<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.bard.edu/mba/events/event.php?eid=130393" class=""><b class="">TICKETS HERE</b></a>>>>>></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Use code BARD@IMPACTHUB for <u class="">FREE</u> Tickets </b></div></div><div class=""><h2 class="" style="font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><br class=""></h2><h2 class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.03em;">PURSUING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE AGE</h2></div><span class="" style="letter-spacing: 0.03em; text-align: center; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class=""><span class="" style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;"><b class="">RON MEISSEN</b> </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">SENIOR DIRECTOR SUSTAINABILITY, BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.</span></div></span><div class=""><br class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Join </span><a href="http://www.bard.edu/mba/" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(56, 181, 198); text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Bard MBA in Sustainability</a><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> as we bring together sustainable business experts for our conversation series on Friday evenings 6:00 - 8:00 pm during the Bard MBA residency each month. Held at </span><a href="http://nyc.impacthub.net/events/" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(56, 181, 198); text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Impact Hub NYC</a><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, this is a unique opportunity to engage with some of the most prominent experts in the field and interact with the Bard MBA's students, faculty, and alumni. </span><br class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On Friday March 11th, 2016 we will be hosting<b> Ron Meissen Ph.D., Senior Director Sustainability, Baxter International Inc. </b>A 40-year veteran of corporate sustainability, Ron will give a perspective on the evolution of corporate sustainability, and then highlight some of Baxter's current corporate sustainability initiative's.</span><br class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The tentative schedule for these events will be networking, lecture/discussion, more networking with light fare and drink provided by Impact Hub NYC.</span><br class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.bard.edu/mba/events/event.php?eid=130393" class=""><b class="">TICKETS HERE</b></a>>>>>></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Use code BARD@IMPACTHUB for <u class="">FREE</u> Tickets </b></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div></body></html>