A Brand’s Role in the Shift to Sustainable Choices for Businesses & Consumers: Living and Thinking Differently

Advancing climate action will require us to live and think differently, making deliberate choices in all areas of life. Companies that are engaging consumers & businesses with choices and solutions for more sustainable practices are leading the way. 

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About The Speakers

Suzanne Seymour | SVP, Brand, Inspire Clean Energy

Suzanne Seymour is the Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing and Communications at Inspire. In her role, she is responsible for driving consumer awareness of the company utilizing integrated strategies informed by creative and analytical thinking. Suzanne manages a team of excellence that leads the storytelling of Inspire's mission, values, and products through engaging campaigns, compelling content, and programs that demonstrate the company’s commitment to accelerating a net-zero carbon future. She also oversees Inspire's corporate and consumer communications efforts.

Prior to Inspire, Suzanne served as Head of Marketing and Communications for Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo and held numerous leadership positions in the Beauty industry at Kiehl's and Estée Lauder.

Derek Mauk | President, Ecologi

Growth-focused President & General Manager, Strategist, and Brand Leader (Performance & Innovation focused CMO / CPO) with a proven track record of capturing market growth potential via innovation-based category disruption (including launching products generating over $1 Billion in sales), growing established Billion-Dollar Brands, and renovating business models within the world’s largest CPG company (Procter & Gamble / P&G), the world's largest alcohol company (Anheuser-Busch / AB InBev) as well as in start-up environments (Drinkworks by Keurig and Ecologi) across both eCommerce & Physical Retail Store formats and B2C / B2B sales formats.

Anna Malhari | COO, Veris Residential

Anna Malhari is COO of Veris Residential and leads the company’s ESG Task Force and Investor Relations. Under her leadership, Veris Residential signed the UN Global Compact and became the first U.S. real estate company to endorse the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative. Ms. Malhari is a Full IEMA member (MIEMA) and a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), and holds a CEMS Master in International Management from the Business University in Prague and the University of Cologne. She is a member of Fast Company’s Executive Board and one of GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum’s 2022 Influencers in Multifamily Real Estate.