Movers, Shakers & Impact Makers: Giving small business a lift

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The member community convened by Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is one of a kind. The 500+ companies we serve each year around the globe are leaders in environmental, social, and governance action, and the thousands of individuals who make up this network are some of the best in the field!


Featured this week: Randy Choy, Umpqua Bank; Donnica Hawes-Saunders, PMI; Ann Woo, Samsung; Aramark; Desert Financial Credit Union; Morgan Stanley; Nasdaq; New Relic; Verizon; General Mills; Jenny Robertson, FedEx; Intuit, OpenText, and Nautilus, Inc.; Ashley Roberts Rhodes, Adobe; Lauren Keeler, New Relic; Tessa Anderson, Charles Schwab


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Here is how our members have been working to build better business and a better world:

 

Spotlight on You

Randy Choy has been promoted to vice president of community giving and nonprofit partnerships and managing director of the Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation. Randy has been instrumental in evolving the bank’s community giving strategy and community grants program to improve economic vitality for the greater good, especially for under-resourced individuals, families, and small businesses.

Donnica Hawes-Saunders, PMI’s partnerships manager for global transformation communications,  has created PMI Global Services’ first internship/mentorship program for its business affiliate in the U.S., inspired by the role of mentors in her own life. The program is run through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the largest organization in the U.S. exclusively representing the Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) community. These institutions have a specific connection to history, culture, programming, and networking that has resulted in an extraordinary list of alumni.

Ann Woo, senior director of corporate citizenship at Samsung, was featured in the Samsung Newsroom for leading a session at the International Corporate Citizenship Conference on how Samsung is working to foster inclusivity in STEM education through Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. “At Samsung, change is a constant and part of our DNA. That same spirit drives our Citizenship team to look at new ways to evolve Solve for Tomorrow,” said Woo at the event.

 

Job Postings

Aramark 
Philadelphia, PA
Manager, Enterprise Sustainability – Climate
Manager, Enterprise Sustainability – ESG Reporting

Desert Financial Credit Union 
Phoenix, AZ
Vice President, Executive Director of Desert Financial Foundation

Morgan Stanley
New York, NY
Community Affairs Program Analyst

Nasdaq 
New York, NY
Senior Director, Environmental, Social and Governance Manager

New Relic
Remote
Senior Program Manager, NewRelic.org Product Impact

Verizon 
Basking Ridge, NJ
Senior Analyst, Corporate Social Responsibility

 

Member Companies in the News

General Mills is partnering with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to support conservation efforts on working lands in the Great Lakes Basin (Michigan and Wisconsin) and the Southern Great Plains (stretching from Nebraska to Texas). Through NFWF’s Sustain Our Great Lakes and Conservation Partners Programs, this new partnership will accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture to improve soil heath and water quality, while also enhancing vital habitat for fish and wildlife. 

FedEx Corp. announced that Equine Amnio Solutions—a Texas based veterinary pharmaceutical company—is the grand prize winner of its ninth annual FedEx Small Business Grant Contest. EAS will receive a $50,000 grant, plus $7,500 in FedEx Office print and business services to use in its mission to provide innovative products to maximize the health and performance of horses across all breeds and athletic disciplines. “This has been an extraordinarily tough year on small business owners, which is why it’s so critical that FedEx continues to champion and support these entrepreneurs,” said Jenny Robertson, senior vice president integrated marketing and communications at FedEx.

 

Members on the Move

Welcome to new members Intuit, OpenText, and Nautilus, Inc.! Learn more about joining them, along with more than 10,000 professionals in the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship member community: Member Benefits

Ashley Roberts Rhodes of Adobe, Lauren Keeler of New Relic, and Tessa Anderson of Charles Schwab lent their expertise this week on the webinar, Virtual Volunteering - The New Normal? Join us for our next webinar: Linking Corporate Citizenship with Inclusion & Diversity.