A founding member of GAIA, Neil has worked on international environmental policy, climate, and development finance and provided technical support to GAIA members. He has over 20 years of experience working on waste, plastic, climate change, toxics, and environmental justice issues. He also has experience with carbon markets and international development finance. Neil is the…
Nazir Khan has co-led the formation of the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table, where he works with communities fighting for environmental justice — communities fighting against being sacrificed for profit and fighting instead for a regenerative, caring, and sustainable society. He has been involved over the last 15 years in the climate, labor, and HIV/AIDS movements and borne witness to…
Jordan Figueiredo is a Zero Waste Specialist II and has been at Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) for over 12 years. As the School Programs lead, Jordan works on outreach, donations, and improving school recycling and organics programs and diversion. Jordan also works on school presentations, field trips, assemblies, a student scholarship program, and custodian…
Daniela is a trilingual inspiring purpose-driven leader. She has over 14 years of expertise in advancing systemic change for the circular economy through innovative cross-sector partnerships to advance zero waste policy, programs, and solutions locally throughout North America and Latin America. Her expertise has been in food waste reduction, composting, and soil regeneration as key…
Nick is CAW’s Director of Advocacy and has been with the organization since 2007. In that time, Nick has led CAW’s team of advocates in campaigns to pass groundbreaking laws that have positioned California as a global leader in reducing and recovering waste. By building strong coalitions, he has helped enact policies to reduce the…
Jeffrey Morris, Ph.D., is an economist specializing in life-cycle analysis. Through his research and technical studies, he works to shrink pollution footprints, reduce waste and conserve resources for communities throughout the US and Canada. He has recently developed two useful calculators, CEI (Consumer Environmental Index) and MEBCalc™ (Measuring the Environmental Benefits Calculator). Both models have…
A native of San Diego, Michelle has over a decade of experience designing and implementing behavior change research and programming. Michelle studied public health and international development at Tulane University, where she later obtained a Master’s in Public Health focusing on social epidemiology. Michelle’s work in behavior change has spanned many locales and subjects. From…
Kim Dinan (she/her) works on communications for the Center’s Population and Sustainability program. Before joining the Center, Kim worked as a freelance journalist covering environmental and outdoor news. She spent the first half of her career working in recycling, waste reduction, and sustainability for Marion County, Oregon, and the city of Portland. She’s the author…
Shashawnda Campbell is a community leader and activist for Environmental Justice. As a student at Ben Franklin High School in South Baltimore, Shashawnda co-founded “Free Your Voice,” a student-led group that worked for 5 years to shut down the largest incinerator proposal in US history set to be built less than a mile from their…
Nat Burgeff (she/her) recently graduated from Prescott College and holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies; she is currently working towards a Master of Science degree in Resilient 7 Sustainable Communities. Throughout her experience in higher education over the last four years, she implemented sustainability strategies with various groups and institutions, further enhancing her…