The Annual Meeting of The Heritage Chocolate Society Agenda

Presented by AMERICAN HERITAGE® Chocolate.

HCS 2022: History Has It's Eyes On You

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

8:00 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Breakfast & Registration

Continental Breakfast will be served

9:00 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Meeting Kickoff and Welcome Remarks

Gail Broadright | Senior Director, Digital Sales, Marketing and User Experience, Mars Wrigley Premium Brands

Earl Granger | Chief Development Officer and Vice President of Development, Colonial Williamsburg

 

9:15 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

A Word from Mrs. Jacomien Mars

9:35 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Keynote: Jason Dorsey, Author of Zconomy

Jason Dorsey | Author of Zconomy; President and Co-Founder, The Center for Generational Kinetics

10:40 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Break

10:55 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Grant Winner Presentation | Fort Ticonderoga

11:10 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Reckoning with the Past: An Unknown Mutiny, Historical Research, and Writing Uncomfortable Histories

Jared Hardesty | Author, Associate Professor of History, Western Washington University

12:15 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Lunch

1:15 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Grant Winner Presentation | Stratford Hall

 

1:25 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

First Americans Museum: The importance of opening this new museum now, and what they hope to accomplish by widening the lens on this critical history.

Jim Pepper Henry | Executive Director of First Americans Museum, Vice Chairman, Kaw Nation

2:15 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Recruiting and Retaining Interpreters of Color

Shawn Halifax | Executive Director, Woodlawn, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House

Panelists

Yvonne Holden | Director of Operations, Whitney Plantation

Cheyney McKnight | Living History Coordinator, New-York Historical Society

Maria Madison | Founder, and Co-President, Robbins House

Jim Pepper Henry | Executive Director of First Americans Museum, Vice Chairman, Kaw Nation

3:45 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Break

3:50 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Historical and Cultural Site Peer Panel moderated by Gail Broadright

Anthea Hartig |Elizabeth McMillan Director, National Museum of American History

Lisa Acker Moulder | Director, Betsy Ross House

Matthew Naylor | President & CEO, National WWI Museum and Memorial

Leslie Greene Bowman | President, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Monticello

Beth Hill | President & CEO, Fort Ticonderoga

Cliff Fleet | President & CEO, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Andrew Masich | President & CEO, Senator John Heinz History Center

5:30 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Break until Evening Events

6:10 pm

East Lounge & Regency Room, Williamsburg Inn East Lounge

Keynote Evening Event: The President’s Kitchen Cabinet

Adrian Miller | Culinary Historian and Author, Soul Food Scholar

Justin Cherry | Chef/Owner, Half Crown Bakehouse

9:15 pm

Regency Room, Williamsburg Inn East Lounge

Evening Concludes

HCS 2022: History Has It's Eyes on You

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

8:00 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Breakfast Available

Continental Breakfast will be served

9:00 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Meeting Kickoff, Review Agenda & Day 1 Sizzle Reel

Kelly Lynch | Senior Brand Manager, Mars Wrigley

9:15 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Cocoa for Generations Spotlight: Respecting Human Rights in the Supply Chain

Kim Frankovich | VP, Cocoa Sustainability, Mars Wrigley

Inge Jacobs | Global Senior Manager Human Rights and Social Impact, Mars Wrigley

 

9:50 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Opening Doors to Inclusion

Rich Cooper | Vice President and Chief Programs Officer, Conner Prairie

10:55 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Break

11:00 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Made By Us Presentation

Caroline Klibanoff | Project Manager, Made By Us

11:45 am

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Grant Winner Presentation | Michigan State University Extension

12:00 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Lunch

 

1:00 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Custis Square Excavation Spotlight

Jack Gary | Director of Archeology, Colonial Williamsburg

1:15 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

A Mental Health in the Workplace Discussion moderated by Kelly Lynch

Jo Kinzett | Human Resources Director, Mars Canada & Mars Premium Brands

2:00 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Break

2:15 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

How to Handle Uncomfortable Questions

Kelley Fanto Deetz | Director of Collections and Visitor Engagement, Stratford Hall Plantation; Visiting Scholar Department of African American Studies, UC Berkeley

Panelists

Dontavious Williams | Certified Interpretive Guide and Storyteller, Owner & CEO, The Chronicles of Adam

Cheyney McKnight | Living History Coordinator, New-York Historical Society

3:45 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Closing Remarks

4:00 pm

Colony Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Break until Evening Events

 

4:30 pm

Meet in the Lobby of Williamsburg Lodge to depart for The Walking Tour on Duke of Gloucester Street – optional

6:30 pm

Virginia Foyer, Williamsburg Lodge

Cocktail Reception

 

7:20 pm

Virginia Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Awards Banquet Dinner

8:35 pm

Virginia Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Introduction of the 2022 Forrest E. Mars, Jr Chocolate History Research Grant

8:55 pm

Virginia Room, Williamsburg Lodge

Closing Remarks

9:30 pm

Evening Concludes

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