Monday, November 13, 2023
Brij Anand
Join us for a conversation with Wharton Professor Kenneth Shropshire and Curtis Johnson WG’14 on equity and opportunity in the entertainment industry.
The discussion will touch on Ken’s and Curtis’ leadership and work shaping corporate social responsibility priorities in the entertainment and sports industries, and how they deal with the equity and opportunity challenges both business and society are encountering in this context today.
The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Fareeda Griffith, Managing Director of Wharton Coalition for Equity and Opportunity (CEO).
Where: Violet Cactus Studio Event Space, 1817 W Verdugo Avenue, Burbank, CA 91506
When: Monday, November 13th, 6pm-8pm PST
What: Panel Discussion
Members, $20; Non-members, $35 with rsvp. Absolutely NO WALK-INS ALLOWED; rsvp required to attend.
Number of guests per member limited to ONE GUEST at the member price. Additional Guests or non-members must pay the non-member price.
About the Hosts:
Curtis Johnson WG14
Curtis Johnson WG14, is a strategist and media executive with experience spanning media and entertainment, non-profit, sports and consumer packaged goods. He is currently an executive in Brand Strategy at The Walt Disney Company. In his current role, he leads company-wide strategies to drive ongoing engagement with key audiences, with an emphasis on growth with underrepresented audiences. In his tenure at Disney, he has led a variety of initiatives driving brand growth through relevant and representative storytelling. He also served as co-President of The Bond, Disney’s Black Employee Resource Group.
Professor Kenneth Shropshire
Professor Kenneth Shropshire is the Senior Advisor to Wharton School Dean Erika James. He returns to the University of Pennsylvania as the David W. Hauck Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School and Emeritus Professor of Africana Studies, after five years of launching and leading as CEO of the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University where he was also the Adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport. In his previous 30-year career at Wharton, he founded and directed the Wharton Sports Business Initiative and led the sports-focused executive education programs.
Dr. Fareeda Griffith G'09
Dr. Fareeda Griffith G'09 is the Managing Director of the Wharton CEO Initiative at the Wharton School. With over a decade of experience in higher education, she is helping to launch Wharton CEO with the creation of the CEO Lab while promoting and addressing issues of equity and opportunity, and community engagement. As a quantitatively trained sociologist and demographer, Griffith received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and worked for the last thirteen years at Denison University as an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology and Director of Global Health.
