Megan Hernandez found her way to the supply side of the wine industry after over a decade of winemaking in Napa and Sonoma Counties. A freak horse accident and the desire to drop off and pick up her son from school, even during harvest, led her to explore other areas of the wine industry while … Read more
Linda (she/her) handles the social media and creative media – website, graphic design and video editing – needs of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Population and Sustainability program. She is also an organizer for the Center’s Food Justice Film Festival. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in visual communications from Hawaii Pacific University, with a … Read more
The Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) aims to reduce or prevent the generation of pollution at its source through the dissemination of reliable, impartial, high-quality technical information, training, and services. https://www.pprc.org/
Recycle Ann Arbor’s mission is to develop and operate innovative reuse, recycling, and zero-waste programs that improve the environmental quality of our community. https://www.recycleannarbor.org/
Think Zero offers waste reduction and diversion services to businesses. Think Zero Home supports individuals and families in moving to a zero waste lifestyle. We work in New York, Colorado, and across the United States. https://www.thinkzerollc.com/
Inspiring and building a sustainable, healthy, and just future for the East Bay, California, and beyond. https://ecologycenter.org/
Jo Banner co-founded The Descendants Project, where she channels her affection and knowledge into challenging systems, primarily legal systems that have exploited the descendants, such as herself, of those enslaved to plantations. She is now working to gain recognition of the burial grounds of the enslaved as sacred sites and aims to protect such sites … Read more
Jeremy Drake is a Zero Waste consultant with over 10 years of experience in project management, program planning and implementation, collection system procurement, stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, and education. He holds a MA in Urban Sustainability from Antioch University – Los Angeles and is a Zero Waste USA-certified Zero Waste Associate. After a decade in … Read more
Kaela Martins is Manager, Recycling and Packaging Sustainability at the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA). In this capacity, she manages projects related to packaging (containerboard/kraft) and recovered fiber initiatives. Martins has an expansive history in the sustainability field, including having led industry committees, developed guiding resources, and provided regulatory support on critical waste and … Read more
A first-generation American, Martin has held influential roles in many sectors of the wine industry since 2002: wine director, importer, educator, international judge, award-winning winemaker, resilience activist, and writer. His wine story began with an over-indulgent Parisian dinner as a Stanford undergrad; soon after he was stocking shelves at K&L. In 2011, Martin became the principal buyer for national … Read more