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