The Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit is a premier, invitation-only experience for CEOs, presidents, and founders committed to elevating humanity through business.
Through an intentionally designed and facilitated experience, attendees learn and grow alongside one another by engaging in several opportunities for collaborative learning, purposeful connection, and deliberate planning for the future of conscious business.
To nominate yourself or another Conscious Leader to be considered for invitation, please complete our nomination form.
We closely collaborate with our official design and facilitation partners at XChange in developing an engaging approach to serve attendees through intentional connection, powerful conversations, and amplified experiences and perspectives from our most valuable asset: our community.
Uncover new possibilities and drive conversation into new territories by engaging in multiple opportunities for shared learning.
Reflect on the real-world challenges and emergent global trends impacting business today alongside fellow Conscious Leaders.
Because the room is also the stage, you can bring your authentic voice and perspective to speak directly to a room of your peers.
Leverage opportunities to spark long-term collaboration and build lasting community through consistent relationship-building.
Founder/Chief Creative Officer, TUSHY
Founder, Wild
Founder, THINX
Founder/Chief Creative Officer, TUSHY
Founder, Wild
Founder, THINX
Miki Agrawal (Mikiagrawal.com) is a social entrepreneur known for breaking taboos and disrupting the status quo.
She was named Fast Company’s “Most Creative People”, “Young Global Leader” by World Economic Forum, “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” by the World Technology Summit, and was one of INC Magazine’s “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs.”
Miki is the founder of several acclaimed social enterprises - notably THINX (period-proof underwear), TUSHY (modern bidet brand) and Wild (NYC’s first gluten-free pizza concept).
She most recently founded TUSHY (hellotushy.com), a company that is revolutionizing the North American toilet category with a modern, affordable, designer bidet attachment that both upgrades human health & hygiene as well as the environment from wasteful toilet paper consumption. She and her team are also helping fight the global sanitation crisis by bringing clean latrines to underserved communities in India through their partnership with Samagra as well as funding resoiling and reforestry projects all throughout South America.
Her next company Hiro Technologies is solving the global plastic crisis, harnessing plastic-eating mushrooms and baby poop, and is set to launch Q1 2025.
Miki has written two books, “Do Cool Shit: Quit Your Day Job, Start Your Own Business and Live Happily Ever After” and “Disrupt-Her: A Manifesto For the Modern Woman" both of which made #1 Amazon best seller list.
Miki is an identical twin, half-Japanese, half-Indian French Canadian, former professional soccer player, graduate of Cornell University and proud mama of Hiro Happy.
CEO, The Body Shop
CEO, The Body Shop
David Boynton is Chief Executive of iconic British brand The Body Shop, where he has responsibility for shaping and delivering the company’s triple bottom line growth plans across more than 80 countries around the world. He took the role in December 2017 following the acquisition of the company by Brazil’s best known beauty brand and sustainability leader, Natura Cosmetics. Over the last four years he has been leading the transformation of The Body Shop as it rediscovers its purpose and reconnects with the legacy of its founder, Anita Roddick. He previously held executive positions at a number of international companies including L’Occitane en Provence; where he was part of the leadership team that drove the brand’s global growth; Charles Tyrwhitt, the premium British menswear brand, and Watson’s The Chemist; Asia’s leading drug store company and part of the Hutchison Whampoa group. He began his career in grocery, holding senior positions at Safeway PLC in the UK and has lived and worked in the USA, Taiwan and Hong Kong. David’s signature is the building of creative, purpose-led international organizations focussed on impact across the triple bottom line. His specific expertise is in leadership, culture building and all aspects of brand marketing and operating retail businesses. David is married with 4 children and spends his time between London and the Suffolk coast in East England.
CEO,
Whole Foods Market
CEO,
Whole Foods Market
Jason Buechel serves as Chief Executive Officer at Whole Foods Market. Prior to his role as CEO, he served as Chief Operating Officer, providing operational leadership over Whole Foods Market’s 500+ locations across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and overseeing the company’s technology, supply chain and distribution, store real estate and design, and Team Member Services (HR) functions. Jason serves as a champion of Whole Foods Market’s culture and values and is committed to increasing access to local, quality food for the communities it serves.
Jason joined the company in 2013 as Global Vice President and Chief Information Officer, where he was responsible for all aspects of information technology and digital innovation, as well as ushering in large-scale IT initiatives that played a critical role in the growth of the business. Prior to Whole Foods Market, Jason served as the Managing Director/Partner within Accenture’s Retail Operations Practice, where he worked with leading retailers on strategic business and technology transformation.
Jason has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is an avid runner, hiker and traveler, and enjoys spending time with his family.
