When

Wednesday April 6, 2016 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
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The Aspen Institute 
One Dupont Circle, NW
Washington, DC 20036  

 
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Claire Daviss 
The Aspen Institute 
202-736-3578 
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Reimagine Retail: A Conversation with Kathleen McLaughlin and Walter Isaacson 

Featuring

Kathleen McLaughlin
Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart
President, The Walmart Foundation

Walter Isaacson
President and CEO, The Aspen Institute

With Opening Remarks From

Maureen Conway
Vice President for Policy Programs, The Aspen Institute
Executive Director, Economic Opportunities Program

and

Monique Miles 
Deputy Director, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions
Director, Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund

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About the Event

Retail has long been one of the most influential industries in the United States. Currently the retail industry employs more than 15 million people, and even with economic changes, such as the rise of online shopping, it is projected to continue growing. Because it employs such a large portion of the American workforce, even small changes in the retail industry have immense potential to help expand opportunities for low- and moderate-income workers. What can the retail industry, related industries, nonprofits, philanthropy, and other members of the private sector do to enhance economic opportunities?

We are pleased to invite you to an afternoon discussion with Kathleen McLaughlin, chief sustainability officer of Walmart and president of the Walmart Foundation, and Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute. They will explore the private sector’s role in expanding economic opportunities for frontline workers. The discussion will be held in the Aspen Institute offices in Washington, DC, and followed by an evening reception.

About the Speakers
Kathleen McLaughlin, Chief Sustainability Officer for Walmart, President of the Walmart Foundation
Kathleen McLaughlin is the chief sustainability officer for Walmart, and the president of the Walmart Foundation. Walmart uses its strengths to create economic opportunity for individuals and foster inclusive economic development; enhance the sustainability of food, apparel, and general merchandise supply chains; and strengthen the resilience of local communities. Last year, in addition to business initiatives investing in people and businesses in supply chains, the company surpassed over $1.4 billion in giving worldwide, including $1 billion of food donations. McLaughlin joined Walmart in 2013. Before that, she spent over 20 years with the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company. McLaughlin earned a Bachelor of Science from Boston University, and she also earned a Master of Arts from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. 


Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute

Walter Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, DC. He is the author of several books, most recently, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014). Isaacson has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine. Early in his career, he worked at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. He is chair emeritus of Teach for America. He was appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate to serve as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other international broadcasts of the United States, a position he held until 2012. He is vice-chair of Partners for a New Beginning, a public-private group tasked with forging ties between the United States and the Muslim world.  He is on the board of United Airlines, Tulane University, and the Overseers of Harvard University.  From 2005-2007, after Hurricane Katrina, he was the vice-chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. He is a graduate of Harvard College and of Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.