The Future of Food and Beverage Forum USA

27th - 28th May 2026

Minneapolis, USA

Burgess Davis

Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, PepsiCo North America

PepsiCo North America

Burgess Davis is Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo North America. Burgess joined PepsiCo in 2014 and currently leads sustainability strategy, governance, and implementation efforts across PepsiCo’s U.S. and Canada Foods and Beverages businesses.

Prior to this role, Burgess served in a variety of leadership roles within PepsiCo, including U.S. beverage strategy, global sustainable packaging, and global sustainability strategy. She was also Chief of Staff for PepsiCo’s Chairman and CEO, serving as an advisor and leading strategic efforts.

Before joining PepsiCo, Burgess held roles at the consulting firm Booz & Co. and the investment bank Lehman Brothers.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Economics and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences from Northwestern University and an MBA with concentrations in Strategy and Marketing from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Burgess is based in Purchase, NY and lives in New York City with her husband and son.

Burgess Davis's sessionsView full agenda

Day 0

Tuesday 26th May 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
Day 1

Wednesday 27th May 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
08:30 - 08:55
Plenary
10:55 - 11:45
Opportunity in crisis: How to reframe sustainability as resilience, risk mitigation and commercial advantage 
Sprouts Farmers Market | The Hershey Company | Rabobank | McDonald's | SLR Consulting
Plenary
12:15 - 13:15
13:15 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:30
16:00 - 16:45
Plenary
17:00 - 18:00
Networking
Day 2

Thursday 28th May 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 09:45
The say-do gap: Are young consumers buying more 'sustainable' ? 
Dole Food Company | McCain Foods | The Center for Food Integrity | Fairtrade America
Plenary
09:45 - 10:30
Unlocking the commercial opportunity in innovation: How to align R&D, agriculture and nutrition 
Post Holdings, Inc. | The J.M. Smucker Co. | Plug and Play Tech Center
Plenary
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:45
Investing in resilience: How blended capital, venture funding and partnerships can work together to scale resilience? 
Transformational Investing in Food Systems | SVG Ventures | Danone | Sand County Foundation | The Rockefeller Foundation
Plenary
11:45 - 12:30
Plenary
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:15
Plenary