ICCR Spring 2025 Conference
- Dates
- February 25–27, 2025
This edition has concluded. Registration is closed and this record is read-only.
Schedule
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Meeting Members MeetingIn-Person Rob Fohr, David Schilling, Charles Buck, Josh Zinner, Katie McCloskey, Rachel Kahn Troster |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Mainstage Keynote Speaker – Congressman Seth MagazinerHybrid Seth Magaziner, Josh Zinner |
| 11:20 AM – 12:35 PM | Session You Filed Your Proposal – Now What? Best Practices in Building Support for Shareholder ProposalsHybrid Beth Young, Tejal Patel, Courteney Keatinge |
| 2:15 PM – 4:15 PM | Session Strategies for Corporate Engagement in the Current MomentHybrid Beth Young, Tejal Patel, Brandon Rees, Jeffrey Norton, Benjamin Baker, David Levine |
| 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Session Film Screening: “All Static & Noise” – A Uyghur Story of Exile, Resilience & Dignified Hope (In-Person Only)In-Person Jewher Ilham |
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Session Impact of Policy ChangesIn-Person Judy Conti, Lydia Kuykendal, Anne Kelly, Peter Maybarduk, Michael De Dora |
| 10:35 AM – 11:50 AM | Session Making Enterprises Responsible Again: Deploying the CSDDD to Stop Corporate BackslidingHybrid Gabrielle Holly, Julia Otten, Frank Wagemans, Bob Dannhauser, Richard Gardiner |
| 1:10 PM – 2:10 PM | Session Fireside Chat with ICCR EldersHybrid Seamus Finn, Barbara Aires, Bill Somplatsky-Jarman, Steven Heim, Matthew Illian |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Session Perspectives on Proxy Voting and Escalation Strategies from Asset Owners and Asset ManagersHybrid Stephanie Lavallato, Kate Monahan, Andrea van den Heuvel, Cathy Rowan, Minoti Dhanaraj, Lucas Schoeppner |
| 3:50 PM – 4:50 PM | Session Corporate Political InfluenceHybrid Jon Golinger, Bruce Freed, John Keenan, Dan Carroll, Beth Young |
Thursday, February 27, 2025
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Session Attacks on Corporate DEIIn-Person Tynesia Boyea-Robinson, Amalea Smirniotopoulos, Jaylen Spann, Bianca Agustin |
| 10:35 AM – 11:35 AM | Session Investor Exposure to Extreme Heat in the Airline IndustryHybrid Louis Malizia, Michael Garland, Katelyn Parady, Seth Heiple, Marcelino Marin, Agustin Ulloa |
| 11:55 AM – 12:55 PM | Session Health-Related Shareholder Activism in UK/EuropeHybrid Thomas Abrams, Louisa Hughes, Shahbano Soomro, Lia Vasilikiotis, Kees Gootjes |
| 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM | Session Deep Dive into AI’s Thirsty Growth: Environmental Justice and Human Rights amidst the AI BoomHybrid Shaolei Ren, Michelle Katz |
| 3:35 PM – 4:45 PM | Session A Focus on “G” for the “S” and the “E”Hybrid Kish Parella, Brandon Rees, Hyewon Han, Alene Anello |
Speakers
Thomas Abrams
ShareAction
Bianca Agustin
United for Respect
Barbara Aires
Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
Alene Anello
Legal Impact for Chickens
Benjamin Baker
Newman Ferrara LLP
Tynesia Boyea-Robinson
CapEQ
Charles Buck
United Church Funds
Dan Carroll
Center for Political Accountability
Judy Conti
National Employment Law Project
Bob Dannhauser
Shift Project
Michael De Dora
Access Now
Minoti Dhanaraj
Pension Boards – United Church of Christ
Seamus Finn
Missionary Oblates (OMI)
Rob Fohr
Presbyterian Foundation
Bruce Freed
Center for Political Accountability
Richard Gardiner
World Benchmarking Alliance
Michael Garland
Office of the NYC Comptroller
Jon Golinger
Public Citizen
Kees Gootjes
De Nieuwe Beurskoers
Hyewon Han
Trillium Asset Management
Steven Heim
Boston Common Asset Management
Seth Heiple
Gabrielle Holly
Danish Institute for Human Rights
Louisa Hughes
ShareAction
Jewher Ilham
Worker Rights Consortium

Matthew Illian
Director of Responsible Investing
United Church Funds
Rachel Kahn Troster
ICCR
Michelle Katz
Ceres
Courteney Keatinge
Glass Lewis
John Keenan
AFSCME
Anne Kelly
Ceres

Lydia Kuykendal
Director of Shareholder Advocacy
Mercy Investment Services
Stephanie Lavallato
Legal & General IM America
David Levine
American Sustainable Business Network
Seth Magaziner
Louis Malizia
SOC Investment Group
Marcelino Marin
Peter Maybarduk
Public Citizen
Katie McCloskey
Mercy Investment Services
Kate Monahan
Trillium Asset Management
Jeffrey Norton
Newman Ferrara LLP
Julia Otten
Frank Bold
Katelyn Parady
National COSH
Kish Parella
Washington and Lee University

Tejal Patel
Executive Director
SOC Investment Group
Brandon Rees
AFL-CIO
Shaolei Ren
UC Riverside
Cathy Rowan
David Schilling
ICCR
Lucas Schoeppner
Wespath
Amalea Smirniotopoulos
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Bill Somplatsky-Jarman

Shahbano Soomro
Sustainable Investment Research & Strategy
Impax Asset Management
Jaylen Spann
Whistle Stop Capital
Agustin Ulloa
Andrea van den Heuvel
Achmea
Lia Vasilikiotis
ShareAction
Frank Wagemans
Achmea

Beth Young
Attorney
Josh Zinner
ICCR
