In Person
2022 DISCOVER Summit
October 17th - 18th
The Hershey Hotel | Hershey, PA, USA
In collaboration with:
Agenda at a glance
| Day 1 – October 7, 2021 | |
|---|---|
| 11:00-11:15am | President’s Welcome Address Rakhi Agarwal—Franchise Engagement Leader, J&J President, DISCOVER |
| 11:15-12:15pm | Opening Keynote Celeste Warren—Merck, Global D&I Center of Excellence |
| 12:15-12:45pm | Break/Lunch |
| 12:45-1:30pm | Intentional Allyship in the Workplace: Framework and Best Practices Anita C. Ricketts—DiversityInc |
| 1:30pm-2:15pm | Intentional Allyship in the Workplace Academic Engagement Panel Marjon Dean—EY Lu Chen—BCG Brittany Walker—Walker SCM Tarbinlam Lafon—Organon |
| 2:15-2:25pm | Energy Break — Health & Wellness Office Exercises |
| 2:25-3:00pm | Supply Chain Allyship: Creating Inclusionary Professional Pathways Dr. Kevin Lyons—Rutgers |
| 3:00-3:15pm | Point of View — Allyship and DEI |
| 3:15-3:45pm | Leadership Panel — Allyship and DEI Heidi Landry—J&J Matthew Pedersen—GEP Shamika Williams—BMS |
| 3:45-4:00pm | Showcase — “Act of Kindness” |
| 4:00-5:00pm | Networking Event |
| 5:00-5:15pm | Day 1 Closing Thoughts Alicia Petross—Hershey |
| Day 2 – October 8, 2021 | |
|---|---|
| 10:30-11:00am | Welcome Keynote Tammy Murphy—First Lady, NJ |
| 11:00-12:00pm | Leadership Conversation Executive Panel—Diversity and Equity in Workplace Jason Reiman—Hershey Yone Dewberry—Land O’ Lakes Kathy Wengel—J&J Nancy Barbour—BMS Moderated by Dana Stiffler—Gartner |
| 12:00-12:30pm | Break/Lunch |
| 12:30-1:15pm | Mentoring/Coaching Session A—Executive Coaching B—Student Mentoring |
| 1:15pm-2:00pm | Measuring the DEI Health of Your Organization Michelle Bogan—Equity at Work |
| 2:00-2:10pm | Energy Break Deep Breathing and Meditation |
| 2:10-2:45pm | Up Close & Personal—Fireside Chat Dr. Pierre Theodore—J&J |
| 2:45-3:00pm | Closing Thoughts Anu Hans—J&J |
| 3:00-4:00pm | Happy Hour – Virtual Game Room by invitation only |
Our Speakers
Tammy Snyder Murphy
First Lady
State of New Jersey
Celeste Warren
Vice President
Global D&I Center of Excellence
Kathy Wengel
Chief Global Supply Chain Officer
Heidi Landry
Cheif Procurement Officer, Supply Chain
Alicia Petross
Vice President, Talent Acquisition + Diversity and Inclusion
Anita Ricketts
Chief of Staff to CEO
Jason Reiman
Hershey
Sr. Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer
Yone Dewberry
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Sr. Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer
Nancy Barbour
BMS
Sr. Vice President, Product Development
Dr. Pierre Theodore
Johnson & Johnson
Vice President, GPH Global Healthy Equity Leader
Anu Hans
Johnson & Johnson
Vice President, Strategic Initiative & PMO
Matthew Pedersen
GEP
Vice President, Supply Chain Consulting
Tarbinlam Lafon
Associate Vice President, Direct Procurement & Operations
Marjón Dean
EY
Executive Director, Markets & Business Development
Global Markets/Client Service
Shamika Williams
BMS
Sr. Director Strategy & Marketing, HBCU’s
Lu Chen
Boston Consulting Group
Managing Director and Partner
Dr. Kevin Lyons
Rutgers Business School
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Michelle Bogan
Equity at Work
Founder & CEO
Brittany Walker
Walker SCM
Director, Corporate Administration and Communication
Rakhi Agarwal
DISCOVER
President
J&J
Director, Janssen Supply Chain Procurement
DISCOVER Summit Planning Team
Rakhi Agarwal
Amol Jagdale
Odi Ikpe
Carol Ardila
Maria Hill
Yahne Marie Henry
Kait Mastrianni
Lisa Slater
Umang Srivastava
Barry Blake
Allison Lynch Sr.
Dayo Olateju
Chun (Mansa) Liu
Myriam Surprise
Kinzi Dorr
Ashlesha Tambde
Kartik Sharma
Paino-Jimenez Andrea
