Social Innovation Summit 2014 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.

Featured Speakers

  • AKHTAR BADSHAH

    Founder & CEO
    Catalytic Innovators Group

  • ALEXA MEADE

    Artist

  • AMY MERRILL

    Vice President, Partnerships
    Change Heroes

  • ANDREW DUNNETT

    Group Director, Sustainability and Foundation
    Vodafone Americas Foundation

  • ANNE ROHOSY

    Executive Vice President; President, Americas
    Levi Strauss & Co.

  • Avery McCall

    Author
    Enlightened Global Voices

  • BARBARA NEWHOUSE

    President & CEO
    ALS Association

  • BILL GOODWYN

    President & CEO, Discovery Education
    Discovery Communications

  • BLAIR PALMER

    Lab Lead: San Francisco, Innovation Unit
    UNICEF

  • BRET PERKINS

    Corporate Vice President
    Comcast Corporation

  • BRIAN KOMAR

    Vice President, Marketing & Outreach
    Salesforce Foundation

  • BRIAN SIRGUTZ

    Senior Vice President, Social Impact
    The Huffington Post

  • BRYAN BRECKENRIDGE

    Executive Director, Box.org
    Box

  • BRYAN HURREN

    Strategic Partnerships Manager
    Facebook

  • CAROLINA MARTIN

    Senior Vice President, Partnerships & Business Development
    DonorsChoose.org

  • CHARLES RANGEL

    Musician
    The Dime Store Novelist

  • CHRIS LIBRIE

    Senior Director, Global Sustainability
    HP

  • CHRIS THOMAS

    Chief Innovation Officer
    Sierra Club

  • DAN LAMMOT

    President & Founder
    roundCorner

  • DANIEL EPSTEIN

    Founder
    Unreasonable Group

  • DR. DANIEL GROSSMAN

    Senior Director, Global Health Innovation
    Medtronic

  • DARYL BREWSTER

    Chief Executive Officer
    CECP

  • DAVID STEEL

    EVP, Strategy & Marketing
    Samsung

  • DAVID WISH

    Chief Executive Officer & Founder
    Little Kids Rock

  • DENISE GERSHBEIN

    Executive Creative Director
    Frog Design

  • DONIECE SANDOVAL

    Founder & Executive Director
    Lava Mae

  • ESTHER DYSON

    Chairman
    EdVenture

  • GAYLE SAMUELSON CARPENTIER

    Chief Business Development Officer
    TechSoup Global

  • GUILLERMO SAPIRO

    E. T. Pratt Distinguished Professor
    Duke University

  • HANOCH PIVEN

    Artist, Illustrator and Educator

  • IAN FERGUSON

    Vice President, Segment Marketing
    ARM Holdings

  • JACQUELLINE FULLER

    Director
    Google.org

  • JAMES WHITE

    Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
    Jamba Juice

  • JAMES HIGA

    Executive Director
    Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

  • JAMIE SEARS

    Head, Strategic Partnerships & Programs
    UBS

  • JANE BROOM

    Director, Community Affairs
    Microsoft

  • JANICE LUVERA

    Global Brand Leader
    Genworth

  • JEFF SENNE

    Corporate Responsibility Strategy & Implementation Leader
    PwC US Corporate Responsibility

  • JEFF SHEINBEIN

    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
    Social Imprints

  • JENNIFER PAHLKA

    Founder & Executive Director
    Code for America

  • JOHN RICCITIELLO

    Advisor & Investor; Former CEO of Electronic Arts
    GlassLab Games

  • JOSE QUINONEZ

    Chief Executive Officer
    Mission Asset Fund/strong>

  • JULIE TRELL

    Advisor to All Things Fun, Meaning & Rewarding

  • KAI KIGHT

    Violinist, Composer

  • KARA GOLDIN

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer
    Hint Water

  • KAT TOWNSEND

    Open Data Expert

  • KATE ROBERTS

    Senior Vice President
    PSI

  • KATHY PICKUS

    Divisional Vice President, Global Citizenship & Policy
    Abbott

  • KATHY MARSHALL

    Director, Culture & Leadership
    Blackbaud

  • KEN WEBER

    Executive Director
    Zynga.org

  • KEVIN CARROLL

    Founder
    Kevin Carroll Katalyst

  • DR. KEVIN TRACEY

    President, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
    North Shore-LIJ Health System

