Sustainability Leadership Award Speaker Series features Virgin United president
April 19, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Jean Oelwang, the founding CEO and president of Virgin Unite and a member of the Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors, will lead a panel discussion in the inaugural Susman Sustainability Leadership Award Speaker Series at noon Wednesday, April 21.
The discussion, titled “Collective Courage: A Talk on Changing Business for Good,” will be held virtually via Zoom. Attendees are asked to register online.
Oelwang, a 1987 Smeal marketing alumna, is the first recipient of the Gerald I. Susman Sustainability Leadership Award. The award recognizes alumni and friends who demonstrate exceptional leadership in the advancement of sustainable business strategy, management and practice. Recipients achievements should support Smeal’s strategic pillar of accelerating the integration of sustainability in business.
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