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.

Bob Gedert

President

NRC

Scott Cassel

Founder & CEO

Product Stewardship Institute

Timonie Hood

Zero Waste & Green Building Coordinator

U.S. EPA

Lin King

Zero Waste Manager

University of California, Berkeley

Neil Edgar

Executive Director

California Compost Coalition

Joseph Button

Director of Sustainability

Straus Family Creamery

Christie Keith

International Coordinator and US Executive Director

GAIA

Elisa Seltzer

Senior Consultant

RRS

Julie Sands Tyne

Supervising Recycling Specialist

City of San Diego

Rory Bakke

Principal

Sustainable Concepts Studio

Neil Seldman

Director of Waste to Wealth Initiative

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Kira Stoll

Chief Sustainability & Carbon Solutions Officer

University of California, Berkeley

Kate Bailey

Policy & Research Director

Eco-Cycle

Jack McQuibban

Cities Programme Coordinator

Zero Waste Europe

Cecilia Allen

Global Projects Advisor

GAIA

Laura Anthony

Program Coordinator

Save the Albatross

Lynn Hoffman

Co-President

Eureka Recycling

Pal Martensson

Zero Waste in Amazonia

Let´s Do It World

Dave Bennink

Director

Building Deconstruction Institute

Lisa Skumatz

President / Principal

SERA

Caroline Mitchell

Waste Reduction and Recycling Lead Specialist

City of Fort Collins

Alice Koehler

SVP Marketing

WasteZero

Jacky Brown

Vice President Of Retail

Goodwill Industries of San Diego County

Clytie Binder

Community Composting Hubs in Brisbane Australia

Brisbane City Council, Australia

Shashawnda Campbell

Community Organizer

South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc

Miriam Gordon

Indisposable Communities Director

UPSTREAM

David Keeling

Board Member, Past President

National Recycling Coalition

Sarah D OBrien

Director of Special Initiatives and Stakeholder Engagement

Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

David Pinsky

Senior Plastics Campaigner

Greenpeace USA

Jill Hamilton

Legislative Assistant

Office of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Mary Curtiss

Director of Energy and Sustainability

HP

Christienne de Tournay Birkhahn

Vice-Chair/Outgoing Chair

City of Berkeley Zero Waste Commission

Alec Cooley

Senior Advisor

Busch Systems

Terry McDonald

Executive Director

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

Kourtnii Brown

Founder and Director

Common Compost

Nina Bellucci Butler

CEO

More Recycling

Sophie Hahn

Vice Mayor

City of Berkeley

Maggie Clarke, Ph.D.

Zero Waste Researcher

Zero Waste New York

Sophia Huda

Vice President

Ohio Recycling Coalition

Arley Owens

Executive Director

Ohio Recycling Coalition

Joseph Button

Director of Sustainability

Straus Family Creamery

Brett Rodgers

Director of Communications

PaintCare

National Legislation And Regulations, 11/5

Julie Sands Tyne

Supervising Recycling Specialist

City of San Diego

Danner Doud-Martin

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

Haas School of Business

Ana Carvalho

Board Member

Zero Waste International Alliance

Stephanie Barger

Director - TRUE Zero Waste Program

U.S. Green Building Council

Esra Tat

Associate Director

Zero Waste Europe

Sarah Peery

Legislative Assistant

Office of Senator Rob Portman

Enzo Favoino

Scientific Coordinator

Zero Waste Europe and Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza

Will Bakx

Soil Scientist

Sonoma Compost/Renewable Sonoma

Bret Biggers

Economist

ISRI

Kate M Davenport

Co President

Eureka Recycling

Susan Collins

President

Container Recycling Institute

Martin Bourque

Executive Director

Ecology Center

Patrick Tierney

CEO and Cofounder

Revolution Systems

Anthony Rossi

EVP, Global Business Development

TerraCycle & Loop

Sarah D OBrien

Director of Programs

Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Faye Christoforo

Co-Executive Director

Post-Landfill Action Network

Dr. Anja Malawi Brandon

AGU/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow

Office of Senator Jeff Merkley

Julie Muir

Zero Waste Manager

Stanford University

Gary Liss

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

National Recycling Coalition

Shane Trimmer

Senior Policy Advisor

Office of United States Representative Alan Lowenthal

Leslie Lukacs

Executive Director

Zero Waste Sonoma

Matthew Cotton

Owner

Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC

Patrick Currier

Partner

S2CPacific

Lisa Pellegrino

Strategic Partnerships Manager

TerraCycle

Clare Miflin

Founder

Center for Zero Waste Design

Nina Goodrich

Executive Director

GreenBlue/SPC

Clarissa Morawski

CEO

Reloop Platform

Michael J. Sangiacomo

President & Chief Executive Officer

Recology, Inc.

Kelley Dennings

Campaigner

Center for Biological Diversity

Nathan Proctor

Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair

U.S. PIRG

Heidi Sanborn

Executive Director

National Stewardship Action Council

Portia Sinnott

Program Director

Zero Waste USA

Samantha Sommer

Director of Business Innovation

UPSTREAM

Marvin Hayes

Program Manager

Baltimore Compost Collective Program

Sue Beets-Atkinson

Senior Director of Sustainability

SBM Management

Kate O’Neill

Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management

University of California at Berkeley

Remo Profile Example

David Krueger

Environmental Programs Manager

City of San Ramon

Mandi McKay

Sustainability Manager

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co

Kaity Robbins

Zero Waste Manager

Boston University

Angela A. Moore

Facilities and Sustainability Coordinator

Missouri Historical Society

Alicia Culver

Executive Director

Responsible Purchasing Network

Manuel Medrano

Environmental Services Manager

California Association of Market Development Zones / City of Chula Vista

Richard Anthony

President

Zero Waste International Alliance

Meleny Thomas

Community Organizer

South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc

Gina Lee

Founder

Upcyclers Network

Ruth Abbe

President/Co-Chair

Zero Waste USA/Global Recycling Council of CRRA

Nichole Dorr

Central California Regional Coordinator

PaintCare

Jamie Kaminski

Director of Policy

Zero Waste Canada

Clare Miflin

Founder

Center for Zero Waste Design

Leah Tischler

Site Manager

SBM Sustainability Team

Greg Sawtell

Zero Waste Just Transition Director

South Baltimore Community Land Trust