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AI may dominate boardroom conversations, but most Fortune 500 brands are far from prepared. Former Meta executive and Alpha co-founder Alvin Bowles exposes the gaps—fractured data, missing talent, and ethical blind spots—that stand between hype and real impact. With sharp insights, he challenges leaders to move beyond buzzwords and build the vision and infrastructure needed to truly compete in the age of intelligent technology.

From the start, business in America has been about more than profit. Companies have long played a role in shaping civic life. Corporate responsibility isn’t just philanthropy or ESG reports. It’s about how decisions made in boardrooms, supply chains, and storefronts ripple out into communities. In today’s marketplace, brands are no longer judged by the products they sell alone, but by the cultural and social impact they create.

This conversation, led by Tracy Sturdivant, CEO and President of The League, and Tru Pettigrew, Founder and Chief Bridge Builder of Tru Access, will explore how companies can authentically connect with communities and drive meaningful change. Grounded in the Four Degrees of Cultural Proximity framework, the discussion will highlight the four dimensions of culture—social, cultural, community, and economic—to unpack how brands can move beyond surface-level engagement to real impact through cultivating genuine relevance with their consumers and communities. Attendees will walk away with a deeper understanding of how proximity to culture and intentional impact strategies can fuel brand growth, build equity, and strengthen long-term relationships with consumers.

Black women in America are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women—a crisis rooted in systemic inequities. In this moving talk, maternal wellness advocate and doula Latham Thomas explores how the growing embrace of doulas is reshaping maternal care and offering a pathway to saving lives. With stories from the front lines of birth work, she reveals why having a doula is more than a trend—it’s a vital intervention that centers women’s voices, restores trust, and reclaims agency in one of life’s most vulnerable moments. Thomas makes a powerful case for reimagining maternal health so that every woman, especially Black women, can give birth with dignity and thrive beyond it.