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