President and Chief Executive Officer, BCforward
President and Chief Executive Officer, BCforward
Justin P. Christian is an accomplished businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist, who has made a significant impact in the IT consulting industry. Born in New York City, Justin attended DePauw University, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. After graduation, Justin worked as a Systems Analyst at Eli Lilly & Company before founding BCforward in 1998. With a vision to fuel industry growth in the Midwest, Justin started BCforward as a boutique IT services firm with only two employees. Justin's leadership over the past 25 years has propelled BCforward to the best-in-class IT consultancy and global workforce solutions leader it is today, providing a full suite of customer-centric solutions spanning Application Lifecycle Management, Project Management, Quality, Business Intelligence, and Advisory Services with 5,000+ employees and delivery centers spanning North America and India. In addition to his work at BCforward, Justin is an integral part of the DePauw University community. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and in 2017, the Justin and Darrianne Christian Center for Diversity and Inclusion was dedicated and officially opened on the DePauw campus, a testament to his commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion. Justin is also deeply committed to civic engagement and philanthropy. He has served on the boards of several organizations, including the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, Goodwill of Central Indiana, the Indiana Gaming Commission, and the Indianapolis Bond Bank. Justin is also a past chairman of the Indianapolis 500 Festival Board of Directors. He is currently a member of the Business Equity for Indianapolis Task Force, which is focused on promoting economic growth and opportunity for minority-owned businesses in the region, and a board member of the Lumina Foundation, an independent and private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, which brings together the chief executives of Central Indiana’s prominent corporations, foundations, and universities in a strategic and collaborative effort dedicated to the region’s continued prosperity and growth. Throughout his career, Justin has received numerous awards and recognition for his contributions to the IT consulting industry, philanthropic efforts, and civic engagement. In 2017, Justin was inducted into the Junior Achievement Indiana Business Hall of Fame. In 2020, he was named the North American Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, and in 2021, he received the Trailblazer Award from TechPoint, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes the growth of the technology sector in Indiana. In 2022, he was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s inaugural Indiana 250 list of influential leaders. In 2023, Justin was named Man of the Year by the Center for Leadership Development, a nonprofit organization that provides African American youth with the skills and experiences necessary to become successful leaders. Justin's leadership, vision, and commitment to diversity, philanthropy, and civic engagement have made a significant impact on the IT consulting industry and the community. As a role model and inspiring leader, he has demonstrated that with hard work, determination, and a focus on core values, it is possible to achieve success and make a positive impact in the world.
Co-Founder and CEO, The Charles Group
Co-Founder and CEO, The Charles Group
Aaron Edwards is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Charles Group, a renowned digital creative agency with offices in New York, Chicago, and London. This venture, birthed alongside his sister, Samantha Edwards, is inspired by strategic creativity and digital innovations. Born in Manchester, Aaron began as a Financial Analyst at Barclays Capital in London before relocating to New York in 2010 to launch The Charles. The agency, named after their great-grandfather, operates on a core mission: 'To Honor. To Inspire'. Their esteemed clientele includes HP, Boston Consulting Group, and luxury brands like Estée Lauder, Cartier and Omega. Aaron's fusion of creativity with commerce has placed The Charles among the top 1000 in the INC5000's fastest-growing agencies in the US.
CEO, Nara Logistics
CEO, Nara Logistics
Jana Eggers is CEO of the neuroscience-inspired artificial intelligence platform company, Nara Logics. She’s an experienced tech exec focused on inspiring teams to build great products. She’s started and grown companies, and led large organizations at public companies. She active in customer-inspired innovation, the artificial intelligence industry, as well as running and triathlons. She’s held technology and executive positions at Intuit, Los Alamos National Laboratory (computational chemistry and super computing), Basis Technology (internationalization technology), Lycos, American Airlines, Spreadshirt (ecomm), and start-ups that you’ve never heard of.
CEO & Co-Founder, data.world
CEO & Co-Founder, data.world
Brett is the CEO and co-founder of data.world, a Public Benefit Corporation (and Certified B Corporation®) that is the platform for modern data teamwork and the world’s largest collaborative data community. data.world's modern catalog for data and analysis wakes up the hidden data workforce within every company, unifies silos, and creates data-driven cultures faster. In 2017 and 2018, data.world was honored on the “Best for the World” list by B Lab, placing the company in the top 10% of all B Corps globally. Brett is also the co-owner of Hurt Family Investments (HFI), alongside his wife, Debra. HFI are involved in 65 startups, 19 VC funds, and multiple philanthropic endeavors.
