Speaker

Nicole Kenney is a Program Manager of Sustainable Packaging for Cisco Systems. She currently serves as an Executive Committee member on the Prevention, Repair and Reuse Technical Council of CRRA (California Resource Recovery Association). She is also an active member in the California Chapter of the AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists). She … Read more

Whitney Amaya is a Salvadoran-American from Long Beach, California. She received her B.A. in Geography/Environmental Studies from UCLA in 2015, and her M.S. in Geographic Information Science from CSULB in 2018. As a community member with East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, she has helped organize bike toxic tours as a way to engage and educate … Read more

Grace Liao is a Senior Associate at Food Works Group. She brings a wide range of experience across the food system, including programmatic and operational experience in food banks, community food hubs, and food service and community kitchen settings. She brings an ethnographic lens to her work and is dedicated to building a more equitable, … Read more

As the founder and owner of Fillgood, the first Bay Area zero waste store and delivery service, Stephanie is invested in the movement to reduce plastic pollution since 2016. Born when Stephanie started learning about the devastating effects of plastic on the environment and human health, Fillgood provides sustainable and safe alternatives to plastic products … Read more

Alina Bekkerman is a zero waste and materials management consultant with 15+ years of professional experience in program management and relationship development and 8 years of experience working with cross-functional teams toward waste diversion. Alina has worked directly with corporate, nonprofit, and municipal organizations, developing and implementing programs to divert waste from landfill, and educating … Read more

Patty has almost 20 years in the construction industry and more than 15 years of experience advancing sustainability in the built environment. She is an advocate for green building, and healthy-high performing construction both within her firm and in the industry at large. This experience is compiled of extensive project work on healthy-high performing projects … Read more

Holly is the Program Manager for the TRUE Certification program with GBCI and is responsible for the management and development of the certification. Prior to her work with GBCI, Holly obtained her Masters of Science in Environmental Management and Policy at Lund University in Sweden. She is a solid waste management professional with five years … Read more

Jay Bassett served the public over 35 years both as a (retired) military officer with the Navy and as a civil servant leader with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He served 15 years as a charter member of the EPA’s leadership cadre in transforming EPA’s land and waste program’s “Road Ahead” principles through promoting efforts … Read more

Celia currently serves as the Certification Manager for TRUE, the zero waste certification program dedicated to measuring, improving, and recognizing zero waste performance. Prior to joining TRUE, Celia earned a Master of Environmental Management degree from the Yale School of the Environment. A longtime advocate for zero waste, she runs Litterless, the leading resource for … Read more