Speaker Bios

These speakers were confirmed for the Spring 2020 event. We’re in the process of re-confirming many of them for the virtual conference.

Meleny Thomas

Community Organizer

South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc

Bob Gedert

President

NRC

Nathan Proctor

Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair

U.S. PIRG

Greg Sawtell

Zero Waste Just Transition Director

South Baltimore Community Land Trust

Martin Bourque

Executive Director

Ecology Center

Samantha Sommer

Director of Business Innovation

UPSTREAM

Kaity Robbins

Zero Waste Manager

Boston University

Brett Rodgers

Director of Communications

PaintCare

Scott Cassel

Founder & CEO

Product Stewardship Institute

Christienne de Tournay Birkhahn

Vice-Chair/Outgoing Chair

City of Berkeley Zero Waste Commission

Alice Koehler

SVP Marketing

WasteZero

Kourtnii Brown

Founder and Director

Common Compost

Jacky Brown

Vice President Of Retail

Goodwill Industries of San Diego County

Faye Christoforo

Co-Executive Director

Post-Landfill Action Network

Gary Liss

Co-Chair, NRC Conference Committee and Vice-President, Zero Waste USA

National Recycling Coalition

Stephanie Barger

Director - TRUE Zero Waste Program

U.S. Green Building Council

Lisa Skumatz

President / Principal

SERA

Clarissa Morawski

CEO

Reloop Platform

Jack McQuibban

Cities Programme Coordinator

Zero Waste Europe

Julie Muir

Zero Waste Manager

Stanford University

National Legislation And Regulations, 11/5

Matthew Cotton

Owner

Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC

Marvin Hayes

Program Manager

Baltimore Compost Collective Program

Pal Martensson

Zero Waste in Amazonia

Let´s Do It World

Sophia Huda

Vice President

Ohio Recycling Coalition

Nichole Dorr

Central California Regional Coordinator

PaintCare

Clare Miflin

Founder

Center for Zero Waste Design

Nina Goodrich

Executive Director

GreenBlue/SPC

Joseph Button

Director of Sustainability

Straus Family Creamery

Sarah Peery

Legislative Assistant

Office of Senator Rob Portman

Leah Tischler

Site Manager

SBM Sustainability Team

Cecilia Allen

Global Projects Advisor

GAIA

Ana Carvalho

Board Member

Zero Waste International Alliance

Miriam Gordon

Indisposable Communities Director

UPSTREAM

Sarah D OBrien

Director of Special Initiatives and Stakeholder Engagement

Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Mary Curtiss

Director of Energy and Sustainability

HP

Julie Sands Tyne

Supervising Recycling Specialist

City of San Diego

Terry McDonald

Executive Director

St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc.

Mandi McKay

Sustainability Manager

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co

Anthony Rossi

EVP, Global Business Development

TerraCycle & Loop

Richard Anthony

President

Zero Waste International Alliance

Michael J. Sangiacomo

President & Chief Executive Officer

Recology, Inc.

Remo Profile Example

Danner Doud-Martin

Associate Director, International Business Development Program and Haas Staff lead for Zero Waste and Sustainability Task Force

Haas School of Business

Susan Collins

President

Container Recycling Institute

David Krueger

Environmental Programs Manager

City of San Ramon

Esra Tat

Associate Director

Zero Waste Europe

Nina Bellucci Butler

CEO

More Recycling

Will Bakx

Soil Scientist

Sonoma Compost/Renewable Sonoma

Sophie Hahn

Vice Mayor

City of Berkeley

Portia Sinnott

Program Director

Zero Waste USA

Lin King

Zero Waste Manager

University of California, Berkeley

Caroline Mitchell

Waste Reduction and Recycling Lead Specialist

City of Fort Collins

Angela A. Moore

Facilities and Sustainability Coordinator

Missouri Historical Society

Julie Sands Tyne

Supervising Recycling Specialist

City of San Diego

Jill Hamilton

Legislative Assistant

Office of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Kate M Davenport

Co President

Eureka Recycling

Clare Miflin

Founder

Center for Zero Waste Design

Patrick Currier

Partner

S2CPacific

Sarah D OBrien

Director of Programs

Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Lisa Pellegrino

Strategic Partnerships Manager

TerraCycle

Neil Edgar

Executive Director

California Compost Coalition

Patrick Tierney

CEO and Cofounder

Revolution Systems

Kira Stoll

Chief Sustainability & Carbon Solutions Officer

University of California, Berkeley

Arley Owens

Executive Director

Ohio Recycling Coalition

Laura Anthony

Program Coordinator

Save the Albatross

Timonie Hood

Zero Waste & Green Building Coordinator

U.S. EPA

David Pinsky

Senior Plastics Campaigner

Greenpeace USA

Kelley Dennings

Campaigner

Center for Biological Diversity

Christie Keith

International Coordinator and US Executive Director

GAIA

Shane Trimmer

Senior Policy Advisor

Office of United States Representative Alan Lowenthal

Heidi Sanborn

Executive Director

National Stewardship Action Council

Leslie Lukacs

Executive Director

Zero Waste Sonoma

Enzo Favoino

Scientific Coordinator

Zero Waste Europe and Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza

Manuel Medrano

Environmental Services Manager

California Association of Market Development Zones / City of Chula Vista

Maggie Clarke, Ph.D.

Zero Waste Researcher

Zero Waste New York

Dr. Anja Malawi Brandon

AGU/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow

Office of Senator Jeff Merkley

Elisa Seltzer

Senior Consultant

RRS

Bret Biggers

Economist

ISRI

Dave Bennink

Director

Building Deconstruction Institute

Maggie Clarke

Zero Waste Researcher

Maggie Clarke Environmental

Clytie Binder

Community Composting Hubs in Brisbane Australia

Brisbane City Council, Australia

Neil Seldman

Director of Waste to Wealth Initiative

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Shashawnda Campbell

Community Organizer

South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc

Jamie Kaminski

Director of Policy

Zero Waste Canada

Kate O’Neill

Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management

University of California at Berkeley

Ruth Abbe

President/Co-Chair

Zero Waste USA/Global Recycling Council of CRRA

Kate Bailey

Policy & Research Director

Eco-Cycle

Alec Cooley

Senior Advisor

Busch Systems

Joseph Button

Director of Sustainability

Straus Family Creamery

Rory Bakke

Principal

Sustainable Concepts Studio

Sue Beets-Atkinson

Senior Director of Sustainability

SBM Management