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