Leadership Solutions for Health + Prosperity
About the Program
The Leadership Solutions for Health & Prosperity program addresses challenging public health and societal issues involving the food and other industries. It brings together and assists business, public health, regulatory and nonprofit leaders to arrive at practical solutions to health, nutrition and other pressing problems. Program activities include:
Forums of industry executives, public health advocates, regulators, government officials, food/nutrition/agricultural experts and others to solve common problems;
Executive seminars and workshops to guide industry and other stakeholders on public health issues and solutions;
Develop and showcase new research on consumer and other health concerns;
Produce and publish thought leader reports, white papers, articles and opinions on industry opportunities to address public health problems;
Support and expand Georgetown Business for Impact’s leadership of the Portion Balance Coalition – an alliance of food and beverage industry, nonprofit, academic and government leaders focused on healthier portions to combat obesity and overweight.
Leadership Solutions for Health & Prosperity is part of Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. The Program is designed to tap a new type of leadership thinking that generates practical solutions to pressing public health issues for the benefit of consumers and society as a whole.
The Program is headed by Executive Director Hank Cardello, a contributor to Forbes on food industry leadership, the principal investigator on the landmark study Better-for-you Foods: It’s Just Good Business, and the author of the book Stuffed: An Insider’s Look at Who’s (Really) Making America Fat. He is a former food executive with Coca-Cola, General Mills, Anheuser-Busch and Cadbury-Schweppes, and co-Chaired the inaugural Global Obesity Business Forum sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has a record of success in shaping and tracking industry commitments to improve consumer health and has moderated expert panels at the White House, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Partnership for a Healthier America, among others. His perspectives have been shared in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as in all major broadcast networks, CNN, NPR and the BBC. He holds a B.S. degree Magna Cum Laude in materials science and metallurgical engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA in marketing from the Wharton Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania.
About Georgetown Business for Impact: We unleash the power of business to help people and the planet thrive. We help solve today’s most pressing social and environmental problems by delivering world-class education and research, impactful student experiences and strategic partnerships with corporations, nonprofits and government. We are guided by Georgetown’s Jesuit values and are located in Washington, D.C. – the government, policy and corporate center of the U.S.
