Jason entered the Zero Waste arena as the co-founder of the Destination Zero program offered through Ingenium. The program is a consultative partnership that customizes diversion strategies and validates metrics to deliver effective solutions towards attaining zero waste targets and TRUE certification. Throughout his journey thus far, Jason has worked closely with University Hospitals, Biopharmaceuticals, … Read more
Samantha Sommer brings 15 years of industry experience helping businesses, governments, and communities transition to better systems that promote source reduction and reuse rather than better recycling and organics diversion. As the Director of Business Innovation at Upstream, Samantha is accelerating and promoting effective, doable, and cost saving reusable models and services focused in the … Read more
Vice President of Sustainability and Education, Earth Friendly Products Ph.D. – Sustainability M.E.M – Master of Environmental Management BAppSc -Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemistry) Dr. Afsharmanesh is the Sustainability Leader in implementing and spearheading a comprehensive climate-positive program that led Earth Friendly Products to became Climate Positive and Zero Waste Platinum certificated at all four … Read more
Bruce is a driver and promoter for sustainability change and believes that Culture, Communication and Collection are the 3 driving factors for achieving zero waste. This redefined concept called the “CleanRiver 3C Process” has been adopted and widely followed by organizations such as Google, Tesla, Facebook and Tim Hortons. A highly sought-after speaker, Bruce shares … Read more
Beets-Atkinson’s involvement extends into many projects over her long career that range from a sample waste analysis (approximately 200 pounds), with a building walk and recommendations to supporting a 5 day multiple locations waste analysis and extensive building assessment which included over 20,000 pounds of waste, a team of over 15 support staff, extensive recommendations … Read more
Amy Marpman is Director of Sustainability at SBM Management. As part of the corporate sustainability team, she provides advisement and support for SBM clients and site teams across the U.S. toward their zero waste goals. Amy has 15 years of experience as a waste and recycling professional, is Chair of the Queens Solid Waste Advisory … Read more
Casey Mahalick is a Senior Technical Associate of Environmental Sustainability for Colgate-Palmolive Company, a consumer products company based in New York City. She is responsible for developing and supporting the implementation of Colgate’s environmental sustainability programs including energy efficiency, climate, water stewardship and waste reduction. She is a TRUE Advisor with the U.S. Green Building … Read more
Joanie Burns is a sustainability professional with 28 years of environmental policy and planning experience, working with a wide range of public and private sector organizations in the U.S. and internationally. Ms. Burns has developed and delivered waste reduction and recycling/composting programs for public sector agencies/institutions and businesses with aggressive sustainability goals. This includes coordination … Read more
Krietta Marley is the Director of Operations & Product at Foodprint Group, a Brooklyn-based Zero Waste consultancy. Krietta has over seven years of experience in sustainability and the food service industry, and is a certified TRUE Zero Waste advisor. At Foodprint, she has led clients through the design, development, and implementation of Zero Waste programs … Read more
Jordan Fengel is the Sustainability Manager for the U.S. & Canada for Tetra Pak, a global packaging company leading in sustainability transformation. Also, Jordan is the Director of Government Affairs for the Carton Council trade organization. He is on the Board of Directors for AMERIPEN and is the former Executive Director of the State of … Read more