Neil C. Hawkins is President of Michigan Sustainability Associates and Graduate Faculty at Harvard University Division of Continuing Education. He spent 31 years at Dow, ultimately serving as Chief Sustainability Officer and CVP, Environment, Health & Safety. At Dow, Dr. Hawkins led the groundbreaking “valuing nature” collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, integrating sustainability into corporate strategy. Globally recognized as a sustainability thought leader, he later served as President of the Erb Family Foundation, focusing on improving the Great Lakes ecosystem, environmental justice, and founding the Sustainable Business Network of Detroit. Dr. Hawkins was President of the World Environment Center, Michigan Sustainability Associates, and a Research Advisor/Graduate Faculty at Harvard’s Master of Sustainability program. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has held board roles across sustainability, arts, and business organizations. Dr. Hawkins has advised CEOs and CSOs on strategy and was a past appointee to the IOC Olympic Sustainability Commission and the Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, which transformed ESG investment. He received the 2012 CK Prahalad Award for Sustainability Leadership. Dr. Hawkins earned a PhD and a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech. He can be reached at neilchawkins@gmail.com.