Brett co-founded and led Bazaarvoice as CEO, through its IPO, follow-on offering, and two acquisitions. Bazaarvoice became the largest public SaaS (Software as a Service) business in social commerce. Brett also founded and led Coremetrics, which was rated the #1 Web analytics solution by Forrester Research and, like Bazaarvoice, expanded into a global company and leader. Coremetrics was acquired by IBM in 2010 for around $300m.
In 2017, Brett was given the Best CEO Legacy Award by the Austin Business Journal. Brett Hurt began programming at age seven and doing so on the Internet at age eighteen.
Co-Founder and Former CEO, Whole Foods Market;
Co-Creator and CEO, Love.Life
Co-Founder and Former CEO, Whole Foods Market;
Co-Creator and CEO, Love.Life
John Mackey is an entrepreneur and the co-founder and visionary of Whole Foods Market. In his 44 years of service as CEO, the natural and organic grocer grew from a single store in Austin, Texas, to 540 stores in the U.S., U.K., and Canada with annual sales exceeding $22 billion and more than 105,000 Team Members.A pioneer of natural and organic foods and a passionate advocate for capitalism as a force for good, Mackey has focused on building a more conscious way of doing business. His vision inspired the Whole Planet Foundation to help end poverty in developing nations, the Local Producer Loan Program to help local food producers expand their businesses, the Global Animal Partnership’s rating scale for humane farm animal treatment, and the Total Health Immersion program to promote health and wellness with Whole Foods Market Team Members.A strong believer in free market principles, Mackey co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement and co-authored a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book entitled “Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business” (Harvard Business Review Press 2013) to boldly defend and reimagine capitalism and encourage a way of doing business that is grounded in ethical consciousness. In his 2020 follow-up, “Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity through Business,” Mackey provides a roadmap for innovative, values-based leadership.In 2022, Mackey was inducted into the World Retail Congress Hall of Fame, which honors retail’s most influential representatives whose ideas have shaped retailing through the businesses and brands they have created, or by their skills in running the retail industry’s giants. He has been recognized as one of Fortune’s “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Overall Winner for the United States,” Institutional Investor’s “Best CEO in America,” Barron’s “World’s Best CEO,” MarketWatch’s “CEO of the Year,” and Esquire’s “Most Inspiring CEO,” while Whole Foods Market was named to Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work for” list for 20 consecutive years.A mission-driven entrepreneur, Mackey is deeply passionate about the connection between food and health. He is co-author of “The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity” (Grand Central Life & Style 2017) and “The Whole Foods Cookbook: 120 Delicious and Healthy Plant-Centered Recipes” (Grand Central Life & Style 2018). His latest business venture, Love.Life, unites the power of nourishing food, holistic medical care, and precision wellness therapies to make optimal, lasting health and vitality achievable.Mackey currently serves on the board of directors for Conscious Capitalism, The Motley Fool, CATO Institute, The Institute for Cultural Evolution, and Students for Liberty.
CEO, New Profit
CEO, New Profit
CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA USA
CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA USA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thrivent
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thrivent
Teresa (Terry) Rasmussen is president and chief executive officer of Thrivent, a Fortune 500 diversified financial services organization. She is a member of the Thrivent Board of Directors and serves on its Governance and Executive committees.
Thrivent offers advice, insurance, investments, banking and generosity products and programs to clients in communities across the United States. Under Rasmussen’s leadership, Thrivent is transforming into a holistic financial services organization, helping current and future generations achieve financial clarity, enabling lives full of meaning and gratitude.
Before her current role, Rasmussen was president of Thrivent’s core life, health and annuities business after serving 10 years as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to joining Thrivent, Rasmussen held a series of leadership roles at American Express, including serving as vice president and managing counsel. Earlier in her career, she was a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, as part of the Attorney General’s Honors Program.
She serves on the Executive and Corporate Governance committees for the American Council of Life Insurers Board of Directors and co-chairs the Steering committee on Consumer Issues. Rasmussen is an independent member of the board of directors for H.B. Fuller Company, a $2.9 billion global adhesives and specialty chemical products company, and serves on the Audit and Governance committees of the board. She is also on the board of the Walker Art Center, a world-renowned contemporary art museum in Minneapolis, where she serves as a member of the Audit and Finance committees. She previously served as a board member for the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF).
Rasmussen received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Minnesota State University at Moorhead. After passing the CPA exam, she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota.
She is married to Jon Trangsrud and they have two adult children.
FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center, Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico
FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center, Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico
Raj Sisodia
A founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement, Raj Sisodia is FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center at Tecnologico de Monterrey. He is the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc., and President of Awaken Inc.
Previously, Raj was FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College. He also spent 15 years at Bentley University as Trustee Professor of Marketing and Information Technology, Department Chair and founder/director of the Center for Marketing Technology.
