Dan has worked in recycling, composting, and organic farming since 1982. His Zero Waste focus looks to marry these interests to maintain the highest value of our resources through creating local circular economies. Dan spearheads Eco-Cycle’s focus on utilizing organic waste and other resources in a local and global effort to restore healthy soil and … Read more
Elida Castillo is the Program Director of Chispa Texas, a Latino grassroot organizing program in Texas that launched in April of 2021. Elida’s community organizing and civic engagement efforts in Texas have invigorated the environmental movement with new leaders, increased voter participation and held elected officials accountable in between elections, to improve the quality of … Read more
Gay likes to fight and go fast. She skies fast, eats fast, and pushes hard. Her favorite activity as executive Director of Repair.org is debating and debunking opposition positions. Having spent a full career in high-sale sales and support — she brings her 40 years of experience to bear on researching the details of laws, … Read more
Deandra Sanchez was born in Corpus Christi texas and is a descendent of the Karankawa and Lipan Apache. They currently work for the grassroots frontline indigenous lead organization Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend where they work specifically with youth, and organizing future youth leaders in the south Texas region. Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal … Read more
As Zero Waste Washington’s Program Manager, Xenia Dolovova leads projects that drive policy change for a healthy and waste-free world. She develops and oversees initiatives that creatively prevent and reduce waste, including environmental innovation challenges, furniture reclamation, organics management, phthalates research, and litter assessments. She currently spearheads a multi-pronged effort to cultivate Washington’s repair economy … Read more
Ruth Corona is the Energy & Sustainability Services Director in Mexico, and responsible for delivering business results for the whole division. Her role includes leading the Mexico team with overall responsibility for achieving results, seeking new clients and properties, as well as driving new business lines. For the Energy & Sustainability Services, she leads the … Read more
Amy King is the Co-Founder of Good Coworking in Dallas, TX, the first LEED Gold, City of Dallas Green Business Platinum and SUPER™ Bronze certified coworking space in the world focused on inclusive sustainability, powered by solar. As a champion of the triple bottom line, Amy works with entrepreneurs to build profitable businesses that allow … Read more
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