Doug is a sales and marketing executive whose nearly four-decade career runs from consumer goods to video games, having led Nintendo of America through a decade of historic growth. Doug led operations across the Americas from 2019 through the end of 2025. During his tenure, Nintendo grew on the strength of the Nintendo Switch — one of the best-selling video game platforms of all time — and he oversaw the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, which became the best-selling console of all time in its initial sales period. Doug also expanded Nintendo’s licensed merchandise business, opened the company’s San Francisco flagship store, and led its re-entry into the Brazilian market. Prior to joining Nintendo, Doug spent 8 years at Electronic Arts, most recently as Vice President of Global Business Planning, and before that, he spent 23 years at Procter & Gamble in sales leadership roles across Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Doug earned his degree in Communications from the University of Utah — where he later returned as Distinguished Alumnus and commencement speaker, and where, playing endless hours of Donkey Kong, he first fell for video games. Today he serves as an Independent Director on the board of Hasbro.

This conversation is hosted by podcast co-founder and P&G Alum Drew Tarvin, Founder & CEO of Humor That Works. Drew spent six years at P&G leading IT + brand initiatives before turning his background in engineering, improv, and stand-up comedy into a career helping organizations use humor to improve leadership, communication, and workplace culture. He’s the author of Humor That Works and his TEDx talk has been viewed more than 16 million times.

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Since 2023, 45 alumni and 1 organization have opened their hearts (and wallets) with $~45,000 in gifts. This year alone, 35 alums in China have already given $~20,000, a 25% jump from last year. Behind every dollar is someone who believed a little generosity could go a long way, including two especially generous gifts this quarter that reminded us just how far kindness travels.

Earlier this year, for International Women’s Day, the P&G Fund for Gender Equality matched alumni gifts up to $50,000, doubling the impact behind this year’s theme, “Give to Gain”  because when we lift women up, we lift up everyone around them.

The 2026 Global Grant Program opened applications earlier this year, and our Grant Showcase gave alumni a warm, honest look at how these dollars turn into real opportunity. Two applications from China are being evaluated this year.

We’re nearing 40 donors in China this year (our goal is 50) and $20K raised,  already well past last year’s $13K. Every one of you got us here.

This is gratitude in action. However you’re able — a gift, a share, a story passed along — we’d love for you to be part of what happens next.

At P&G, we built brands meant to last. Our Foundation gives the same way.

The Alumni Foundation believes in sustainability. Two years after a Grant winner receives a grant we go back to understand what they delivered with the money and what the long term impact was. For our 2024 winners, 92% of PGAF grantees delivered 90% or more of their goals — training 3,673 people, creating 1,399 jobs, and launching 282 new businesses across 12 countries. But the numbers only tell part of the story. The real measure is what happens after the grant ends.

In Venezuela, 52 teachers now independently deliver a digital literacy curriculum already expanding into Colombia : one grant, two countries, still growing. In Rwanda, all 23 cooperative businesses launched with PGAF support are profitable every single year, run entirely by women who once had nothing. In Nepal, graduates of a PGAF-funded sewing program are already opening their own shops and training the next cohort. In Haiti, 212 families lifted from ultra-poverty now own their homes, have stable incomes, and are sending their children to school.

This isn’t charity. This is transformation that compounds year after year, community after community.

Built to last. Just like us.

Today, we’re delighted to announce the next seven leaders joining us in Cincinnati from around the world.

Meet our next seven speakers

David S. Taylor
Senior Advisor, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC
Former Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Procter & Gamble
Chairman of the Board, Delta Air Lines
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Opella

Hanneke Faber
CEO, Logitech

Marc Pritchard
Chief Brand Officer, Procter & Gamble

Marissa (Magana) Solis
SVP, Global Brand and Consumer Marketing, National Football League (NFL)

Tiyale Hayes
Executive Vice President of Marketing and Audience for Paramount Television Media

Aurélie Bon
Founder, Red Drop LAB

Tarang Amin
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, e.l.f. Beauty

Seven exceptional leaders. Seven remarkable perspectives. And we’re only getting started.

