September 19 — Global Corporate Citizenship: Seeking Economic and Social ROI
Should American companies do the right thing because it’s the right thing or because it’s the profitable thing? Does it make a difference to how the world sees the US?
When: Friday September 19, 3:00 PM
Where: DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Pamela Carter, president of Cummins Distribution Business. As president of Cummins Distribution, Pamela Carter oversees the company’s global distribution network, which is the primary path to market of Cummins products and consists of 500 distributors and more than 5,000 dealers in morethan 160 countries. Carter joined Cummins in 1997 as vice president and general counsel, after a distinguished legal and political career that included a term as Indiana Attorney General, becoming the first elected African-American female attorney general in U.S. history.
Newton F. Crenshaw ’85, vice president of policy, pricing, reimbursement and access, and international corporate affairs for Eli Lilly & Co. Newton F. Crenshaw is vice president of policy, pricing, reimbursement and access, and international corporate affairs for Eli Lilly & Co. Crenshaw recently returned to the United States from his five-year tenure as president and general manager of Lilly Japan. Currently a member of the company’s senior management council, Crenshaw has been with Eli Lilly & Co. since joining the company in 1985 as a sales representative in Charlottesville, Va. Crenshaw serves on several boards, including chair of PhRMA’s Japan-based executice committee.
Stephen W. Sanger ’68, former CEO of General Mills. Stephen W. Sanger served as the chairman of General Mills, Inc. from May 1995 until his retirement in May 2008. He also was chief executive officer from May 1995 to September 2007. Sanger joined General Mills in 1974 and progressed through a variety of positions in marketing management across the company’s consumer food businesses, including president of the Big G Cereal Division and president of Yoplait USA. Sanger is a director of the Target Corporation, Wells Fargo & Company and a member of the board of Catalyst, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, and Guthrie Theater. In addition, Sanger is a member of the Business Council and the U.S. Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
Moderator: James B. Stewart ’73, SmartMoney editor-at-large. James B. Stewart is an editor-at-large for Smart Money magazine and contributing editor for SmartMoney.com. A former page-one editor of The Wall Street Journal and executive director of American Lawyer Magazine, he is the Bloomberg Professor of Business and Economic Journalism at Columbia University. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, Stewart has explored the abuse of power and ways to raise ethical standards at the highest levels of government and finance.
