Heartland Summit 2023
Meet in the Middle
2023 Heartland Summit Highlights
Accelerating Success in the Heartland
The Heartland Summit founders—Olivia Walton, Tom Walton, and Steuart Walton—joined Kelly Corrigan for a conversation about what motivated them to convene leaders from around the country in Bentonville for this unique exchange of ideas, successes and what impact they hope to make.
Go To with Matthew McConaughey: Kelly Corrigan Wonders Podcast
Matthew McConaughey, Award-winning actor and Co-Founder of Just Keep Livin Foundation—joined Kelly Corrigan for a conversation about his work on The Greenlights Grant Initiative, focused on raising awareness about school safety grants, equipping school districts with resources and tools for successful applications and ensuring continuous and more equitable federal funding for school safety. This is a must listen! Check it out here.
The Secret Sauce: Ingredients that Make Heartland Communities Thrive
Moderated by Axios Co-Founder Mike Allen, this session focused on “What is the secret sauce that makes the heartland great?” by Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill; Candice Matthews Brackeen, Founder & CEO of Lightship Capital of Cincinnati and Carmen Tapio, Founder & CEO of North End Teleservices, Omaha, Nebraska. You can watch some highlights of each city here.
Speakers
Aaron Rudberg
Senior Managing Director & COO
2SG Ventures
Alex Rau
Founding Partner
Environmental Commodity Partners
Alice Walton
Founder
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Andrew McKenna
Founder & CEO
McKenna & Associates
Andy Kessler
Columnist and Author
Wall Street Journal
Angie Cooper
Executive Vice President
Heartland Forward
Ann Chung
Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer
Blackstone Growth
Anthony Vittone
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
DroneUp
Anya McMurray
President
Welcome.US
Ariel Swan
Co-Founder
Jaybird
Azita Ardakani Walton
Founder and CEO
LoveSocial
Ben Stewart
Managing Director
George Kaiser Family Foundation
Bill Ford
Chairman and CEO
General Atlantic
Brad Garmon
Executive Director
Michigan Outdoor Recreation Industry Office
Candice Matthews Brackeen
Founder and CEO
Lightship
Carmen Tapio
President and CEO
North End Teleservices
Carrie Walton Penner
Board Chair
Walton Family Foundation
Cindi Marsiglio
Senior Vice President of Corporate Real Estate
Walmart
Clinton Phillips
CEO
Medici
Conor French
Chief Regulatory Officer & Secretary
Zipline
Cynthia Germanotta
President and Co-Founder
Born This Way Foundation
Cyrus Sigari
Co-founder and Managing Partner
UP Partners
David Holt
Mayor
Oklahoma City
Donna Harris
CEO & Partner
Builders+Backers
Dr. Harold Koplewicz
Founder & President
Child Mind Institute
Emily Oster
Professor and Author
Brown University
Emma Bloomberg
Founder and CEO
Murmuration
Governor Walz
Governor
Minnesota
Janine Benyus
Science Writer, Innovation Consultant, Conservationist
Biomimicry
Jeff Seymour
Executive Vice President, Economic Development
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber
Jessica Robinson
Co-founder and Partner
Assembly Ventures
Jessica (Wahl) Turner
President
Outdoor Recreation Roundtable
Josh Golomb
CEO
Hazel Health
Justin Bruch
President, Chief Investment Officer & Co-founder
Clear Frontier Ag Management
Katherine Lorenz
President
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Katie Milligan
Program Director
Workforce and Entrepreneurship
Kelly Corrigan
Bestselling Author, PBS Host and Podcast Host
Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Kil Huh
Senior Vice President
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Larissa May
Founder
#HalfTheStory
Laura Modi
CEO & Co-Founder
Bobbie
Lisa Jacobs Blau
Founding Partner
_able
Luis Miranda, Jr.
Founding Partner
MirRam Group
Lydia Mihalik
Director
Ohio Department of Development
María Teresa Kumar
Co-Founder and President
Voto Latino Foundation and Voto Latino
Mary Snapp
Vice President
Strategic AI Initiatives
Matt Dalio
Founder
Endless
Matthew McConaughey
Co-Founder
just keep livin Foundation
Michael Hecht
President and CEO
Greater New Orleans, Inc.
Mike Allen
Co-Founder
Axios
Miriam Vogel
President and CEO
EqualAI
Noa Meyer
Partner and Chief Impact Officer
BDT & MSD Partners
Olivia Walton
Co-Founder
Heartland Summit
Poornima Parameswaran
Co-Founder & CEO
Trace Genomics
Reshma Saujani
CEO
Girls Who Code & Moms First
Robyn Tannehill
Mayor
Oxford, Missippi
Ross Andersen
Staff Writer
The Atlantic
Ross DeVol
President & CEO
Heartland Forward
Ryan Ramkhelawan
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Lasting Machine Ventures
Sharmila Makhija, MD
Founding Dean and CEO
Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
Steuart Walton
Co-Founder
Heartland Summit
Susan Viscon
VP & Executive Director, Path Ahead Ventures
REI
Tom Walton
Co-Founder
Heartland Summit
Victoria DeFrancesco Soto
Dean
Clinton School of Public Service
Walter Harris
President and CEO
Health Care Transformation
Entertainers
Lanco
A special thank you to our 2023 heartland summit sponsors
- MCKENNA & ASSOCIATES
- BDT & MSD PARTNERS
- NORTHERN TRUST
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
- TYSON FOODS
- COX
- ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
- MERCY
- WALMART
- THE JUST TRUST
- SUPERIOR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
- STATE AND FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
- WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION
- GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
In-Kind
- BONITA BONITA
- OZARK BEER COMPANY
- TRAILBLAZERS
- VISIT BENTONVILLE
- WHETSTONE WINE CELLARS
- WOMEN OF OZ