2025 Speakers, Day 2 – Communities Keynote Showcase 2025 Day 1 Day 2 At A Glance Sherry Gong Zero Waste CoordinatorRace to Zero Waste Erin Ash Senior Director of ProgramsSpoonfuls Lily Laurence Senior Associate | Communications & EngagementCascadia Consulting Group Jessica Jane Robinson CASA OKAPI Social Media Intern Project Manager, and President of RBIncResilience Birthright Inc Jon Schroeder SMM SpecialistMnTAP Bethanie Carney Almroth Professor of EcotoxicologyUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden Kirstie Pecci Executive DirectorJust Zero Vanessa Zapata Staff AttorneyJust Zero Bob Gedert ProfessorXavier University - Cincinnati Beatriz Martins Arruda Regenerative ResearcherCASA Latina (Council of Sustainable Settlements of America Latina) Eric Sargent President & FounderCircular Economy Club Boston Larissa Wright-Elson Network ConnectorAnchor Gardens Elizabeth Balkan Zero waste policy and reuse implementation specialistself-employed Laura Orlando Senior ScientistJust Zero Brandi Hutton Toward Zero Waste Program ManagerSustainable Connections Michael Wasserman Senior ConsultantEunomia Research & Consulting Sunni Hutton Co-Director of Grants & FundraisingSow Joy Peoples Fund Xinci Tan Organics Program ManagerZero Waste Sonoma Prof. Saleem H. Ali, Ph.D. Member of the United Nations International Resource PanelUnited Nations Elizabeth Ellman Sustainability Programs CoordinatorCity of Bexley Connor Hoemann Toward Zero Waste Program AssistantSustainable Connections Hugo Mata PrincipalSoluna Outreach Solutions Kevin Budris Deputy DirectorJust Zero Clare Miflin Executive DirectorCenter for Zero Waste Design