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