Behind the Impact

Peloton’s Head of Social Impact, Alia McCants, shares how she built Peloton’s impact function from the ground up by aligning business purpose, brand, and product to advance equitable access to fitness and mental health while driving measurable health outcomes at scale.  

Chess Jakobs, Head of Social Impact, Sustainability, and Communities at Culture Amp, joins the show to unpack his career journey, how Culture Amp embeds impact into the employee experience, and his perspective on where corporate impact is headed.          

Twilio’s Chief Social Impact Officer, Erin Reilly, joins Behind the Impact to discuss how the company built a social impact function that drives business value and generates revenue. She also shares her career journey and lessons for practitioners working to sustain and scale their impact work.

In this episode of Behind the Impact, 1Community's VP of Impact, Rachel E. Cooke, joins the show to discuss how the company integrates impact storytelling into their films, the future of corporate impact, and more.

HubSpot's Social Impact Lead, Kaiya Salemy, joins Behind the Impact to discuss her career journey, HubSpot's approach to social impact, and more.

In this episode of Behind the Impact, Northwestern Mutual's Chief Sustainability & Impact Officer, Grady Crosby, joins the show.

Veena Harbaugh, Sr. Director of Impact & Governance at Sendle, joins the show to unpack what impact looks like inside a growing logistics company. She shares how Sendle is reimagining the shipping industry—from sustainability challenges to unexpected opportunities—and what it takes to lead with purpose in a complex, emissions-heavy sector.

Brian Tippens, Cisco’s SVP, Chief Social Impact & Inclusion Officer, joins Behind the Impact for a powerful conversation on why it’s essential for practitioners to link impact to business value.

Kim Koeman, the Global Director of Impact at Steelcase, joins the show to share her journey into corporate social impact and how Steelcase is using its people, products, and capital for good.

Maggie Hureau, Head of Social Impact at Mammoth Brands (formerly Harry’s Inc.), joins the show to share her journey into corporate social impact and how the largest CPG company built in the last 20 years leverages its people, products, and capital for good.

Nike’s former Public Policy & Social Impact Operations Director, Dina Stults, joins the show to reflect on her 20-year career in impact at the sportswear giant.

UserTesting's Chief of Staff to the Chief People Officer and Head of ESG, Corey Hatcher, joins the show to discuss her unique journey into corporate social impact and how the company leverages its people, products, and capital for good.

Paige Rodgers, Director of the Equinix Foundation & Equinix Community Impact, joins the show to share how she got into corporate impact, the theory of change, and the importance of integrating social impact, ESG, and other impact functions into a company’s DNA.

Allie Ottoboni, President of the eBay Foundation, joins the show to share insights into the foundation's approach to corporate philanthropy, what it was like to take the reins during a pandemic, and the lessons she has learned along the way.

Kyndryl's VP of Social Impact, Pam Hacker, joins the show to discuss the unique way she broke into the social impact profession, how Kyndryl is making a difference, and the lessons she has learned along the way.

Greg Ho, President of Spring Mountain Capital and head of the firm's Social Impact Group, joins the show to discuss how investors can leverage capital for good.

Cotopaxi's VP of Impact and Sustainability, Annie Agle, joins the show to pull back the curtain on how the company uses its people, products, and capital for good.

Chime's Head of Corporate Social Impact, Kira Traore, joins the show to pull back the curtain on how the company uses its people, products, and capital for good.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Head of Global Social Impact Manager, Fred Tan, joins the show to discuss how one of the most well-known brands on the planet creates impact on a global scale.

Fiverr's Social Impact Manager, Michelle Baltrusitis, joins the show to talk about how one of the top marketplaces for freelancers and entrepreneurs approaches social impact.

GitLab's Sr. Director of ESG, Stacy Cline, joins the show to talk about the company's approach to ESG and how its building out its impact programs.

Okta's Sr. Manager of Social Impact, Victor Cordon, joins the show to talk about the company's latest efforts to drive meaningful impact in the world.

Visible's Head of Social Impact, Sarah Glickstein, joins the show to talk about how the all-digital wireless carrier uses its people, product, and capital to make a difference.

OutSystems' Community Growth and Social Impact Team Lead, Snezana Djurisic, joins the show to talk about how the company uses its people, product, and capital to make a difference.

Shopify's Head of Social Impact, Brittney Oberfeld, joins the show to talk about how one of the top commerce platforms in the world uses its people, product, and capital to make a difference.