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CECP Summit 2026: Purpose Reignited

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C Citi's Head of Community Investing and Development, Brandee McHale, received the Charles H. Moore Award for Leadership in Corporate Community Engagement, highlighting the company's commitment to enabling growth and economic progress through business, philanthropy, and expertise. This recognition suggests strong positive performance and impact in corporate social responsibility. AMGN Amgen received The Goldies Award for its Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) program, which has successfully educated over 1.1 million students in biotechnology. This award signifies strong positive impact and innovation in the biotech education sector, funded by the Amgen Foundation. IBM IBM is listed as a company participating in the CECP Summit, with Sara Link mentioned as Head of Employee Impact. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. GOOG Google is mentioned with Utaukwa Allen as Global Head of Economic & Community Development, Data Centers, participating in the CECP Summit. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. MSFT Microsoft is mentioned in the context of AI adoption as a force reshaping responsible business. While AI is a hot market, the article does not provide specific sentiment or performance details for Microsoft itself. BAC Bank of America is listed as a company participating in the CECP Summit, with Abigail Hollingsworth mentioned as Director. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. XOM Exxon Mobil is mentioned as a Gold Level sponsor of the CECP Summit and the Exxon Mobil Foundation is noted. The mention is related to sponsorship and foundation activities, not direct company performance. WFC Wells Fargo is mentioned as a Silver Level sponsor of the CECP Summit and as a Company Spotlight honoree. The Wells Fargo Foundation is also noted. These mentions are related to sponsorship and recognition, not specific performance. MET MetLife is listed with Tia Hodges as Vice President for Corporate Giving, Employee Engagement & Volunteerism, participating in the CECP Summit. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. is listed with Shaolee Sen as Head of Small Business, Global Philanthropy, Corporate Social Responsibility, participating in the CECP Summit. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. GE GE Aerospace and GE Aerospace Foundation are mentioned with Deb Silverman as Director of Philanthropy. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. AMAT Applied Materials is listed with Katie Ferrick as Managing Director, Applied Purpose, participating in the CECP Summit. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. EQIX Equinix is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. DIS Discovery Education is mentioned as a Company Spotlight honoree and Christine Sybert as Senior Director, Corporate Education Partnerships. The mention is in the context of recognition and participation, not specific performance. BIIB Boehringer Ingelheim is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. REGN Regeneron is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. ZTS Zoetis is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. BBY Best Buy is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. CSCO Cisco is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. ED ConEdison is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. MA Mastercard is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. PFE Merck Foundation is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. LNC Lincoln Financial Foundation is mentioned with Meghan Wright as Vice President, Community Impact & Charitable Giving; Executive Director. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. INTC The article mentions AI adoption as a significant trend. While Intel is a major player in AI hardware, the article does not specifically mention Intel or provide sentiment regarding its performance. NVDA The article discusses AI adoption as a major business trend. NVIDIA is a key company in the AI space, but the article does not specifically mention NVIDIA or provide sentiment regarding its performance. AMD The article mentions AI adoption as a significant trend. While AMD is involved in AI, the article does not specifically mention AMD or provide sentiment regarding its performance. MU The article mentions AI adoption as a significant trend. While Micron is a memory provider crucial for AI, the article does not specifically mention Micron or provide sentiment regarding its performance. DE Deere & Company is listed with Taryn Edgin as President, John Deere Foundation and Director, Community Relations, participating in the CECP Summit. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. CAT The article mentions AI adoption as a force reshaping responsible business. While Caterpillar is exploring AI, the article does not specifically mention Caterpillar or provide sentiment regarding its performance. HON The article mentions AI adoption as a force reshaping responsible business. While Honeywell is involved in AI, the article does not specifically mention Honeywell or provide sentiment regarding its performance. BA The article mentions AI adoption as a force reshaping responsible business. While Boeing is exploring AI, the article does not specifically mention Boeing or provide sentiment regarding its performance. GEV The article mentions AI adoption as a force reshaping responsible business. While GE Vernova is involved in energy solutions, the article does not specifically mention GE Vernova or provide sentiment regarding its performance. NEE The article mentions AI adoption as a force reshaping responsible business. While NextEra Energy is involved in energy infrastructure, the article does not specifically mention NextEra Energy or provide sentiment regarding its performance. EXC Exelon is mentioned as a Silver Level sponsor of the CECP Summit. The mention is related to sponsorship, not direct company performance. FISV Fiserv is listed with Vivian Greentree as SVP, Head of Global Corporate Citizenship; President, Fiserv Cares Foundation, participating in the CECP Summit. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. INTU Intuit is listed with Erin Moos as Head of Strategic Philanthropy, Employee Giving and Volunteering, participating in the CECP Summit. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. BNTX Boehringer Ingelheim is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. MRK Merck Foundation is listed as a Company Spotlight honoree. The mention is in the context of recognition and does not provide specific performance details. SAN Sanofi is mentioned as a Silver Level sponsor of the CECP Summit. The mention is related to sponsorship, not direct company performance. BEN Benevity is mentioned as a Silver Level sponsor of the CECP Summit. The mention is related to sponsorship, not direct company performance. STX The article mentions AI adoption as a force reshaping responsible business. While Seagate is involved in data storage for AI, the article does not specifically mention Seagate or provide sentiment regarding its performance. GOOGL Google is mentioned with Utaukwa Allen as Global Head of Economic & Community Development, Data Centers, participating in the CECP Summit. The mention is in the context of participation and does not provide specific performance details. FIS Fidelity Investments is mentioned as a Silver Level sponsor of the CECP Summit. The mention is related to sponsorship, not direct company performance.

