUL ARNPRIESTER
Manager, Technology Strategy
CDW
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RACHEL HUTCHISSON
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy
Blackbaud
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RACHEL COHEN GERROL
Co-Founder & Global Curator
Nexus: Global Youth Summit
RAFAEL LÓPEZ
Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Science & Technology Policy
The White House
RENEE WITTEMYER
Director, Social Innovation, Global Strategic Initiatives
Intel
RENUKA GADDE
Vice President, Global Health
Becton Dickinson
RICARDO MICHEL
Director, Center for Transformational Partnerships
USAID
RICHARD STENGEL
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
U.S. Department of State
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ROBERT FOGARTY
Founder
Dear World
ROBERT WOLCOTT
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation Network
Northwestern University
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RON SHAICH
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Panera Bread
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SANDY ANDELMAN
Executive Director – Vital Signs; Chief Scientist & SVP
Conservation International
SHANNON SCHUYLER
Principal, Corporate Responsibility Leader
PwC
SHAWN COVELL
Vice President, Government Affairs
Qualcomm
STAN LITOW
VP, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs; Foundation President
IBM
SUSAN NEUMAN
Professor & Chair of Teaching and Learning
New York University
TALYA BOSCH
VP, Social Ventures, Internal Communications & Transformation Communications
Western Union
TAMARA CHRISTENSEN
Partner, Founder
Idea Farm
TAYLOR BUONOCORE
Vice President
Born Free Africa
TERRI MCCULLOUGH
Director, No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project
Clinton Foundation
THOMAS NIEMANN
Global Social Sustainability Manager
Ford Motor Company
THYSSON WILLIAMS
General Partner
Lookout Investments
ZEEV KLEIN
Founder — Social Innovation Summit; General Partner
Landmark Ventures
