Hayden Sloan is a sustainability expert who has experience working in the US, China, Costa Rica, and Spain. She has been involved in the Zero Waste movement since 2013, gradually changing her own habits and spearheading campaigns to advance zero waste and circular economy principles internationally. She is the Strategic Director of Communications for Race … Read more
Jesse Maxwell is the Advocacy & Safety Senior Manager for the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA). Jesse regularly tracks and reports on legislative and regulatory issues in the municipal solid waste industry and directs safety-related programming. Prior to working at SWANA, Jesse received an M.A. in liberal arts from St. John’s College, Annapolis, … Read more
Sue Pinera is a seasoned professional with over 35 years of experience working for major global organizations providing environmental and sustainability support across business lines. Ms. Pinera has developed strategic programs and procedures that meet corporate objectives and goals in the areas of Zero Waste, energy consumption, employee awareness, recycling, waste management, building certifications, water … Read more
The Michigan Recycling Coalition fosters sustainability by leading, educating, and mobilizing business, government, nonprofit, and individuals to advance their own and collective resource use and recovery initiatives in Michigan. https://www.michiganrecycles.org/
Kelly Jaramillo has served as the Forest Service Region 3 (Arizona and New Mexico) Sustainable Operations Program Lead for the past 6 years. She has supported the National Greening Fire Team (GFT) for the past four years and currently serves as Chairperson. She has helped to transition this team from its grassroots beginnings to a … Read more
Brian Balukonis retired from Raytheon Company in 2018 after a 32+ year career where he worked as the Solid Waste Process Owner for the Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business segment in Tewksbury, MA. As the Zero Waste Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Raytheon, he focused on Zero Waste planning and helped develop a unique resource … Read more
Lindsey Hoell is the CEO of Dispatch Goods, and a UC Berkeley MBA Candidate. While previously running Surfrider Hawaii’s Ocean Friendly Restaurants Program, she saw the opportunity for a reuse infrastructure to support circular solutions. She then returned to school to start Dispatch Goods, a reverse logistics company accelerating reusable solutions. Dispatch GoodsCEOhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-hoell-56217765/
My personal and professional mission is to “Save the food. Feed the people.” I am the Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator at UC Merced where I do just that. I coordinate Food Connect, Bobcat Eats Food Waste Awareness and Prevention Program, No Food Left Behind, the Pop-Up People’s Pantry and the People’s Fridge. My goal is … Read more
Alex supports the US Food Waste team’s portfolio of projects at WWF, including work with policymakers and the agricultural, grocery retail, hospitality and food service sectors. He is the team lead for the Food Waste Warrior program to help schools reduce food waste and recently helped to lead a coalition of environmental NGOs to develop … Read more
Justin first dove into the dumpster in 1998 at the Summit Recycling Project in the mountains of Colorado. In 2000 Justin moved south to New Mexico where he led both nonprofit and government-owned recycling and composting efforts; from local endeavors to statewide initiatives. After serving on the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Recycling … Read more