2024 Speakers, Day 1 – Business Keynote Showcase 2024 Day 1 Day 2 At A Glance Stacie Johnson Sustainability ManagerGoodwill of the Heartland Dan Fritschen ResearcherWasteFree23 Rick Penner Industry RelationsZ3 Data Solutions Alex Freid DirectorAtlas Zero Waste Valentina Rappa Sr. Sustainability Manager, Circular EconomyRheaply Jenna Arkin Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Innovation OfficerECOS® Anita Schwartz Sustainability OfficerRe:Dish Alec Cooley Senior AdvisorBusch Systems Agustín Sánchez Engineering DirectorGWES Engineering N.E MERCK Christopher J Stanley Student / Real Estate ProfessionalSanta Monica College | UCLA Kellie Dalton Director of Sustainability & Client RelationsGolden Bear Recycling Darienne Highsmith Project Manager, U.S. Market Transformation and DevelopmentU.S. Green Building Council Joshua Mastromatto CEORego Victoria Charles ProfessorSanta Monica College | UCLA MaryEllen Etienne Associate DirectorU.S. Green Building Council Jessica Gonzalez Founder & CEOHappen Ventures Sue Beets-Atkinson Global VP of SustainabilitySBM Management Services LP Richard Anthony PresidentZero Waste International Alliance Dan Kershaw Executive DirectorFurniture Bank Marie Mourad, Ph.D. Zero (Food) Waste ConsultantIndependent Researcher and Food Waste Expert Julie Wedge California ReThink Disposable Program DirectorClean Water Fund Stephanie Barger Director - TRUE Zero Waste ProgramU.S. Green Building Council Amber Schmidt New England Zero Waste Organizer, New England Zero Waste OrganizerClean Water Fund: ReThink Disposable Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli Co-Founder + CEOWA+TS (Waste Administration + Tracking Software) Ashpreet Kaur Waste Sampling SpecialistStony Brook University Pat Kaufman Cities Reuse SpecialistPR3 Reuse Standards Amy Wald President and FounderGreenluxe Inc. Christienne de Tournay Birkhahn Instructor and ZW ConsultantZWUSA and Independent Leah Tischler Sustainability ManagerCBRE Jonathan Levy Founder and Principal ConsultantZero Waste Pro Ashlee Baker Co-Founder & Director of SustainabilityWaste Not Consulting Nayeli Campos Community Outreach and Policy CoordinatorZero Waste Washington Brianna Treat Director of SustainabilityClimate Pledge Arena/Seattle Kraken Robin Ennis Instructor, SWANA Zero Waste Principles & Practices CourseRetired Susan Blachman Zero Waste ConsultantBlachman Consulting Lara Ramdin, Ph.D. Chief Innovation & Science OfficerUpcycled Foods Inc Jamie Kaminski PresidentHSR Zero Waste Susie Vincent Director of Client SolutionsUSGBC Jill Donello Manager, Educational ProgramsGreenEducation.US Ben Schleifer EDC Food CoordinatorCenter for Environmental Health (CEH) Arminda Valles-Hall Senior Director, Learning & DevelopmentSolid Waste Association of North America Matt Carter Manager, Recycling and Waste DiversionCox Enterprises Marie Gallagher Senior National Sustainability ManagerSBM Management Services, LP Vanessa Rogier Conservation ManagerThe Trash Punx Heather Watkins Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)Bold Reuse Mary Lou Van Deventer Co-OwnerUrban Ore Amy Marpman Director SustainabilitySBM Management Services, LP Jenifer Parks District Facilities ManagerMicrosoft Jesse Dunbar Senior Sustainability Manager - National AccountsSBM Management Services, LP Megan Hernandez Co-chairBayard Fox Selections