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