This article is part of our special section on the DealBook Summit that included business and policy leaders from around the world.
Moderator: David Gelles, correspondent, Climate Desk, The New York Times. Participants: Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-chief executive, Warby Parker; Priscilla Sims Brown, chief executive and president, Amalgamated Bank; Christina Cacioppo, co-founder and chief executive, Vanta; Charles Lowrey, chairman and chief executive, Prudential Financial; Sara Menker, founder and chief executive of Gro Intelligence; David Miliband, president and chief executive, The International Rescue Committee; Katherine Ryder, founder and chief executive, Maven Clinic; Evelyn Webster, chief executive, SoulCycle; Jake Wood, founder and chief executive, Groundswell.
Evelyn Webster, the chief executive officer of SoulCycle, the indoor cycling fitness company, said she constantly feels the push from her employees to speak out about the social or political crisis of the day.
“It is the single biggest criticism I receive from my teammates: Why are you not commenting on everything that happened, because it’s all outrageous and egregious and we’re up in arms — Roe v. Wade, the war in Ukraine, senseless murders,” she said. “If I did what they asked me to do, I would comment on absolutely every world event.”
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