The 2026 midterm elections are already raising questions for business leaders, people leaders, and legal teams. The risks are not only political. They may affect employees, communities, business continuity, leadership communication, and how companies prepare for moments of uncertainty or disruption.

Join CTI and the Civic Business Initiative for a timely, practical conversation on what companies should understand now and how leadership teams can prepare.

This session will help participants understand the risks that may emerge before, during, and after the election period; what business leaders learned from recent moments of civic and community disruption; and how companies can think about internal preparedness, peer coordination, and constructive action without becoming partisan.

The conversation will include a short briefing from the Civic Business Initiative, practical examples from business coalitions, and time for discussion with peers. Members are welcome to invite colleagues from legal, government affairs, risk, communications, HR, inclusion, and business continuity teams.

Members are welcome to invite colleagues from legal, government affairs, risk, communications, HR, inclusion, and business continuity teams.

We hope you will join us.

Featuring

Mark Gordon, Co-founder, Civic Business Initiative

Mark is also co-founder and Partner at Vantage Partners, and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Negotiation Project. He is a co-founder and former Chairman of Conflict Management Group, a non-profit organization focused on disputes of international public concern. In 2004,CMG was merged into Mercy Corps, a worldwide humanitarian development and relief organization where Mark served on the Board of Directors for 17 years.

Mike Ward, Co-founder, Civic Business Initiative

Mike is civic engagement strategist and was also the co-founder of Civic Alliance, a nonpartisan community of over 1,300 businesses strengthening our democracy by supporting safe, healthy, and trusted elections. Mike managed product and partnership teams as the Vice President of Voter Engagement at Democracy Works, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that builds technology to update American democracy.