CECP Summit 2026: Purpose Reignited NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / This week, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose© (CECP) is bringing together more than 250 senior social impact, corporate responsibility, and sustainability leaders from the world's leading global companies for the 23rd annual CECP Summit: Purpose Reignited.

At the event, an influential community of corporate leaders are exploring the forces reshaping responsible business - from new tax changes to AI adoption to the art of building strategic alliances. Sessions cover the range of corporate purpose topics including employee volunteering, the ROI of corporate foundations, championing veteran communities, place-based partnerships, turning purpose into measurable business performance, and more. Across every conversation, one throughline emerged: purpose is not just a principle, it's a performance driver.

"As we navigate a landscape transformed by AI and other tremendous shifts in the world, it is clear that purpose has moved from the periphery to the center of business resilience," said Sara Adams, Chief Communications Officer, CECP. "The leaders at this year's Summit are proving that 'Purpose Reignited' is more than a theme, it is a competitive necessity. By leveraging CECP's deep data benchmarking and peer community, these companies are not just adapting to a complex world; they are actively shaping a future where social investment is a primary driver of long-term sustainable value."

The Summit includes the presentation of the Charles H. Moore Award for Leadership in Corporate Community Engagement. The 2026 "Charlie Award" was presented to Brandee McHale, Head of Community Investing and Development at Citi and President of the Citi Foundation. The award is named in honor of CECP's founding Executive Director and is presented to senior leaders who exemplify perseverance in the pursuit of societal advancement, the trait for which Charlie Moore was best known.

"I'm honored to receive the Charlie Award, a powerful reminder that businesses thrive by showing up for the communities they serve," said Brandee McHale, Head of Community Investing and Development at Citi and President of the Citi Foundation. "At Citi, our mission is to enable growth and economic progress, and we do so by bringing together the full weight of our firm-our business, our philanthropy, our people and expertise-to catalyze more resilient communities. CECP has been an invaluable partner in this work, and to be recognized by them is incredibly meaningful."

Brandee McHale leads Citi's efforts to advance economic opportunity through impact investing, community-based financial access and education programs, fulfilment of U.S. Community Reinvestment Act regulatory obligations, employee volunteerism and the philanthropy of the Citi Foundation. With more than three decades of experience in financial services and philanthropy, Brandee has dedicated her career to developing forward-thinking solutions that connect low-income communities to jobs, housing and a more economically secure future.

The Summit convening also bestowed a new award, The Goldies Award, which honors a team or initiative that exemplifies the gold standard in corporate social investment, demonstrating how business can be a force for good in local communities. The 2026 "Goldies Award" was presented to Amgen for the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE).The program, funded by the Amgen Foundation, is designed to close the gap between classroom learning and real-world biotechnology and has reached more than 1.1 million students and 5,200 teachers to date. At no cost to schools, ABE equips teachers with professional development and research-grade lab equipment to support students' performing authentic experiments such as DNA ligation, bacterial transformation, protein purification, PCR, and gene sequence analysis. The Amgen Foundation is proud to have committed more than $75 million to date to make this program possible.

At the CECP Summit, attendees will also hear about two decades of Giving in Numbers® trend data to reveal how corporate purpose has evolved-what's grown, what's shifted, and what's disappeared along the way. CECP, in partnership with companies, has created the largest and most historical data set on trends in the industry, shared by more than 650 multi-billion-dollar companies, representing more than $519 billion in corporate social investments over that time span. This session will unpack major trends in corporate community investment, noncash giving, volunteerism, program focus areas, and the changing role of corporate responsibility teams inside companies.

