North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit

Josh Parker joined NVIDIA in 2023 to lead the company’s corporate sustainability program.  Josh studied electrical engineering and spent several years practicing IP law at a large law firm and later for the computer storage company Western Digital.  While at Western Digital, he was asked to lead the company’s ethics and compliance program in Asia and later to build a new corporate sustainability program for the company.

At NVIDIA, Josh is pursuing a data-driven approach to sustainability, believing that accurate and credible data is a prerequisite for effectively managing impacts.  Josh is also deeply persuaded that technology—especially AI—can play a critical and dramatic role in solving world-scale sustainability challenges.

Sam heads up the global sustainability program at Tesla, ensuring that sustainability is integrated into all aspects of the business and not only through the products. She has been leading global sustainability and climate change initiatives for over 15 years within the UN climate change talks and policy advocacy and directly implementing with large multinational companies. Sam was most recently awarded Futur/io’s  top 100 CSOs in North America, and Sustainability Magazine’s Top 250 Women and Top 10 Women in ESG. She holds an M.A. from Tufts University and B.A. from Boston University.

As Colgate-Palmolive’s Chief Sustainability Officer Ann leads Colgate’s Global Sustainability strategy and key initiatives, integrating a strong technical foundation across people, performance and planet into commercial strategic purpose. Ann holds a BA degree in Applied Science, a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master’s of Engineering degree in Manufacturing Systems. Most recently Ann has completed a Certificate of Sustainability from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Currently she is on the Boards of the UNGC Network USA and FLOW Beverages.

Scott Collick leads DuPont’s sustainability strategy, driving the company’s commitment to innovation and sustainable solutions. With over two decades of experience in the chemicals and materials industries, Scott has been instrumental in integrating sustainability into DuPont’s core business practices. Under his leadership, the company has advanced initiatives in sustainable manufacturing, circular economy, and reducing environmental impact across its value chain. Scott’s collaborative approach fosters partnerships that create value for both society and business, reinforcing DuPont’s role as a leader in sustainable development.

Page serves as Chief Compliance and Sustainability Officer for The Hertz Corporation and is responsible for Hertz’s global strategy, program pillars and reporting related to ethics, compliance, environmental sustainability and social impact.

As part of her role, she engages directly with the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee of the Hertz Board of Directors and chairs the Executive Compliance Council, enabling senior management accountability for priority topics and roadmaps within her purview.

Prior to this role, Page spent 14 years with Dell Technologies in leadership roles spanning sustainability, compliance and ethics, preceded by an additional 15 years in sales and consulting, primarily within the ESG space.

Kristen Siemen is a board member and former General Motors Chief Sustainability Officer with deep expertise at the intersection of automotive technology, product development, and sustainability. Her career spans engineering, manufacturing, and large-scale operations, with hands-on leadership across EVs, electrification, ADAS, software-defined vehicles, safety, and energy systems.

Over the past 30 years, Paulette has held various positions in the fields of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and Sustainability that has taken her from the field to the boardroom. She joined Johnson & Johnson in 1997 and previously served as Vice President, Global Environmental Health, Safety & Sustainability. She is committed to supporting diverse talent and is proud to serve as the Executive Sponsor of the youth pillar of her company’s Women in STEM²D (WiSTEM²D) initiative as well as the Executive Sponsor of our Global Operations Leadership Development (GOLD) program. She also serves as an Advisory Board member (and previous co-chair) for the Center for Business and Environment at Yale (CBEY). Paulette was honored to be selected to Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Women of Impact in 2021 and to be named a Top 100 Woman in Sustainability by Sustainability Magazine in 2022 and 2023.

Dr. Gayle Schueller is 3M’s Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer. Gayle started in 3M’s corporate laboratory as a product development engineer and has over 30 years of technical and business leadership experience. Her career spans a broad range of businesses from electronics to healthcare to consumer industries. She has led technical and business teams from around the world including Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America.

Gayle’s previous assignments include Vice President of New Platforms for Growth and Commercialization, Directora General for 3M Mexico, and Vice President of Research & Development and Design for 3M’s Consumer and Office Business.

She is passionate about making a positive impact in the world through science and technology.

Aditi Mohapatra directs Expedia Group’s strategy across social and environmental sustainability and oversees efforts to maximize impact while delivering business value. In her role, she designed and launched Expedia Group’s Open World™ social impact and sustainability strategy and priority areas of focus across economic advancement, inclusive travel, and sustainability. Aditi is also one of the executive sponsors for the company’s first-ever Accelerator program, designed to advance innovation in the travel industry by supporting startups and small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) to fast track their growth and innovate on Expedia Group’s purpose-built technology platform.

Prior to joining Expedia Group, Aditi spent nearly a decade with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), where she served as Managing Director and worked with a wide range of global corporations to improve and advance their sustainability strategies. In this role, she also led BSR’s North American technology practice and across industries in the areas in diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights. Prior to that, she spent eight years with Calvert Investment Management, a leading sustainable and responsible investment firm. There, she led strategic planning for Calvert’s executive committee, and held various roles within the sustainability research team. Aditi holds an M.B.A. in Finance from George Washington University, and a B.S. in International Economics from the University of Florida.