Elizabeth Balkan brings extensive public policy and strategy experience to her role as Director, Reloop North America. She previously led the food waste program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, growing the Food Matters initiative to comprise more than 40 cities nationwide. Before that, Balkan developed and oversaw implementation of New York City’s zero waste … Read more
Kirstie Pecci is the Executive Director of Just Zero, a national Zero Waste non-profit. Kirstie established and was the Director of the Zero Waste Program at Conservation Law Foundation, and is a former MASSPIRG Staff Attorney actively engaged in waste reduction and opposing the expansion of landfill and incinerator capacity. She also founded the central … Read more
Nena Shaw has over 30 years of environmental law and policy experience from work in the public and private sectors. Nena is the Senior Advisor for Circular Economy and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law recycling efforts in the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery within the Office of Land and Emergency Management. She holds degrees from Duke … Read more
Jay Bassett served the public over 35 years both as a naval military officer (retired) and as a civil servant and leader with the US Environmental Protection Agency. He was a charter member of EPA’s leadership cadre in transforming EPA’s land and waste program’s “Road Ahead” principles building capacity on materials management approaches, and broad, … Read more
Just Zero works with communities and policy makers to turn Zero Waste strategies into action; visionary concepts into results. Real impact demands new, inventive approaches that put human and ecosystem health over polluter profits. https://just-zero.org/
About Sophie Hague, Founder of Positive Phee With a degree in fashion business Sophie “Phee”, Hague spent a decade immersed in the London luxury fashion & lingerie industries before moving to San Diego where in 2020 she founded her sustainable fashion events and services brand, “Positive Phee”. After researching the current fashion cycle and the … Read more
Richard is the Lead Organizer of a grassroots community group named Broward Clean Air. He is involved in environmental stewardship and educating various community stakeholders including elected officials about incinerators, landfills, and zero waste alternatives and measures such as zero waste education, municipal programs, policies, initiatives, composting and infrastructure to help build a sustainable circular … Read more
Darienne Highsmith is a Project Manager at the U.S. Green Building Council. Based in Seattle, she plays a pivotal role in driving sustainability initiatives and advancing green building practices throughout the Pacific Region, with a primary focus on Oregon and Washington. With a focus on market transformation and development, she excels in strategic planning, budget … Read more
Agustín Sánchez, graduated in 1997 as Mechanical Engineer from Army Polytechnic School in Quito-Ecuador, MBA in the High Direction and Business School from Anahuac University – Mexico in 2007 and Green Belt Certification by MMD in 2008, started his career in General Motors – Ecuador, moving to the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1998. Agustín joined Merck Boston and … Read more
Youpa is a visual artist and concerned citizen who dedicates her art and advocacy work to the service of the care of the Earth. She focuses on raising awareness and finding solutions for plastic pollution by giving talks, writing, creating art, and working on policy at the local and state level to help counter the … Read more