They join our first seven speakers we announced in July 2026:

Shailesh Jejurikar,
Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Procter & Gamble

A.G. Lafley,
Former Chairman & CEO, Procter & Gamble; Founder, Bay Park Conservancy

Elisa Riboldi,
CMO and Head of Vet Healthcare Business Unit, Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe

Mike Sievert,
Vice Chairman, T-Mobile

Dipak Golechha,
Chief Financial Officer, Palo Alto Networks

Maame Kwaaba Stephens,
Executive Director, Kaysens Group of Companies; Founder, Kwaaba Foundation

Austin Lally,
Chief Executive Officer, Verisure

That’s 14 outstanding speakers now announced from a line-up that will feature more than 75 leaders across business, innovation, entrepreneurship and beyond.

And many more are coming.

What’s on the agenda? Doing bigger. Better. Together.

Together, we’ll explore THE NEXT BIG THING in:

Global Leadership.
Purpose.
Collaboration.
Artificial Intelligence.
Innovation.
Digital Transformation.
Entrepreneurship.

You’ll hear from leaders who are shaping businesses, brands, industries and communities around the world.
You’ll reconnect with people who shared one of the defining experiences of your professional life.
You’ll make new connections across generations, geographies and industries.
And you’ll leave Cincinnati with fresh ideas, fresh relationships and fresh energy for whatever comes next.

Reserve your place today

Early Bird Registration
USD 999 per delegate
Early Bird registration is available until October 14, 2026.

Don’t wait. Join fellow P&G Alumni from around the world and secure your place at our biggest global gathering.

Stay at the Conference Hotel
Hyatt Regency Cincinnati
Special Conference Rate: USD 198++ per night

A limited number of rooms are available at the special conference rate.

More speakers. More ideas. More surprises ahead.

We’ve now introduced you to 14 of the extraordinary leaders who will be joining us.

There are more than 50 still to come.

Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll unveil more global leaders, interactive sessions, special experiences and opportunities to reconnect with the P&G Alumni community.

Reconnect. Learn. Inspire. Lead.

Whether you’re leading a global business, building the next great start-up, serving on Boards, driving transformation, shaping your next chapter—or simply looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and colleagues—Cincinnati is where our global alumni community is coming together for the next big thing!

SPEAKER QUERIES

Contact Anthony Rose at anthony@houseofroseprofessional.com

Lead as a sponsor

With over 50,000 registered members already connected from an estimated 220,000 P&G Alumni through 50+ local chapters, executive forums, digital programming, philanthropic initiatives and our once-in-two-years Global Conference, the Global P&G Alumni Network offers exciting opportunities for organizations to engage with this extraordinary community.

Early sponsors of the 2027 Global P&G Alumni Conference include The Procter & Gamble Company, Palo Alto Networks and SynFiny Advisors.

For sponsorship opportunities, contact Jeff Wuest at jswuest@pgalums.com

Honoring a colleague – past or current via a named table at the conference.

We are delighted to share with you a unique opportunity to honor a P&G colleague – past or present by naming a table in the conference ballroom after the colleague (USD 3000) recognizing the impact of that colleague in your life or journey. A custom placard featuring the person’s impact will be placed on the table for the two days of the main conference. Note that this placement does NOT entitle the purchaser to the seats at the table (that is open to all registered delegates to sit during the conference) but just to the naming rights for the table. The highlight is for persons only, no requests to name a table for a Company will be entertained.

Make payment for the “HONOR A COLLEAGUE AT A TABLE” at the link below. The P&G Global Alumni Conference team will be in touch once payment is received to secure details.

Book your honor a colleague at a table here

We look forward to welcoming
you home to Cincinnati.

Reconnect with old friends.
Be inspired by extraordinary new ones!
Discover THE NEXT BIG THING in Innovation, Collaboration and Leadership.

See you in Cincinnati.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Make sure you are registered at pgalums.com.
2. Registration for the 2027 Global P&G Alumni Conference is strictly for P&G Alumni (employees who have received at least one paycheck from P&G), alumni spouses, and children (15 years and above) of P&G Alumni. Please do not share conference registration links with non-P&G Alumni.
3. In the coming weeks, we will announce details of the dinners, for which tickets for alumni spouses will be sold separately.
4. Hotel room rates do not include breakfast. Breakfast is included at the conference for all registered conference delegates.
5. Conference registration cancellation policy: 50% refund for cancellations received on or before Aug 31, 2026.

Procter & Gamble and P&G are trade names of The Procter & Gamble Company and are used pursuant to an agreement with The Procter & Gamble Company. P&G Alumni Network is an independent organization apart from The Procter & Gamble Company.