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

Patrick Tierney

CEO and Cofounder

Revolution Systems

Nicole Gaetjens

Zero Waste Program Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle

Danner Doud-Martin

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

Haas School of Business

Stephanie Barger

Director - TRUE Zero Waste Program

U.S. Green Building Council

Esra Tat

Associate Director

Zero Waste Europe

Susan Collins

President

Container Recycling Institute

Kate Bailey

Policy & Research Director

Eco-Cycle

Terry McDonald

Executive Director

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

Ana Carvalho

Board Member

Zero Waste International Alliance

Sarah D OBrien

Director of Programs

Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Miriam Gordon

Indisposable Communities Director

UPSTREAM

Christie Keith

International Coordinator and US Executive Director

GAIA

Joseph Button

Director of Sustainability

Straus Family Creamery

Julie Sands Tyne

Supervising Recycling Specialist

City of San Diego

Samantha Sommer

Program Manager

ReThink Disposable

Christienne de Tournay Birkhahn

Chair

City of Berkeley Zero Waste Commission

Pal Martensson

Zero Waste in Amazonia

Let´s Do It World

Martin Bourque

Executive Director

Ecology Center

Nina Bellucci Butler

CEO

More Recycling

Mandi McKay

Sustainability Manager

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co

Lisa Skumatz

President / Principal

SERA

Maggie Clarke

Zero Waste Researcher

Maggie Clarke Environmental

Kate M Davenport

Co President

Eureka Recycling

Dave Bennink

Director

Building Deconstruction Institute

Rory Bakke

Principal

Sustainable Concepts Studio

Caroline Mitchell

Waste Reduction and Recycling Lead Specialist

City of Fort Collins

Erin McNichol

Sustainability Program Manager

HP

Heidi Sanborn

Executive Director

National Stewardship Action Council

Will Bakx

Soil Scientist

Sonoma Compost/Renewable Sonoma

Ruth Abbe

President/Co-Chair

Zero Waste USA/Global Recycling Council of CRRA

David Pinsky

Senior Plastics Campaigner

Greenpeace USA

Kaity Robbins

Zero Waste Manager

Boston University

Alice Koehler

SVP Marketing

WasteZero

Sophie Hahn

Vice Mayor

City of Berkeley

Clytie Binder

Community Composting Hubs in Brisbane Australia

Brisbane City Council, Australia

Scott Cassel

Founder & CEO

Product Stewardship Institute

Mark A Funkhouser

Director of Sustainability and Custodial Services

Chumash Casino Resort

Sue Beets-Atkinson

Sr. Director of Sustainability

SBM Management/ GBCI TRUE Zero Waste

Matthew Cotton

Owner

Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC

Julie Muir

Zero Waste Manager

Stanford University

Clarissa Morawski

CEO

Reloop Platform

Jamie Kaminski

Director of Policy

Zero Waste Canada

Marvin Hayes

Program Manager

Baltimore Compost Collective Program

Clare Miflin

Founder

Center for Zero Waste Design

Kourtnii Brown

Founder and Director

Common Compost

Portia Sinnott

Program Director

Zero Waste USA

Lisa Pellegrino

Strategic Partnerships Manager

TerraCycle

Gary Liss

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

National Recycling Coalition

Angela A. Moore

Facilities and Sustainability Coordinator

Missouri Historical Society