"What does it mean to lead in this climate?" A dialogue on leadership brought to you by Propeller Ventures + Heidrick & Struggles

​🌊 It's rough out there! Founders, investors, and operators are being pounded by wave after wave of business challenges... But to quote Jon Kabat-Zinn, "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." So join us for a conversation around what it means to be a business leader in these tumultuous times, and what lessons we can learn from a life spent riding the biggest waves in the ocean.

• ​8:30AM - Welcome + Refreshments

• ​8:45AM - Risk, Reward, Leadership, Activism and the Ocean - Greg Long, Pro big wave surfer and Patagonia Global Ambassador

• ​9-9:30AM - Founder perspective

  • ​Jess Adkins - Cofounder/CEO, Calcarea

  • ​Kelly Zheng - Cofounder/CEO, Hum.ai

  • ​Stuart Landesberg - Founder/Chairman, Grove Collaborative

  • ​Moderated by Reece Pacheco, Propeller

• ​9:30-10AM - Investor perspective

  • ​Saloni Multani, Co-head Venture & Growth, Galvanize Climate

  • ​Colin le Duc - Founding Partner, Generation Investment Management

  • ​Morgan Hitzig, VP, Venrock

  • ​Steven Mandel, Partner, TPG Rise Climate

  • ​Moderated by Scott Atkinson, Heidrick & Struggles

• ​10-10:30AM - Thanks and networking.

​About your co-hosts

​Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions. https://www.heidrick.com/

​Propeller Ventures is an early stage climate-tech fund investing in founders building at the ocean-climate nexus. https://propellervc.com/