Raj was born in India and spent parts of his childhood in Barbados, California, and Canada. He was educated as an electrical engineer from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS, Pilani). He received an MBA in Marketing from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai after which he earned a Ph.D. in Marketing and Business Policy from Columbia University.
Raj is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (2013) and Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Matters (2015). In 2003, Raj was cited as one of “50 Leading Marketing Thinkers” and named to the “Guru Gallery” by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Bentley University honored him with the Award for Excellence in Scholarship in 2007 and the Innovation in Teaching Award in 2008. He was named one of “Ten Outstanding Trailblazers of 2010” by Good Business International, and one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior” by Trust Across America for 2010 and 2011. In 2013 and 2015, he was named to the Thinkers 50 list of business and management thinkers from India. Raj received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University in 2016 and the Business Luminary Award from Halcyon in 2021.
Raj has consulted with and taught executive programs for numerous companies, including AT&T, Nokia, LG, DPDHL, POSCO, Kraft Foods, Whole Foods Market, Tata, Siemens, Sprint, Verizon, Volvo, IBM, Walmart, Rabobank, McDonalds and Southern California Edison. Since 2007, Raj has spoken over 1000 times on Conscious Capitalism and related topics to audiences around the world, including at the White House and the Vatican. He cohosts the podcast The Conscious Capitalists with Timothy Henry.
Raj has published sixteen books, including Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose, which was named a top business book of 2007 by Amazon.com. His most recent books are Awaken: The Journey to Purpose, Inner Peace & Healing; The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World and The Global Rule of Three: Competing with Conscious Strategy. Raj has consulted with and taught at numerous companies, including AT&T, Verizon, LG, DPDHL, POSCO, Kraft Foods, Whole Foods Market, Tata, Tesoro, Siemens, Sprint, Volvo, IBM, Walmart, McDonalds and Southern California Edison.
Raj has served on the Board of Directors of The Container Store and Mastek Ltd. He is a Trustee of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He is on the Advisory Board of several organizations, including the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit and PayActiv.
Founder, Soul of Money Institute;
Co-Founder, Pachamama Alliance
Founder, Soul of Money Institute;
Co-Founder, Pachamama Alliance
Lynne Twist is the founder of the Soul of Money Institute and author of the best-selling, award-winning book “The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life”, and her newest book, “Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself”.
Over the past 40 years Lynne has worked with over 100,000 people in 50 countries in the arenas of fundraising with integrity, conscious philanthropy, strategic visioning and having a healthy relationship with money. Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, the International Unity Church, Charles Schwab, United Way, The National Black theater of Harlem, Harvard University and others.
A sought-after speaker, she has presented for the United Nations Beijing Women’s Conference, State of the World Forum, Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Governor’s Conference on California Women, among others.
A recognized global visionary, Ms. Twist has been an advisor to the Desmond Tutu Foundation, and The Nobel Women’s Initiative. Lynne is the recipient of numerous prestigious honors, including the “Woman of Distinction” award from the United Nations.
She is co-founder of The Pachamama Alliance and serves on a number of nonprofit boards including the Fetzer Institute, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Bioneers, Conscious Capitalism and Women’s Earth Alliance.
Co-founder, Harvard Program on Negotiation at Harvard University
Co-founder, Harvard Program on Negotiation at Harvard University
Bestselling author, and co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, William Ury has spent the past 45 years helping individuals, organizations and nations at war get to YES.
President & Group CEO, Massy Holdings Ltd.
President & Group CEO, Massy Holdings Ltd.
Gervase Warner is the President and Group CEO of Massy Holdings Ltd. Mr. Warner has served as an Executive Director of the Massy Group for 18 years. From 2004 to 2009 he held the position of Executive Chairman of the Energy and Industrial Gases Business Unit and has been President and Group CEO for the last 12 years.
Under Mr. Warner’s stewardship the Massy Group began its journey towards becoming a Conscious Company in 2013. This led to rebranding of the Group, identification of common purpose, vision and values as well as common methods for ensuring employee engagement, health and safety, customer service and common expectations of Massy Leaders. In 2023 as the Group celebrated its 100th anniversary, the leadership is looking towards becoming a Healing Organisation and has launched a new vision: A Force for Good, an Investment Holding Company with a Caribbean Heart.
Before joining Massy, Mr. Warner was a Partner at the international management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, where he spent eleven years serving clients in the US, Latin America and Caribbean across a wide range of industries. He currently serves as the Chairman of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (Associate Institution to the Caribbean Community to support CARICOM Heads of Government to fully implement the CARICOM Single Market and Economy). Mr. Warner also serves on the boards of directors for Citicorp Merchant Bank (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited, the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business and United Way Trinidad & Tobago. Mr. Warner holds an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He also holds BSE degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
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