Looking Ahead to 2024: Aligning Political Giving and Influence with Business Values

BSR Members Only

Date and Time

June 14, 2023
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time

Location

Webinar

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Heading into the 2024 U.S. electoral cycle, companies will face increased scrutiny. Stakeholders and the media are closely observing whether companies are aligning political giving and influence with business values. This webinar will capture emerging trends alongside operational, reputational, and foundational risks when it comes to political giving by companies. Speakers will showcase tools and resources to help members prepare for increased scrutiny as well as meaningful actions they can take. Attendees can expect case examples, peer learning, and a forum to share challenges.

Scheduled Speakers

• Elizabeth Doty, Director, Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce, The Erb Institute at University of Michigan
• Heidi Welsh, Executive Director, Sustainable Investments Institute
• Jen Stark, Co-Director, Center for Business and Social Justice, BSR
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Jen Stark
Co-Director, Center for Business and Social Justice, BSR
Washington, D.C.
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Jen is the Co-Director of the Center for Business and Social Justice.
She is a strategy development and implementation expert at complex health and humanitarian organizations with 20+ years of experience. She launched the Center in 2022 alongside Jarrid Green to illuminate a path for companies to shift from performative to transformational actions with a focus on public policy engagement and influence. 
Prior to joining BSR, she directed investments at the Tara Health Foundation to advance meaningful change among private sector employers on gender and racial equity, including historic progress on paid family and medical leave, reproductive health, and other workplace protections. Before working in philanthropy, she founded the corporate relations program at Planned Parenthood Federation of America to unlock advocacy, grantmaking and employee support to preserve access to reproductive healthcare nationwide. She also managed the disaster fundraising team at the American Red Cross, coordinating large scale efforts to responsibly raise and deploy hundreds of millions of dollars. She is frequently cited in business press on flashpoint topics and is an advisor to Gauge.ai, the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute, and GoFundMe’s Compassion Leadership Network. 
Jen holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is based in Washington, DC with her family, where she also plays cello in a community orchestra.   
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