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Kjersti Lukens: klukens3@gatech.edu
Summary Sentence: Learn more about Mailchimp's corporate citizenship program
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BES Speaker Series: Lain ShakespearePlease join the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business in welcoming Lain Shakespeare from Mailchimp. Mailchimp's product and brand are global, but its corporate citizenship work is local. Learn more about the strategy behind Mailchimp's specific, comprehensive partnerships that scale through aspiration, education, and equity in Atlanta.
Lain Shakespeare is the Director of Corporate Citizenship at Mailchimp. He's a native of Decatur and a graduate of Kenyon College. From 2006 until 2011, he was the executive director of the Wren's Nest House Museum in Atlanta's West End neighborhood. Lain joined Mailchimp in 2011 and has been a nonprofit manager and a brand marketing manager. He oversaw Mailchimp's sponsorship program before starting their corporate citizenship initiative. Lain's team manages Mailchimp's community investment, community involvement, sustainability, and public affairs.
The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business was founded in 2013 to act as a catalyst and connector, bringing together students, research faculty, companies, and entrepreneurs to create an environment where business-driven solutions to sustainability challenges can take shape and thrive. In all, Scheller provides students unparalleled breadth in environmental sustainability, ethics, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, and values-based leadership.
