Annual Meeting 2020: Inclusive Growth
This program took place on Thursday, October 29, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – Program Begins
Welcome | 220th Annual Meeting
- Sheinelle Jones, Co-Host, “3rd Hour of TODAY” | @SheinelleJones
Remarks | Outgoing Board Chair
- Dan Hilferty, CEO, Independence Health Group & Chair, Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia 2018-2020 | @IBX
Spotlight | Collaborating for Progress
- Jack Lynch, Main Line Health | @mainlinehealth
- Bret Perkins, Comcast NBCUniversal | @comcast
- Yaya Dia, Biomedical Research Technician (BRT) Apprentice, The Wistar Institute | @TheWistar
Featured Conversation | A Focus on Equity & Talent
- Marc Coleman, President & CEO, The Tactile Group & Chair, Chamber Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee | @MarcPhilly
- Valerie Smith, President, Swarthmore College | @swarthmore
Spotlight | Inclusive Recovery
- James Burnett, West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution | @wpfsi
- Sulaiman W. Rahman, DiverseForce | @sulrah
- Emily Bittenbender, Bittenbender Construction & Jewell Antoine Johnson, Antoine Johnson Construction | @BCCOphilly
Remarks | Incoming Board Chair
- Susan Jacobson, President, Jacobson Strategic Communications & Chair, Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia 2020- | @Susan_Jacobson
Spotlight | Aspirations for a Brighter Tomorrow
- Siah McCabe, Independence Blue Cross | @IBX
- Jeff Marrazzo, Spark Therapeutics | @jeffmarrazzo
- Kim E. Fraites-Dow, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania | @GirlScoutsEPenn
- Connor Barwin, Philadelphia Eagles | @ConnorBarwin98
- Aileen Gallagher, PECO | @PECOconnect
- Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD, Villanova School of Business | @VSB_Dean
- Jose Garces, Garces | @chefjosegarces
Remarks | President & CEO
- Rob Wonderling, President & CEO, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia | @ChamberPHL
3:00 p.m. – Program Adjourns
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Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, featured speaker Maya Martinez-Davis is unable to join us for today’s event.
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Independence Health Group, parent of Independence Blue Cross, is the leading health insurance organization in the region and a national leader in health innovation. Named a Top Workplace in 2019 and 2020 and a Forbes 2020 Best-In-State Employer, Independence serves 8 million people nationwide, transforming health care for you and your employees. ibx.com
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Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company with three primary businesses, Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky. Inspired by a rich heritage and an entrepreneurial spirit, we drive innovation to create the world’s best entertainment, communications, and online experiences. corporate.comcast.com
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Jacobson Strategic Communications
Jacobson Strategic Communications is a leading Philadelphia-based public relations, public affairs and crisis management firm. Known for its signature approach to message development and strategy, Jacobson helps guide private and public sector clients – as well as those in the nonprofit, advocacy and political space – through some of their most complex communications challenges and highlights their successes. jacobsonstrategic.com
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Part of the Exelon family of companies, PECO is one of our region’s most active corporate citizens. Each day PECO delivers innovative energy products and services to safely keep the lights on and gas flowing for more than 1.6 million customers across Southeast Pennsylvania. peco.com
PNC is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services organizations. Follow @PNCNews on Twitter for breaking news, updates and announcements from PNC. pnc.com
Stradley Ronon: Headquartered in Philadelphia for more than 90 years, our responsive team of more than 200 attorneys seamlessly addresses the full spectrum of our clients’ needs, ranging from sophisticated corporate transactions to complex commercial litigation. stradley.com
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Backed by two leading Blue companies, Independence Health Group and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, AmeriHealth Caritas has worked for more than 35 years to expand access to care and maximize value for our members, health care providers, community organizations, and government stakeholders nationwide. amerihealthcaritaspa.com
Founded in 2010, Brian Tierney’s most successful agency Brian Communications is one of the leading strategic communications firms in the nation. Clients include Independence Health Group, AmeriHealth Caritas, PokerStars, Penn Medicine, BELFOR and UBER. briancom.com
Citizens is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, offering a broad range of award-winning retail and commercial banking products and services in approximately 1,000 branches in 11 states and through a national network of commercial offices. Citizens helps its customers reach their potential by listening to them and by understanding their needs in order to offer tailored advice, ideas and solutions. citizensbank.com
Diversified Search is the fifth-ranked executive search firm in the nation by Forbes magazine. With 11 offices in the U.S., through its global partner, AltoPartners, it also operates over 30 countries around the world. diversifiedsearch.com
Founded in 1891, Drexel is a modern urban research university with a strong public purpose — an institution that harnesses its strengths in cooperative education, translational research, online education and entrepreneurship to serve its more than 24,000 students, its neighborhood, the city and nation. drexel.edu
Main Line Health is committed to advancing patient-centered care, education and research, creating an environment of diversity, respect and inclusion and eliminating health disparities. The System is comprised of Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Riddle Hospital, Bryn Mawr Rehab and Mirmont Treatment Center. mainlinehealth.org
Morgan Properties is a national real estate investment and management company headquartered in King of Prussia. Morgan Properties and its affiliates own and manage a multifamily portfolio comprised of 320 apartment communities and over 78,000 units located in 15 states, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Region. morgan-properties.com
Developing business leaders for a better world.™ The Villanova School of Business is a premier educational institution that offers highly-ranked undergraduate programs, graduate programs and executive education. villanova/business.edu
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Since 1816, American Bible Society has worked to make the Bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford. Today, American Bible Society provides Scripture resources across a variety of platforms, enabling all readers to engage with the best-selling book of all time. americanbible.org
CCS fundraising provides tailored support to more than 500 nonprofit organizations each year. We plan, manage and implement programs that achieve fundraising goals and mission impact. With over 300 professionals and 14 offices throughout the United States and the world, we help local and international organizations achieve outstanding results. ccsfundraising.com
Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) provides businesses and public policy makers with economic consulting services in urban economics, real estate economics, transportation, public infrastructure, development, public policy and finance, community and neighborhood development, planning, as well as litigation support. econsultsolutions.com
Fair Trade Outsourcing (“FTO”) is an outsourcing company that delivers industry-breaking results for clients by re-writing the traditional arrangement between labor & capital in the BPO industry. We have developed an operating model that prioritizes agent needs and produces a level of work ownership in agents that allows us to achieve exemplary results. fairtradeoutsourcing.com
My Benefit Advisor guides employers through planning, managing, and communicating a successful employee benefits program. We provide local, reliable, and expert-level support for you and your employees. Visit our website to learn more about our firm, consultative services, and the resources we deploy to ensure your success. mybenefitadvisor.com
PJM Interconnection ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power grid serving 65 million people in 13 states and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1927, PJM also administers a competitive wholesale electricity market, and plans regional transmission improvements to maintain grid reliability. PJM’s regional grid and market operations produce annual savings of $3.2 billion to $4 billion. pjm.com
The nation’s first independent biomedical research institution, The Wistar Institute is a global leader in basic cancer, immunology and infectious diseases research that led to the development of vaccines for rabies, rubella and rotavirus and the identification of molecular mechanisms of cancer. Locally, Wistar is a trailblazer in science education and training. wistar.org
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