Net Impact invites the graduating class of 2025 (undergraduate or graduate students) as well as Net Impact Alumni to join us for an inspiring virtual event to celebrate this year’s graduating class.

Join us on Tuesday, June 17 from 12-1:00 pm ET / 9-10:00 am PT to hear from responsible business champion, serial entrepreneur, and Yale Net Impact alum Seth Goldman about his journey from founding Honest Tea, PLNT Burger, and becoming the executive chairman of Beyond Meat, an industry leader in plant-based food companies. In addition, you’ll hear from Nuveen’s Director of ESG Stakeholder Relationships and Bard College Net Impact alum Lindsay Moreau on her career journey from raising capital as a fundraiser to allocating capital at an impact investment firm. Plus, you’ll have a chance to connect directly with other recent graduates and alumni who are pursuing or actively working in the impact space to share resources and build your Net Impact network! 

Graduating students will have the opportunity to be paired with an impact professional for a 30-minute informational interview. Students must attend the event to receive the informational interview. 

• Student and Professionals: Register for the Event & Sign Up for Informational Interviews Here
• Alumni/Professionals: Can’t join the event, but want to offer informational interviews? Sign up Here

Participants will walk away with: 

• Inspirational insights from leaders in the responsible business community on their career journeys and advice for recent graduates 
• An overview of the ways that Net Impact Central can connect, equip, and inspire your impact career wherever you are in your career journey
• Connections with the broader NI Community of graduates and alumni 

• • *You must attend the event in order to be eligible for the mentorship experience 
  • *Mentors are not guaranteed; we will pair mentors and mentees based on the best possible match with interest and experience.  An opportunity to be personally paired with a mentor who can help move your career to the next level*
• PLUS, all 2025 graduates who attend the event will be automatically entered into a raffle to win a Net Impact branded gift from the new Net Impact store! View Sweepstakes Rules here.

• Welcome Remarks from Net Impact CEO, Karen Y. Johns
• Keynote Remarks from Seth Goldman, Co-Founder of JUST ICE TEA, Honest Tea, Chair of the Board, Beyond Meat, and Yale Net Impact Founder  
• Fireside Chat with Lindsay Moreau, Nuveen’s Director of ESG Stakeholder Relationships and Bard College Net Impact Alum, and Sarah Bergman, Net Impact Bard ‘25 Graduate 
• Community Breakout Rooms with Structured Networking 
• Closing Remarks on how to stay involved with NI and leverage our career resources 

Who Should Attend?

• Students who are graduating in 2025 (Undergraduate and Graduate students)
• Alumni of Net Impact Chapters who want to support the class of 2025 
• Professionals working in the impact space who want to support the class of 2025

Speakers

Seth Goldman is Co-Founder of JUST ICE TEA, a line of organic and Fair Trade bottled tea that’s Just Sweet Enough. Seth and his co-Founder, Celebrity Chef Spike Mendelsohn, are also co-founders of PLNT Burger, a plant-based quick-serve restaurant that offers delicious burgers, fries, and soft serve. Seth is also the Co-founder of Honest Tea and Chair of the board of Beyond Meat. In 2023, he took on a new role as Chair of the Mission Guardians for Tony’s Chocolonely, an international chocolate company committed to creating an exploitation-free supply chain. He has been widely recognized for his entrepreneurial success and impact, including the Washington, DC Business Hall of Fame, Partnership for Healthier America’s CEO of the Year, and EARTHDAY.ORG’s Climate Visionary of the Year. He is a graduate of Harvard College (1987) and the Yale School of Management (1995). Seth and his Honest Tea co-founder, Barry Nalebuff, are the authors of the New York Times bestselling comic book, Mission in a Bottle. The book tells the story of the creation of Honest Tea and its sale to The Coca-Cola Company. 

Lindsay Moreau is a Director of ESG Stakeholder Relationships at Nuveen, where she supports internal ESG strategy and leads external strategic partnerships and engagement for Nuveen’s Responsible Investing team. She started her career in nonprofit fundraising and social impact, raising millions of dollars for youth development, education, and cancer research organizations. She then joined JUST Capital, where she engaged with Russell 1000 companies on their environmental, social, and governance strategies before joining Nuveen in her current role.