The CECP Summit offers an unparalleled line up of speakers from CECP companies including:

Dale Strange, President, Corporate Impact, YourCause from Blackbaud

Scott Heimlich, President of the Amgen Foundation and Executive Director of Corporate Philanthropy, Amgen

Katie Ferrick, Managing Director, Applied Purpose, Applied Materials

Olivia Khalili, Head of Foundation & Social Impact, Atlassian

Abigail Hollingsworth, Director, Bank of America

Soraya Alexander, CEO, Benevity

Dionn Schaffner, SVP of Social Impact and Chief Diversity Officer, Bonterra

Brandee McHale, Head of Community Investing and Development at Citi and President, the Citi Foundation

Kristen Scheyder, Director of Programs, the Citi Foundation

Robert Goodfellow, Senior Director, Global Corporate Communications & CSR, Colgate-Palmolive

Carol Cone, CEO, Cone on Purpose

Carrie Stockwell, Director, Philanthropy, Constellation

Taryn Edgin, President, John Deere Foundation and Director, Community Relations, Deere & Company

Dana O'Donovan, U.S. Purpose Leader, Deloitte

Christine Sybert, Senior Director, Corporate Education Partnerships, Discovery Education

Theresa Peterson, SVP of Thought Leadership Research, Edelman

Jennifer Leitsch, Americas Corporate Sustainability Leader, EY

Rachel Strong, America's Sustainability Tax Policy Leader, EY

Alvin Abraham, President, Exxon Mobil Foundation

Maeve Miccio, Head of Philanthropic Consulting, Fidelity Investments

Michelle de la Uz, Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee

Vivian Greentree, SVP, Head of Global Corporate Citizenship; President, Fiserv Cares Foundation, Fiserv

Billy Cyr, CEO, Freshpet

Deb Silverman, Director of Philanthropy, GE Aerospace and GE Aerospace Foundation

Veronica Sandolval, Director, Cross-Portfolio Philanthropy, Genentech

Alissa May, Vice President of Impact, Goodera

Utaukwa Allen, Global Head of Economic & Community Development, Data Centers, Google

Sara Link, Global Head of Employee Impact, IBM

Erin Moos. Head of Strategic Philanthropy, Employee Giving and Volunteering, Intuit

Shaolee Sen, Head of Small Business, Global Philanthropy, Corporate Social Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Meghan Wright, Vice President, Community Impact & Charitable Giving; Executive Director, Lincoln Financial Foundation, Lincoln Financial

Tia Hodges, Vice President for Corporate Giving, Employee Engagement & Volunteerism, Metlife

Susan McPherson, Founder and CEO, McPherson Strategies

Dave Best, President and CEO at Newman's Own, Inc.

Kristin Giantris, Managing Director, Nonprofit Finance Fund

Matthew Forti, Managing Director, One Acre Fund

Barb Short, Senior Director, CSR & Sustainability, Global Specialty Care & US, Sanofi

Christy Kiely, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Stacy Rotner, Corporate Responsibility Director, Sidley Austin LLP

Clea Newman, Ambassador, SeriousFun Children's Network

Courtney Failer, Senior Program Coordinator, Impact, Steelcase

Lynette Bell, Executive Vice President, President, Truist Foundation

David Evetts, Head of Philanthropy and Advocacy, USAA

Aaron Hurst, Founder and CEO, U.S Chamber of Connection

Molly Porter, Chief Administrative Officer, Wells Fargo Foundation

Diana Fischer, Senior Director, Workday Foundation

CECP thanks its sponsors for their generous support of the CECP Summit: Platinum Level: YourCause from Blackbaud; Gold Level: PwC, Citi, Exxon Mobil; Silver Level: Benevity, Exelon, Fidelity, Goodera, Sanofi, Wells Fargo; Partner Service Providers: Bonterra, E4E Relief, Groundswell.

CECP also congratulates the 2025-2026 Company Spotlight honorees: Best Buy,

Boehringer Ingelheim, Cisco, ConEdison, Covista, Discovery Education, Equinix, KPMG, Mastercard, Merck Foundation, Otsuka, PSEG, Regeneron, Wells Fargo, and Zoetis. On a quarterly basis, CECP selects companies for the Company Spotlight through a thoughtful information-sharing and communications-support process. Company Spotlights are shared with over 2,000 affiliated corporate leaders, posted on the CECP website as case studies for other affiliated companies, and recognized at the CECP Summit.

Following the conclusion of the 2026 CECP Summit, CECP will be posting on its website photos, videos, guest blogs, and an Executive Summary.

The application process for the 2027 Charlie Award and 2027 Goldies Award is now open. Nominate a peer senior leader in corporate responsibility today. The deadline is August 30. The application for the 2027 Charlie Award can be accessed here, the application for the 2027 Goldies Award can be accessed here, or by emailing CECP.

CECP Media Contact

Katie Leasor

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About Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP)

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose® (CECP) is the only nonpartisan business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. We promote responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee engagement, improves brand trust, attracts top talent, connects with strategic investors, and contributes to the bottom line.

More than 200 of the world's leading companies seek to improve their return on purpose through access to CECP's solutions in research and insights, strategy and benchmarking, and convening and communications. With our companies, we harness the power of purpose for business, stakeholders, and society.

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