Kari Hayden Pendoley is a dynamic leader designing award-winning social impact programs rooted in empathy and equity, that also deliver a return on investment. For more than 20 years, Kari brings profit and purpose together for Fortune 100 companies, Nobel Laureates, Forbes Top 10 Self-Made Women, celebrated social entrepreneurs, and government agencies to advance the work of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging), sustainability, public relations / communications, and more.

Kari leads sustainability teams from start-to-finish to publish ESG reports, conduct materiality studies with c-suites, set supply chain and environmental targets with board members, build cross-department working groups, and adapt programs for international offices/affiliates.

Kari’s deep philanthropy expertise ranges from U.S. public education to international women’s rights. On the nonprofit side she solo fundraised $6M, then scaled the team and the program offerings to yield $110M for the charity in a single year. As a corporate foundation head, she aligned philanthropic and business goals to increase donors (278%) and donations (222%) in under 18-months, ultimately growing the portfolio to $15M in global grants over 7 years.

Kari started her DEIB work through external grantmaking, with 90% of funding under the corporate foundation reaching underserved and Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPOC) communities. She also designed engagement and inclusion activities to be rooted in anti-racism to deconstruct the power and privilege between the volunteer participants and the community being served. What resulted was a unique service immersion program with strong outcomes in cross-cultural understanding, studied by McKinsey and Northwestern University. It is now being replicated by more than a dozen companies who have contributed $20M in new donations for the instituting nonprofit.

Certified by the National Diversity Council as a DEI professional, Kari serves on national boards leading equity cabinets, sets metrics for DEI external reporting, pilots employee resource groups and engagement programs, and serves as a bridge for anyone or any team dismantling personal bias to move toward collective gains.

Corrie is the VP of Communities and Impact at Box and the Executive Director of Box.org. She leads social impact, non-profit customer, Boxer community, and ESG programs. Corrie believes that one of the biggest opportunities for positive global impact comes from companies intentionally and strategically using their strengths for greater good. Prior to Box, Corrie was VP of Social Impact, Sustainability and Diversity & Inclusion at Sephora where she led the design and launch of Sephora Stands and a number of flagship initiatives over 5 years. Corrie spent 8 years at Google leading program management for an engineering team and running a number of programs for Google.org. Prior to that she lived and worked in Rwanda with the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative. She was a Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill and earned her MPA from Princeton University. Corrie loves to learn and do.

Alessandra is a changemaker and social impact professional. With almost 10 years of experience managing projects and people in entrepreneurial, social impact-driven and results-based environments. Currently working as Senior Program Manager, Social Impact & Giving at Unity Technologies. She is responsible for driving ESG strategy, and the collection, analysis and future recommendations of social impact performance data across Unity’s operations. She focuses on social impact programs' KPIs at the micro and macro levels. She is also the co-founder of Strategic Good, a social impact/innovation consulting firm. Her work has focused on partnering, teaching and consulting mission-driven organizations on social impact metrics, business model design, and corporate social responsibility initiatives. She has experience managing high impact programs, particularly in the education and development sectors, creating and teaching curricula on social enterprise. She has managed youth empowerment programs focused on leadership, social entrepreneurship and human-centered design. Alessandra holds a B.S. in Business from Johns Hopkins University and a Master’s in Social Enterprise from American University.

Andi Trindle Mersch is Vice President, Coffee and Sustainability with Philz Coffee. In these roles, she oversees coffee and tea sourcing and quality and leads company wide sustainability efforts. Andi has held a variety of responsibilities throughout more than 27 years in specialty coffee. She has published numerous trade journal articles and lectured nationally and internationally on many topics in the coffee sector and more recently in sustainability. She has held a number of leadership and board roles within the broader specialty coffee industry and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity and as Vice Chair on the Food 4 Farmers Board of Directors.