After successfully building manufacturing and real estate businesses, I’ve shifted my focus to promoting sustainability and combating climate change. With 18+ years in real estate development and sales and over 11 years of management experience, I have a proven track record of overcoming challenges and driving positive change. I hold an A.A. in Environmental Studies … Read more
Victoria Charles, co-founder of BlueSphere Partners Consultants, brings over 15 years of sustainability expertise, including ESG assessment, GRI reporting, Zero Waste, stakeholder and employee engagement, and sustainability program development. Victoria advises businesses, local governments, and schools on sustainable best practices, emphasizing collaborative efforts to reduce environmental and social impact. Her passion for education and ecological … Read more
Director, Market Transformation & DevelopmentTRUE Zero Waste Certification As director of market transformation & development for the TRUE Zero Waste Certification, Stephanie Barger is responsible for the growth and development of the TRUE program. Barger helped launch TRUE, owned and administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) in 2017. GBCI is the premier organization independently … Read more
Chrise is a Zero Waste specialist, educator, & advocate. She is Berkeley’s ZW Commission Vice Chair (former two-time Chair); as Chair, she coordinated and conducted the public outreach/input-gathering efforts instrumental for 2019’s landmark Single-Use Disposable Foodware & Litter Reduction Ordinance passage. She is an instructor for Zero Waste USA’s certification program, assistant project manager for … Read more
Jill Donello partners with organizations to analyze systems, processes and people to increase efficiency and reduce waste through system redesign, training, education and change management programs. Jill has more than 20 years of experience in the design and delivery of content-live, filmed, written, and animated to diverse audiences in multiple industries. At GreenEducation.US, Jill brings … Read more
Sue Beets-Atkinson is the Global Vice President of Sustainability for SBM Management Services, LP. With more than 30 years of resource management and recycling experience, she has successfully designed and implemented many large and complex recycling programs for a multitude of Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States. Beets-Atkinson regularly reinvents systems for improved efficiency … Read more
I am a former professional athlete turned climate tech founder. While transitioning out of sports, I organized local neighborhood trash clean-ups and realized the alarming amount of furniture dumped on the sides of roads/curbs in Philadelphia and I instantly knew I wanted to help. My co-founder and I built Rego from the ground up to … Read more
For more than ten years, Dan Kershaw has steered Furniture Bank through a transformative era, merging social enterprise and technology to combat furniture poverty and minimize waste, enriching the lives of over 125,000 families. Embracing #AIForGood since 2022, he has integrated AI into operations to enhance efficiency and impact, setting a new standard for social … Read more
A 30 year sustainability professional and subject matter expert on solid waste disposal, composting, stormwater best management practices, and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations. Stacie’s first dumpster dive was in 1995 and she hasn’t looked back since, has dived in thousands of dumpsters at this stage in her career. In the years since … Read more
Marie Mourad, Ph.D. is a sociologist with over twelve years of experience working as a food, waste, and sustainability expert and consultant for non-profits and governmental agencies in the United States and Europe. She currently assists the City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo County, and other jurisdictions in California in implementing edible food … Read more