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