2025 Speakers, Day 2 – Communities Keynote Showcase 2025 Day 1 Day 2 At A Glance Ruth Abbe PresidentZero Waste USA Prof. Saleem H. Ali, Ph.D. Member of the United Nations International Resource PanelUnited Nations Elizabeth Ellman Sustainability Programs CoordinatorCity of Bexley Xinci Tan Organics Program ManagerZero Waste Sonoma Erin Ash Senior Director of ProgramsSpoonfuls Elizabeth Balkan Zero waste policy and reuse implementation specialistself-employed Kimberly Rios Sustainability Education ManagerKeep Truckee Meadows Beautiful Clare Miflin Executive DirectorCenter for Zero Waste Design Brandi Hutton Toward Zero Waste Program ManagerSustainable Connections Vanessa Zapata Staff AttorneyJust Zero Jeremy Drake PrincipalStrategy Zero Waste Solutions Maurice Sampson II Eastern Pennsylvania DirectorClean Water Action/Fund Bethanie Carney Almroth Professor of EcotoxicologyUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden Sunni Hutton Co-Director of Grants & FundraisingSow Joy Peoples Fund Sarah Currie-Halpern Co-Founder and PartnerThink Zero LLC Larissa Wright-Elson Network ConnectorAnchor Gardens Connor Hoemann Toward Zero Waste Program AssistantSustainable Connections Bob Gedert ProfessorXavier University - Cincinnati Hugo Mata PrincipalSoluna Outreach Solutions Kevin Budris Deputy DirectorJust Zero Eric Sargent President & FounderCircular Economy Club Boston Sining Liu Summer internMnTap Michael Wasserman Senior ConsultantEunomia Research & Consulting Richard Anthony PresidentZero Waste International Alliance Samuel Edlund Efficiency InternMnTap Jon Schroeder SMM SpecialistMnTAP Laura Orlando Senior ScientistJust Zero Jessica Jane Robinson CASA OKAPI Social Media Intern Project Manager, and President of RBIncResilience Birthright Inc Samantha Romanick, PhD Microplastics and Zero Waste ConsultantSave Our Sodus Sherry Gong Zero Waste CoordinatorRace to Zero Waste Lily Laurence Senior Associate | Communications & EngagementCascadia Consulting Group Beatriz Martins Arruda Regenerative ResearcherCASA Latina (Council of Sustainable Settlements of America Latina) Tom Wright Foundersustainablebizness.com Kirstie Pecci Executive DirectorJust Zero Anja Brandon, Ph.D. Director, Plastics PolicyOcean Conservancy Gary Liss PrincipalZero Waste Associates