Eric Henry, President of TS Designs (TSD) and Cotton for the Carolinas, and George M. Baldwin, Managing Director of Government Relations and Sustainability for Piedmont Natural Gas, have been confirmed as upcoming speakers for the September 30 Business Connections event on the campus of Appalachian State University.
Participants will be able to attend multiple sessions on sustainable business practices. Food Lion executive Kyle Mitchell was also recently announced as a speaker.
Eric Henry, president of TS Designs, is co-owner of TSD. Alongside his business partner and TSD CEO, Tom Sineath, Henry has been in the screen printing and apparel business for more than 30 years. His duties at TSD include sales, research and development, and marketing. Henry earned the Sustainability Champion award from Sustainable North Carolina in 2009.
George Baldwin is Managing Director of Government Relations & Sustainability at Piedmont Natural Gas, a utility headquartered in Charlotte, which serves NC, SC, and TN. In this capacity, he oversees the company's Government Relations Team and provides public policy direction for the company in its three state service region, and in Washington DC. Additionally, he oversees the company's sustainability and economic development activities.
The Walker College of Business is committed to advancing sustainable business practices that promote responsible management of economic, social and natural resources. Read the full Walker College of Business mission statement.