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.

Neil Edgar

Executive Director

California Compost Coalition

Richard Anthony

President

Zero Waste International Alliance

Jamie Kaminski

Director of Policy

Zero Waste Canada

Kaity Robbins

Zero Waste Manager

Boston University

Joseph Button

Director of Sustainability

Straus Family Creamery

Clare Miflin

Founder

Center for Zero Waste Design

Patrick Tierney

CEO and Cofounder

Revolution Systems

Faye Christoforo

Co-Executive Director

Post-Landfill Action Network

Esra Tat

Associate Director

Zero Waste Europe

Dave Bennink

Director

Building Deconstruction Institute

Meleny Thomas

Community Organizer

South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc

Enzo Favoino

Scientific Coordinator

Zero Waste Europe and Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza

Stephanie Barger

Director - TRUE Zero Waste Program

U.S. Green Building Council

Cecilia Allen

Global Projects Advisor

GAIA

Maggie Clarke, Ph.D.

Zero Waste Researcher

Zero Waste New York

Joseph Button

Director of Sustainability

Straus Family Creamery

Nina Goodrich

Executive Director

GreenBlue/SPC

Jack McQuibban

Cities Programme Coordinator

Zero Waste Europe

Danner Doud-Martin

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

Haas School of Business

Bob Gedert

President

NRC

Kelley Dennings

Campaigner

Center for Biological Diversity

Alice Koehler

SVP Marketing

WasteZero

Jacky Brown

Vice President Of Retail

Goodwill Industries of San Diego County

Julie Sands Tyne

Supervising Recycling Specialist

City of San Diego

Angela A. Moore

Facilities and Sustainability Coordinator

Missouri Historical Society

Mandi McKay

Sustainability Manager

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co

Heidi Sanborn

Executive Director

National Stewardship Action Council

Kate Bailey

Policy & Research Director

Eco-Cycle

Bret Biggers

Economist

ISRI

Nichole Dorr

Central California Regional Coordinator

PaintCare

Rory Bakke

Principal

Sustainable Concepts Studio

Jill Hamilton

Legislative Assistant

Office of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Clytie Binder

Community Composting Hubs in Brisbane Australia

Brisbane City Council, Australia

Timonie Hood

Zero Waste & Green Building Coordinator

U.S. EPA

Marvin Hayes

Program Manager

Baltimore Compost Collective Program

Dr. Anja Malawi Brandon

AGU/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow

Office of Senator Jeff Merkley

Julie Sands Tyne

Supervising Recycling Specialist

City of San Diego

Laura Anthony

Program Coordinator

Save the Albatross

Christie Keith

International Coordinator and US Executive Director

GAIA

Leah Tischler

Site Manager

SBM Sustainability Team

Michael J. Sangiacomo

President & Chief Executive Officer

Recology, Inc.

Lynn Hoffman

Co-President

Eureka Recycling

Remo Profile Example

Sarah D OBrien

Director of Special Initiatives and Stakeholder Engagement

Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Nina Bellucci Butler

CEO

More Recycling

Gina Lee

Founder

Upcyclers Network

Caroline Mitchell

Waste Reduction and Recycling Lead Specialist

City of Fort Collins

Nathan Proctor

Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair

U.S. PIRG

Gary Liss

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

National Recycling Coalition

Lisa Skumatz

President / Principal

SERA

Ruth Abbe

President/Co-Chair

Zero Waste USA/Global Recycling Council of CRRA

Lisa Pellegrino

Strategic Partnerships Manager

TerraCycle

Ana Carvalho

Board Member

Zero Waste International Alliance

Matthew Cotton

Owner

Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC

Samantha Sommer

Director of Business Innovation

UPSTREAM

Kate O’Neill

Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management

University of California at Berkeley

National Legislation And Regulations, 11/5

Shane Trimmer

Senior Policy Advisor

Office of United States Representative Alan Lowenthal

Kate M Davenport

Co President

Eureka Recycling

David Keeling

Board Member, Past President

National Recycling Coalition

Mary Curtiss

Director of Energy and Sustainability

HP

Patrick Currier

Partner

S2CPacific

Martin Bourque

Executive Director

Ecology Center

Anthony Rossi

EVP, Global Business Development

TerraCycle & Loop

Sophia Huda

Vice President

Ohio Recycling Coalition

Terry McDonald

Executive Director

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

Neil Seldman

Director of Waste to Wealth Initiative

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Leslie Lukacs

Executive Director

Zero Waste Sonoma

Alec Cooley

Senior Advisor

Busch Systems

Sophie Hahn

Vice Mayor

City of Berkeley

Julie Muir

Zero Waste Manager

Stanford University

Sarah D OBrien

Director of Programs

Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Clarissa Morawski

CEO

Reloop Platform

Sue Beets-Atkinson

Senior Director of Sustainability

SBM Management

Pal Martensson

Zero Waste in Amazonia

Let´s Do It World

David Krueger

Environmental Programs Manager

City of San Ramon

Susan Collins

President

Container Recycling Institute

Will Bakx

Soil Scientist

Sonoma Compost/Renewable Sonoma

Shashawnda Campbell

Community Organizer

South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc

Elisa Seltzer

Senior Consultant

RRS

Alicia Culver

Executive Director

Responsible Purchasing Network

Lin King

Zero Waste Manager

University of California, Berkeley

Greg Sawtell

Zero Waste Just Transition Director

South Baltimore Community Land Trust

Kira Stoll

Chief Sustainability & Carbon Solutions Officer

University of California, Berkeley

Brett Rodgers

Director of Communications

PaintCare

Clare Miflin

Founder

Center for Zero Waste Design

Scott Cassel

Founder & CEO

Product Stewardship Institute

Miriam Gordon

Indisposable Communities Director

UPSTREAM

Sarah Peery

Legislative Assistant

Office of Senator Rob Portman

David Pinsky

Senior Plastics Campaigner

Greenpeace USA

Manuel Medrano

Environmental Services Manager

California Association of Market Development Zones / City of Chula Vista

Portia Sinnott

Program Director

Zero Waste USA

Kourtnii Brown

Founder and Director

Common Compost

Christienne de Tournay Birkhahn

Vice-Chair/Outgoing Chair

City of Berkeley Zero Waste Commission

Arley Owens

Executive Director

Ohio Recycling Coalition