Keynote Speaker Devry Boughner Vorwerk | DUC Better Business Week

THE DYSON COMMUNITY IS WELCOME TO ATTEND

A speech and fireside chat with Cornell Alum Devry Boughner Vorwerk '99. Prior to being the Founder & CEO of DevryBV Sustainable Strategies, Devry served as the Chief Corporate Affairs Office at GrubHub, the former Chief Communications Officer at Cargill, and on councils for multiple governmental agencies. Devry will speak on her years of experience working in the private sector and the political sphere to discuss what social impact means for the future of business.


BIOGRAPHY
Devry Boughner Vorwerk '99  is the Founder and CEO of DevryBV Sustainable Strategies, a company whose purpose is to inspire businesses to courageously serve humanity.

Devry believes that in a world where geopolitical volatility, climate change, population growth, inequality, and societal expectations are placing immense pressure on traditional business models, companies can succeed in balancing shareholder and stakeholder expectations. At her core, Devry supports open markets as a means for creating economic opportunities for all.

In the first part of 2021, Devry served as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Grubhub. Also, Devry had a nearly 15-year career at a Fortune 50 global food company, Cargill, where she served as Chief Communications Officer and Corporate VP of Global Corporate Affairs. She spent time as a senior policy advisor at Akin Gump and worked as Chief Economist for the Chairwoman of the USITC and as a Senior Economist in ag affairs at USTR.

A passionate advocate for change, Devry serves on the board of Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture, The U.S. Mexico Foundation, the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and is involved in the Social Gastronomy movement. In 2014, she was named a Young Global Leader by the WEF and named to the Holmes Report’s Influence 100 list in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She is a member of the Arthur Page Society and a Senior Fellow in Communications and Marketing at The Conference Board.

Devry holds a dual bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics and managerial economics from the University of California, Davis, and a Master’s in agricultural economics, with a specialization in public policy and international trade, from Cornell University.