The Annual Meeting of The Heritage Chocolate Society Agenda

Breakfast & Registration

Continental Breakfast will be served

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

A Word from Mrs. Jacomien Mars

Keynote: Jason Dorsey, Author of Zconomy

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

Break

Grant Winner Presentation | Fort Ticonderoga

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

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

Lunch

Grant Winner Presentation | Stratford Hall

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

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

Break

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

Break until Evening Events

Keynote Evening Event: The President’s Kitchen Cabinet

Adrian Miller | Culinary Historian and Author, Soul Food Scholar

Justin Cherry | Chef/Owner, Half Crown Bakehouse

Evening Concludes

Breakfast Available

Continental Breakfast will be served

Meeting Kickoff, Review Agenda & Day 1 Sizzle Reel

Kelly Lynch | Senior Brand Manager, Mars Wrigley

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

Opening Doors to Inclusion

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

Break

Made By Us Presentation

Caroline Klibanoff | Project Manager, Made By Us

Grant Winner Presentation | Michigan State University Extension

Lunch

Custis Square Excavation Spotlight

Jack Gary | Director of Archeology, Colonial Williamsburg

A Mental Health in the Workplace Discussion moderated by Kelly Lynch

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

Break

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

Closing Remarks

Break until Evening Events

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

Cocktail Reception

Awards Banquet Dinner

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

Closing Remarks

Evening Concludes