Renée Brown, Chief Marketing Officer for Retail Financial Services at TIAA, will discuss her life and career as a lesbian, mother, and person of faith in the workplace.

Bringing over 25

Renée Brown, Chief Marketing Officer for Retail Financial Services at TIAA, will discuss her life and career as a lesbian, mother, and person of faith in the workplace.

Bringing over 25 years of marketing, media, and leadership experience, Renée also serves on the Board of Directors for Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, among other board positions. The session will be moderated by Melanie Pastuck.

Brown bears are iconic inhabitants of wild landscapes across the Northern Hemisphere. These powerful omnivores are crucial to their ecosystems, demonstrating remarkable adaptability.

Known

Brown bears are iconic inhabitants of wild landscapes across the Northern Hemisphere. These powerful omnivores are crucial to their ecosystems, demonstrating remarkable adaptability.

Known for their strength and diverse diets, brown bears thrive in varied habitats. Their presence signifies healthy, robust wilderness areas.

Nathan's Peace Corps service in Africa ignited his passion for sustainable living and community. This led him to co-found Food

Nathan's Peace Corps service in Africa ignited his passion for sustainable living and community. This led him to co-found Food Waves in 2010 with Matt Brown, Benjamin Green, and Bobbie Brown.

Food Waves focuses on producing organic food for the local Portland, Oregon market. They champion "small acre stewardship" and sustainable agriculture as solutions to environmental challenges, aiming to develop future farmers by providing essential technical and financial support.

Civil society, particularly NGOs, initiates change. Through their activism, speed, and collaborative methods, they effectively influence both UN processes and private sector entities.

Key

Civil society, particularly NGOs, initiates change. Through their activism, speed, and collaborative methods, they effectively influence both UN processes and private sector entities.

Key speakers include Jonathon Porritt, Vandana Shiva, Nitin Desai, Lester Brown, Bill Ford, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Yolanda Kakabadse, and Gro Harlem Brundtland.

My name is Indigo Williams Brown. I am a senior at Hampton University, majoring in Political Science (Pre-Law track) and minoring in Marine and Environmental Science.

My academic focus

My name is Indigo Williams Brown. I am a senior at Hampton University, majoring in Political Science (Pre-Law track) and minoring in Marine and Environmental Science.

My academic focus areas are Environmental Justice and Marine Reserves.

Dr. Peter G. Brown, Professor of Geography at McGill University, discusses key points from his book, "Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy," co-authored with Geoffrey

Dr. Peter G. Brown, Professor of Geography at McGill University, discusses key points from his book, "Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy," co-authored with Geoffrey Garver.

He argues that our current economic system, which assumes endless growth and limitless wealth, ignores Earth's finite resources. This leads to increasing environmental destruction and growing, sometimes lethal, tension between rich and poor, global north and south.

Piecemeal solutions are insufficient. We need a comprehensive new economic vision that serves both people and all of life's commonwealth.

Pioneers Lester Brown,