Maddy Gawler is the Senior Specialist, Sustainability & Continuous Improvement at The J.M. Smucker Company. She joined the Company through the Hostess acquisition in 2023 and in her current role she is focused on overseeing operations strategy relating to water, natural gas and electricity utilization. In this role she works with operations sites across the … Read more
Bob Gedert has 45 years of experience in building local economic development practices with zero-waste goals through private-public partnerships that utilize local markets for recyclables through innovative entrepreneurship and collaborative business networks. In his retirement, he is teaching climate change classes at Xavier University in Cincinnati and publishing his first book on the relationship of … Read more
Dave Bennink is Director of the Building Deconstruction Network and owns Re-Use Consulting. He trains groups focusing on reusable materials and embodied carbon, and has salvaged/deconstructed over 5000 projects in North America, existing within the circular economy since 1993. Significant to the City, Dave has formed the NYC Circular Construction Network whose goal is to … Read more
Ruth Abbe is a Zero Waste practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in recycling and composting program and facility development and outreach and technical assistance. As president of Zero Waste USA, she is working with municipalities across the U.S. to develop the social and physical infrastructure to achieve Zero Waste. As co-chair of … Read more
Richard V. Anthony is a volunteer board member who began his career in Public Administration in 1971 as a California State University Long Beach Recycling Center manager. He received an MS in Public Administration in 1974. Mr. Anthony has worked his entire career in environmental program management positions. He is an internationally recognized and published … Read more
Gary Liss has 50 years of experience in recycling and waste management and is Chair of the Zero Waste International Alliance Certifications Committee. He is a leading advocate of Zero Waste, Vice-President of Zero Waste USA, and a founder and past President of the National Recycling Coalition. He is a principal of Zero Waste Associates, … Read more
Heather Trim, Executive Director. Heather has more than 25 years of experience in environmental work ranging from zero waste to toxic chemicals and habitat issues. At Zero Waste Washington, her focus has been on reducing upstream sources of waste and addressing downstream impacts, getting toxic chemicals out of products, eliminating plastic pollution, and building on … 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
Neil Seldman, Ph.D., is a Zero Waste advocate with extensive experience in the field. He co-founded the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and was Director of its Waste to Wealth Initiative for 48 years. He also co-founded the National Recycling Coalition, ZW USA, Zero Waste International Association, and the Save the Albatross Coalition. Seldman is known … Read more