Lavin Bernick Executive Chat with Shannon Schuyler

The Lavin Bernick Executive Chats are an exciting way to engage with successful and esteemed executives and civic leaders. You will have an opportunity to participate in an intimate conversation around the theme of leadership.

This session will feature Shannon Schuyler, Principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC), and the firm's Chief Purpose Officer and Corporate Responsibility (CR) Leader. Shannon is also the President of the PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.

A strong voice in the global business community, Shannon is working to infuse Purpose into PwC's core business strategy by elevating the global conversation on building trust, collaboration and acting with intention and meaning in every practice, service offering and engagement. She serves as a managing editor for Huffington Post's What's Working initiative and is helping to redefine the role of Purpose as a critical avenue for achieving business growth. As PwC's CR Leader, she designs and implements social and environmental programs that are scalable and aligned with the firm's strategic business priorities: activating employee engagement; building an inclusive workplace and developing a diverse talent pipeline; driving operational efficiencies; elevating stakeholder engagement and connectivity; and differentiating PwC's brand in the marketplace.

Shannon is widely recognized in her field as a dynamic change agent. Most recently named as one Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business and Foreign Policy's Top Thinkers. Locally, Leadership Greater Chicago named her its 2015 "Distinguished Fellow"; and Chicago Business Journal named her a 2015 "Women of Influence". She is also a board member of numerous charitable organizations, including The HistoryMakers Foundation, the National Environmental Education Foundation and Leadership Greater Chicago.

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