Harvard Club of Washington, DC

Symposium on Climate Change and the Corporate Governance of American Universities and Colleges

 INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A SYMPOSIUM

                Steve Offutt, a Wharton School alumnus, and Clem Dinsmore, a Princeton alumnus, have organized a symposium on Climate Change and the Corporate Governance of American Universities and Colleges that will occur on the afternoon of Wednesday June 19.  Attached is information regarding the symposium panels’ composition and subjects of discussion.

                We would welcome alumnae/alumni of Harvard participating in the symposium.  It will be an highly interactive opportunity for participants to ask questions of the panelists.

Online registration for this event began Wednesday May 15 at the following site:

https://www.sustainabilityprofessionals.org/civicrm/event/info?id=5502&reset=1

There is a modest registration fee, which is lower, if one registers early.

The conference space is limited to 125 persons, so the early birds will get the worms.

SYMPOSIUM: MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

PANEL ONE:  BACKGROUND ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL RISK EVALUATION IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

[1:00 P.M. TO 2:45 P.M.] MODERATOR: CLEM DINSMORE

PANELISTS:

1.       BEVIS LONGSTRETH, FORMER COMMISSIONER, U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, RETIRED PARTNER, DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, LLP, NYC, AND TRUSTEE, NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY, NYC

2.       NELL MINOW,CO- FOUNDER, GMI RATINGS, AND FORMER PRESIDENT, INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, WASHINGTON, DC

3.       CAMERON PRELL, SENIOR COUNSEL, MCGURIE WOODS, WASHINGTON, D.C., VICE-CHAIR, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW COMMITTEE; BOARD MEMBER, UK-BASED CLIMATE MARKETS AND INVESTMENTS ASSOCIATION

REFRESHMENT BREAK [2:45 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.]

PANEL TWO:  EVALUATION BY TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS OF THE FINANCIAL RISKS AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

[3:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M.] MODERATOR: STEVE OFFUTT

PANELISTS:

1.       DAN APFEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RESPONSIBLE ENDOWMENTS COALITION, NYC

2.       MARK ORLOWSKI, FOUNDER, RESPONSIBLE ENDOWMENTS COALITION, AND FOUNDER AND CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABLE ENDOWMENTS INSTITUTE, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSEETS

3.       DR. DAVID HALES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SECOND NATURE, CAMBRIDGE, MA, AND FORMER PRESIDENT, COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC, BAR HARBOR, MAINE  

4.       LEE COKER, PROJECT MANAGER, CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, NYC

5.       ELIZABETH SEEGER, PRINCIPAL, KKR, WASHINGTON, DC

RECEPTION [5:00 to 7:00 P.M.]

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