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