  • KEVIN WANG

    TEALS Founder and Ringleader
    Microsoft

  • KIMBERLY BRYANT

    Founder & Executive Director
    Black Girls Code

  • LALITHA VAIDYANATHAN

    Managing Director
    FSG

  • LAURA HOWE

    Vice President, Public Relations
    American Red Cross

  • LORI FORTE HARNICK

    General Manager, Citizenship and Public Affairs
    Microsoft

  • LYNN LUCKOW

    Chief Executive Officer
    LikeMinded (formerly Craigslist Foundation)

  • MANDAR APTE

    GameChanger, Social Innovation
    Shell

  • MARCIA CARDAMORE

    Entrepreneur, Professor, Philanthropist
    PeopleSense Foundation

  • MARGARET COADY

    Executive Director
    CECP

  • MARLON EVANS

    Director, Corporate Affairs & HP Company Foundation
    HP

  • MARY ANNE PETRILLO

    Global Senior Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility Digital Strategy
    Cisco

  • MAX STEINMAN

    Senior Strategist
    Purpose

  • MEL OCHOA

    Chief Strategy Officer
    Landmark Ventures

  • MICHAEL DORSEY

    Managing Partner
    Bay Area Growth Fund

  • MICHAEL GERSON

    Senior Advisor — The ONE Campaign; Nationally Syndicated Columnist
    Washington Post

  • MICHAEL TAYLOR

    Vice President, Finance
    Tesla Motors

  • MICHELLE CHAPLIN

    Senior Marketing Manager
    PBS

  • MIHIR GANDHI

    General Manager
    Munchery

  • MIKE MARRINER

    Co-Founder
    Roadtrip Nation

  • DR. NADINE BURKE HARRIS

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer
    Center for Youth Wellness

  • NATIKA WASHINGTON

    Director, Global Programs, Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues
    U.S. Department of State

  • NEIL GRIMMER

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Plum Organics

  • NIRVAN MULLICK

    Founder; Documentary Filmmaker of Caine’s Arcade
    Imagination Foundation

  • NOAH WINTROUB

    Managing Director, Global Head, Internet & Digital
    JP Morgan Corporate Investment Bank

  • PAM SCOTT

    Philanthropist & Founder
    The Curious Company

  • PAT GOTTFRIED

    VP, Corporate Social Responsibility
    Apollo Education Group

  • PAUL SHOEMAKER

    Executive Connector
    Social Venture Partners Seattle

  • PAUL POLIZZOTTO

    President & Founder
    CBS EcoMedia

  • PREMAL SHAH

    CEO
    Kiva.org

  • RACHEL HUTCHISSON

    Director, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy
    Blackbaud

  • REBECCA VAN DYCK

    Head of Consumer & Brand Marketing
    Facebook

  • REBECCA STOCKLEY

    The Improv Lady

  • RICK RIDGEWAY

    Vice President, Environmental Affairs
    Patagonia

  • RISA STACK

    General Manager, GE Ventures, Incubations
    GE

  • ROB LOWE

    Actor, Author, and Philanthropist

  • ROB WOLCOTT

    Co-Founder & Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation Network
    Northwestern University

  • ROGER MCCLENDON

    Chief Sustainability Officer
    Yum! Brands

  • SARA POTLER LAHAYNE

    Founder & CEO
    Move This World

  • SCOTT GULLICK

    Director, Corporate Engagement
    Year Up

  • SEEMA BHENDE

    Vice President, Social Innovation Practice
    Waggener Edstrom

  • SETH MERRIN

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer
    Liquidnet

  • SHANNON SCHUYLER

    Principal, Corporate Responsibility Leader
    PwC

  • SHANNON FARLEY

    Co-Founder & Executive Director
    Fast Forward

  • SHIRLEY SAGAWA

    Chief Service Officer
    National Conference on Citizenship

  • STEPHEN RITZ

    Founder
    Green Bronx Machine

  • STEVE MESLER

    Olympic Gold Medalist; Co-Founder & CEO
    Classroom Champions

  • SYDNEY PRICE

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility
    Kate Spade

  • TAE YOO

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
    Cisco

  • TALYA BOSCH

    VP, Social Ventures, Internal Communications & Transformation Communications
    Western Union

  • TOM DE BLASIS

    Director, Design & Innovation
    Nike Foundation

  • TRISA THOMPSON

    VP, Corporate Social Responsibility
    Dell

  • WILLIAM MCNULTY

    Vice President & Co-Founder
    Team Rubicon

  • WILLIAM ROSENZWEIG

    Managing Director
    Physic Ventures

  • ZEEV KLEIN

    Founder — Social Innovation Summit; General Partner
    Landmark Ventures