2025 Sustainability in Business Conference
September 19, 2025
Participants joined us for the Fall 2025 Sustainability in Business Conference: Driving Change Through Bold Leadership, where we explored how visionary leaders are reimagining the role of business in addressing today’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. This half-day event brought together industry impact leaders, students, faculty and mission-driven organizations to engage in meaningful conversations about the state of sustainability and how we can move from ambition to action.
Conversations focused on issues surrounding three main areas:
- Food in Sustainability
- Impact Investing & Sustainable Finance
- Fashion in Sustainability
| Schedule | |
|---|---|
| 9:15 a.m.-10 a.m. | Networking Breakfast/Check-In |
| 10 a.m.-10:15 a.m. | CSVC Introduction and Welcome |
| 10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | Session 1 |
| 11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Session 2 |
| 12:30 p.m. -2 p.m. | Networking Lunch |
| Speakers | |
|---|---|
 | Jamie Glydon Director of Sustainability and Packaging Development at Ocean Spray Cranberries |
 | Hilary F. Jochmans Founder of Jochmans Consulting LLC and PoliticallyInFashion |
 | Dan Lee Managing Partner at Simcore, specializing in Energy Project Finance & Development. |
 | Andrew Levine Senior Vice President and Team Leader for Truist Bank’s dedicated Not for Profit specialty practice |
 | Laura Mondragon Director of Climate Resilience & Adaptation at Montgomery County Green Bank |
 | Michael Ravenscroft Managing Director at USM Maryland Momentum Fund |
 | Margaret Rogers CEO of Pariveda Solutions |
 | Andy Shallal Founder/CEO of Busboys and Poets |
 | Rujuta Sheth Founder/Designer of Rujuta Sheth |
Co-sponsored by the Center for Global Business, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.