Climate Change Speaker Series: Kathy McLeod, Managing Director, The Nature Conservancy

Kathy McLeod, Managing Director, Climate & Risk Investment, The Nature Conservancy

Monday, April 17, 12:00 noon

Co-sponsored: Professor Anant Sundaram’s Business and Climate Change Course, Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society and the Revers Center for Energy

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Keurig: From idea, to start-up, to revolutionizing a market

Keurig has revolutionized the way millions of people prepare and even prefer their coffee. Join us for a panel discussion with leaders through Keurig’s entrepreneurial journey, Dick Sweeney (co-founder of Keurig and current VP of contract manufacturing and quality assurance), Larry Kernan (angel investor, former Chairman of Keurig), and Ozan Dokmecioglu (current CFO of Keurig Green Mountain). Learn Keurig’s inside story from those who were closest to the successes and challenges of transforming an idea into a multi-billion dollar business. This discussion is a must for anyone considering starting an enterprise, particularly with the help of private equity and venture capital. John Lynch, senior fellow, Center for Business, Government & Society, and former governor of New Hampshire, will moderate the discussion. Co-sponsored by the Center for Business, Government & Society and Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship as part of the Killingstad Global Insights series.

Clean Energy and International Climate Collaborations

On March 30, President Trump called for a reversal of the Obama Climate Action and Clean Power Plans.  Jonathan Elkind, Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs 2015 2017, examines the implications for the Paris Climate Agreement, renewable energy industries, and U.S. energy collaborations.
 
Jonathan Elkind served as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of International Affairs 2015-17 and previously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary. Prior to joining the Energy Department, Mr. Elkind worked as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, focusing on energy security and foreign policy issues. He also founded and headed EastLink Consulting, LLC, an independent consultancy focusing on energy, environment, and investment.
 
Co-sponsored by the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Revers Center for Energy, and the Center for Business, Government & Society.

Climate Change Speaker Series: David Hone, Chief Climate Change Advisor, Shell

Business, Energy and the Paris Agreement

Co-sponsored: Professor Anant Sundaram’s Business and Climate Change Course, Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society and the Revers Center for Energy

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Business & Society Conference

Panels covering topics such as real estate, national security & technology, energy, and more, will offer an in-depth exploration of how growing societal expectations are driving business leaders and organizations to reevaluate their roles and responsibilities.

Visit www.tuckbsc.org for details and registration. We look forward to seeing you there, and please reach out if you have any questions.

Nuts n Bolts of Entrepreneurship

Jacques-Philippe Piverger T’07 is an entrepreneur who is harnessing his business and philanthropic acumen to affect change where it is needed most in the globe. He is co-founder and former CEO of MPOWERD, Inc., a solar product company he led from inception through to global distribution into more than 70 countries. He is also co-founder and President of Metripol, a technology-driven brokerage firm developed to manage marketing, streamline booking and communication, and automate the bidding process in a real estate transaction. He’ll talk about the challenges and opportunities in establishing a social-mission enterprise.

Pay for Success: Mobilizing Capital to Improve Social Outcomes

Learn how Pay for Success, an innovative public-private financing approach that funds social services through a performance-based contract, is being used by state and local governments to reduce recidivism rates, expand access to education, improve health outcomes, and more. We’ll be joined by Rashmi Khare T’14, a Director at Social Finance, a non-profit that focuses on facilitating Pay for Success projects, and Sarah Allin TP’17, an Innovation Fellow with the Government Performance Lab at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. 

Career Circles: Give and Get Career Building Support

At Tuck, where our close-knit community is one of our most valuable assets, the Center for Business, Government & Society, the Net Impact Club, and the Career Development Office offer personalized support for students navigating career opportunities in sustainability, social enterprise, and the public sector. Career Circles are a chance for you to learn from another and share information, resources, and leads.