Welcome to Impact with John Shegerian — a weekly podcast featuring conversations with some of the greatest business minds and thought leaders on the planet.

Join us every week for new episodes and explore the collection of past conversations below.

March 14, 2024

St. Patrick’s Day Special: Green Innovation from Ireland

Cathal Foley, CEO of PACE, has 20 years of experience working in Investment Banking and Private Equity, including Equity Derivative trading experience with HSBC and BNP Paribas. While in South East Asia he worked in Renewable Energy Asset and Power Purchase transactions. Cathal is also Chief Commercial Officer for Fexco’s Design and Innovation division DRIVE. […]

March 12, 2024

Accelerating Sustainable Transformation with Debbie McCormack of Accenture

Debbie McCormack is the Global Sustainability and Board Effectiveness Lead for Accenture plc. She advises board members, CEOs, management teams, and others active in governance with insight on current boardroom issues and governance trends. Debbie’s areas of expertise include environmental, social, governance (ESG), with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), board composition, social […]

March 7, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Patent Data with Will Mansfield of LexisNexis

William Mansfield is the Head of Consulting and Customer Success in Americas + CEMEA for LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions. He is responsible for overseeing the negotiation, creation, and delivery of LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions’ global consulting work and managing the Customer Success team. He works closely with numerous international and Fortune 500 companies and others […]

March 6, 2024

Focusing on People and Diversity with Shanique Bonelli-Moore of Clorox

Shanique Bonelli-Moore is chief diversity and social impact officer of The Clorox Company. In this role, which she assumed in July 2022, Bonelli-Moore leads all inclusion, diversity, equity and allyship initiatives. She also guides the strategy and execution of The Clorox Company Foundation’s charitable giving and employee community engagement programs. John Shegerian: Get the latest […]

March 5, 2024

Committing to Doing the Right Thing with Xavier Roussel of Dole

Xavier Roussel, the Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer at Dole Food Company, has worked in fresh produce most of his career and joined Dole 25 years ago. He has held various positions in Europe from product manager to general manager before moving to marketing in 2008 and sustainability in 2014. He is currently Chief Marketing […]

February 29, 2024

Getting Creative on the Road to Net Zero with Graham Hill of The Carbonauts

Graham Hill is the founder and CEO behind The Carbonauts. Hailed as one of Fast Co.’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” Graham’s 23-year environmental career has many achievements. There was the groundbreaking, highest trafficked green website TreeHugger.com that was sold to Discovery Channel and has served billions of page views, LifeEdited, a small living consultancy with […]

February 27, 2024

Bringing Life to a Healthy, Sustainable Vision with Caitlin Leibert of Whole Foods

As Vice President of Sustainability for Whole Foods Market, Caitlin is responsible for creating and implementing the company’s sustainability vision and strategy in more than 540 stores worldwide. From climate strategy, to waste reduction, to water and land stewardship, Caitlin works to improve Whole Foods Market’s impact as a company and plays a key role […]

February 22, 2024

Integrating ESG Into CRE Business Goals with Kelsey Duffey of Walker & Dunlop

Kelsey Duffey, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, joined Walker & Dunlop in August 2012. Her primary responsibility is managing all communications between Walker & Dunlop and the investment community. She spearheads the company’s ESG efforts and leads a group of senior executives in driving towards W&D’s Drive to ’25 ESG goals. John Shegerian: Get […]

February 21, 2024

Scaling Impact Businesses for Global Success with Aidan McKenna of Enterprise Ireland

Aidan is the Regional Director, Americas for Enterprise Ireland. In his role, Aidan is responsible for implementing Enterprise Ireland’s strategy for increasing client exports through identification of market opportunities, market connections and advice. Aidan leads a team across 9 offices supporting over 900+ client companies entering and scaling key markets and verticals in Americas. John […]

February 20, 2024

Transforming How the World Connects with Angela Baker of Qualcomm

Angela Baker is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Qualcomm, Inc. and spearheads the company’s Corporate Responsibility efforts focused on driving sustainable innovation in wireless technology to transform how the world connects, computes, and communicates. She oversees Qualcomm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) program; Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™, the company’s tech-for-good initiative; and global STEM Education investments […]

February 15, 2024

Establishing Purpose-Driven Priorities with Jeannie Renné-Malone of VF Corporation

Jeannie Renné-Malone leads global sustainability at VF Corporation, overseeing all aspects of VF’s sustainability strategy across its brands, operations, supply chain, materials, and products. Renné-Malone has extensive experience in the development and implementation of sustainability goals and strategies, stakeholder engagement, and tracking and reporting of sustainability/ESG results. At VF, she has led various strategic initiatives, […]

February 14, 2024

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates with Dan Zahir

Daniel Zahir is the Creative Director of Edelweiss Chocolates, a 5th-generation family run chocolatier, handcrafting confections in the heart of Beverly Hills since 1942. Daniel has enjoyed 20 years of growth and learning at Edelweiss Chocolates and is proud to commit to ushering in a new era of tradition that will take Edelweiss full-steam ahead […]