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