As leader for Sustainable Operations at JLL, Paulina Rivera’s main responsibility is to develop strategies based on the analysis of carbon footprint for the main activities of real estate operations, and giving solutions for water and energy reduction of consumption, as well as waste reduction. She joined JLL in 2011 as a Trainee in the … Read more
Matthew Senesky founded Iterant in 2021 to provide market-based incentives to reduce packaging waste. Prior to that, he was VP of Engineering and GM of US Operations at Amber Kinetics, a grid-scale energy storage startup. He also worked in corporate R&D at Texas Instruments, and was a hardware designer at Tesla. Matthew has a Ph.D. … Read more
Kyle Wiens is the CEO of iFixit, the free repair manual. He’s dedicated his life to defeating the second law of thermodynamics, a battle fought in the courtroom as often as in the workshop. Kyle led the international coalition that established repair as a cornerstone of the circular economy and passed the Right to Repair … Read more
Steven Sherman, resource economist/planner, is a leading technical and policy expert on the development of municipal organics programs; in addition, he has extensive board experience. His consulting, research, operations, policy, education, and training efforts over a 30-year period have helped to lay the groundwork for food scraps management as a cornerstone of zero waste, and … Read more
Jessica is a 4x entrepreneur, an international public speaker on the circular economy, and social impact investor. Named a Top 50 Women in Tech (2019), and a recipient of the Clean50 award, Jessica’s work concentrates on developing highly scalable startups using business as a vehicle for social change, including: Social Impact Technology Accelerator (SITA) and … Read more
Joanne is the Deputy Executive Director/Recycling Coordinator for the Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority. She manages the countywide recycling program, including curbside collection from 28,000 households, a system of over 100 drop-off sites; commercial recycling from 1200 establishments and a source separated Materials Recovery Facility with a yearly capacity of 15,000 tons. With the … Read more
Kendall Vanderhoof is a sustainability analyst at Niagara Bottling, focusing on water and zero-waste sustainability projects. Here, she is leading the initiative to certify all Niagara Bottling manufacturing sites through the TRUE Portfolio Program. Kendall holds an MS in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver, a BA in Physics, and has previous … Read more
Annette is passionate about the outdoors and has been working in the environmental sector for over 20 years to protect the nature we all like to enjoy. She’s driven trucks and sorted recycling for the San Francisco Conservation Corps, worked for the City of San Francisco, as well as the US Environmental Protection Agency, in … Read more
Urban Ore is a local business that salvages for reuse at the Berkeley transfer station, picks up unwanted things when called, and receives up to 100 vehicles a day carrying unwanted but still-useful goods. Urban Ore treats the discards as merchandise and sell them at retail. Urban Ore has three acres of secondhand stuff, including … Read more
Maurice M. Sampson II has been a grass roots environmental activist dating back to the 70s. He fought to pass of local ordinances requiring Environmental Impact Statements for all housing developments ( Cherry Hill NJ , 1971) saving 200 acres from suburban development, to oppose highway bond issues (1973),Tocks Island Dam on the upper Delaware … Read more