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