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DEI | Amy Hall
April 28, 2020 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion In a Time with COVID-19
4/28/20 4PM EST
About This Event
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed tremendous vulnerabilities in how goods are manufactured, distributed, warehoused and sold, with devastating impacts to people, communities and the environment. From food production and essential staples to retail, finance, and energy, no industry is immune from being at the inception point of possibility for complete transformation. WIll the pandemic be the catalyst for more stable, sustainable and humane supply chains?
Join two experts in diversity, equity and inclusion and sustainability for a conversation about the new faster, more flexible business models that will be required for our country, and our world, to be “open for business” in the most ethical and humane manner possible.
With Featured Expert
Amy Hall
Vice President & Director of Social Consciousness, Eileen Fisher
About Amy
Amy serves as Vice President, Social Consciousness for women’s clothing designer EILEEN FISHER. In this capacity, she guides the company toward greater alignment with its Benefit / B Corporation status and Quadruple Bottom Line framework. Amy collaborates internally and externally to position the company at the leading edge of human, environmental and economic sustainability. She has also played an instrumental role in shepherding the company’s ambitious Vision2020 goals.
Amy came to EILEEN FISHER in 1993, following a fundraising career with Asian-American cultural, educational and social service organizations in New York City. Her educational background includes a B.A. from Georgetown University, an M.A. from Teachers College-Columbia University, and a sustainable MBA from Green Mountain College. Amy currently represents the company on the Development Council of Future Fit. She is also a frequent guest speaker on CSR and Sustainability-related topics.
In 2011, Amy rode from New York City to Washington, DC, on her self-built bamboo bike as part of Climate Ride. Amy also plays the bassoon in the Hudson Valley Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Together with their two daughters, Amy and her husband Rob live in the Hudson Valley, where they enjoy adventures on land and water.
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