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Closing Plenary: Celebrating the Optimism of the B Corp Community
Thursday April 23, 2026 3:20pm - 4:30pm CDT
Baird Center, Ballroom DEFG
Join us as we close out Champions Retreat with joy, optimism, inspiration and celebration! This final gathering will weave together stories of intentional activism and creative purpose, and also pay tribute to the trailblazers who anchor our movement in its highest ideals. We will conclude with sharing gratitude and celebrating this community we have built together.

  • Reflections from Dr. Kimberly McGlonn
  • Fireside Chat: Active-ism: Turning Purpose into Powerful Product Design with Leigh Barnes, Intrepid Travel and Leah Thomas, Green Girl Leah & Intersectional Environmentalist
  • Ripple Story: Christa Barfield, FarmerJawn Agriculture
  • Hal Taussig Award by Jonathan Coleman, UnTours
  • Closing words, gratitude, and thank yous from B Lab
  • Musical closing with De La Buena


Speakers
avatar for Dr. Kimberly McGlonn

Dr. Kimberly McGlonn

Emcee, Author, CEO, Build it Boldly
Dr. Kimberly McGlonn is a social entrepreneur, executive leader, and founder of Build It Boldly, a media and leadership development company equipping principled leaders to practice the work that shapes how they show up: for their lives, their teams, and the world they are responsible... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Ellonda Williams

Dr. Ellonda Williams

Executive Director & Sr. Director of Community, B Lab U.S. & Canada


avatar for Holly Ensign-Barstow

Holly Ensign-Barstow

Co-Executive Director, B Lab U.S. & Canada

avatar for Leah Thomas

Leah Thomas

Founder, Green Girl Leah
Leah Thomas (she/her), widely known as Green Girl Leah, is a trailblazing environmentalist, author, and founder of Intersectional Environmentalist, a nonprofit and educational platform advancing climate justice through inclusion and accessibility. Leah coined and popularized the... Read More →
avatar for Leigh Barnes

Leigh Barnes

President of the Americas, Intrepid Travel

avatar for Christa Barfield

Christa Barfield

CEO, FarmerJawn Agriculture
Christa Barfield is a health-care professional turned farmer and life-long Philadelphia resident. It was 10 years into her career in health-care administration when she realized her work-life balance was unhealthy; she resigned from her job and embarked on a solo trip to Martinique... Read More →
Thursday April 23, 2026 3:20pm - 4:30pm CDT
Baird Center, Ballroom DEFG 400 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53203
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