Nayeli Campos

Nayeli Campos is the Community Outreach and Policy Coordinator at Zero Waste Washington, a non-profit organization focused on sustainability and waste reduction. Her journey in environmental advocacy began during her time as a UC Global Food Initiative fellow at UC Santa Barbara, where she worked on initiatives centered around food accessibility and sustainability. Since joining … Read more

Mary Lou Van Deventer

Mary Lou Van Deventer has been involved with Urban Ore in Berkeley, California, since itsfounding in 1980 and incorporation in 1981. After college she was a high-school teacher andenvironmental journalist. Now she is co-owner of all of Urban Ore’s shares, with her husband,Dr. Daniel Knapp, and is currently the Special Projects Manager. In 1980 Urban … Read more

Accountable Impact

Accountable Impact creates a space for interdisciplinary and multisectoral collaboration while consistently testing assumptions and asking questions about what is needed to achieve the SDGs.​ We localize the SDGs by activating regional and local networks and entities to co-design solutions and initiatives that must balance social, environmental and economic sustainability.​ We collaborate with academia, policy … Read more

Leah Tischler

Leah Tischler is the Global Sustainability Manager for CBRE on a pharmaceutical life science account. After graduating From Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, she started her career in the Waste Industry with the County of Kauai’s solid waste department. After working in local government, for private waste hauler, and for a corporate client designing and … Read more

MacKenzie Marcelin

MacKenzie is a Florida native who works as a Climate Justice Director for Florida Rising. He works to build towards a future based on the principles of climate justice and just transition to ensure our Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities are leading and not left behind as we develop solutions for the climate crisis. He … Read more

Nora Goldstein

Nora Goldstein is Editor/Publisher of BioCycle CONNECT® and BioCycle.net, the Organics Recycling Authority. Nora is in her 5th decade of working at BioCycle. She received the US Composting Council’s Hi Kellogg Award for Outstanding Service to the Composting Industry, and the American Biogas Council’s Biogas Visionary Award. Nora serves on the Board of the Institute … Read more

Elizabeth Balkan

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

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