Samantha Drinkwater Drinkwater
Director, Scope 3 Emissions at Sun Life
Samantha Drinkwater Drinkwater
Director, Scope 3 Emissions at Sun Life
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
Director, Scope 3 Emissions
2022 - Current
Establishing and reporting scope 3 emissions inventories, reduction opportunities, and net zero roadmaps as part of the Climate and Environmental Performance team. Focused on innovative ways to collect, report, and action data, particularly around financed emissions and supply chain.
Innovation Portfolio Manager, National Grid Partners
2021 - 2022
National Grid created National Grid Partners (NGP) to ‘disrupt itself’ and advance the energy systems of tomorrow through investments, disruptive innovations, and business development. Responsible for enabling a strategically-aligned, environmentally impactful portfolio of innovation projects.
Principal
2017 - 2021
Facilitated and managed peer communities for Fortune 500 executives working in Corporate Venturing and Innovation, Enterprise Data and Analytics, and IT Strategy and Execution. As a principal focused on these topic areas, I connected clients with the resources, network, and knowledge they needed to successfully execute high-value initiatives to maintain a competitive advantage. ICEX exchanges are private and invite-only, allowing for true peer collaboration that goes beyond trends and into actionable insights.
Senior Conference Director
2015 - 2017
Led the charge in developing successful conference series in the emerging area of immunotherapy. Continued to grow my portfolio of conferences, topics branching from diagnostics and digital health into therapeutics. Vetted and established events in new topic areas through extensive market research and database building. Managed budgets for top-earning events. Led internal teams of 6+ members to execute expos with attendance in the 1000s.
Conference Producer
2013 - 2015
Developed scientific programming for leading researchers in the areas of diagnostics and protein engineering. Recruited speakers based on market and topic research, wrote copy, and managed budgets.
Associate Conference Producer
2011 - 2013
Assisted an Executive Director in various stages of conference planning and execution. Built a portfolio of conferences in the area of molecular and personalized diagnostics.
Conference Production Assistant
2009 - 2011
Administrative role responsible for copyediting and preparing conference collateral, coordinating with leading life sciences researchers and providing general project support.
Creative Director
2008 - 2012
Provided editorial and design services for local North Shore (Boston) businesses from newsletters to custom published books.
Production Assistant (Contract Position)
2009 - 2009
Product development, copyediting, proofreading, formatting, and some project management.