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Adriana is a licensed Professional Engineer in British Columbia and a Senior Project Engineer at Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Services. As part of her role at Metro Vancouver, Adriana works collaboratively with member jurisdictions and industry stakeholders on programs and policies to reduce, reuse and recycle waste, currently sent for disposal, with the goal of … Read more

Fredrika Syren is an environmental activist, writer and book author of “A practical Guide to zero waste for families”. In 2011, she founded the website Zerowastefamily.com where she shares her family’s journey of living zero waste. Originally from Sweden, she lives in San Diego, California with her husband James and their children Isabella, Noah, and … Read more

Amy Marpman is Director of Sustainability at SBM. She is on the corporate sustainability team and provides advisement and support for SBM clients and site teams toward their sustainability goals. This includes resources and innovation for green cleaning, recycling programs, reduction and reuse efforts, and zero waste diversion reports. Amy has 15 years as a … Read more

I have 13 years of Sustainability experience and am currently the Director of Global Sustainability at KnowBe4, where I manage the organization’s global sustainability programs across 12 countries. This includes our net zero carbon and zero waste goals, our employee sustainability training, our green team (called EarthBe4), and several outreach and engagement programs. Previously I … Read more

My personal and professional mission is to “Save the food. Feed the people.” I am the Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator at UC Merced where I do just that. I coordinate Food Connect, Bobcat Eats Food Waste Awareness and Prevention Program, No Food Left Behind, the Pop-Up People’s Pantry, the People’s Fridge and other related programs. … Read more

Joanie Burns is an Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Manager at Amgen, Inc. in Thousand Oaks, California. She has 27 years of environmental policy and planning experience, working with a wide range of public and private sector organizations in the U.S. and internationally. Ms. Burns was involved in the development of some of Europe’s first … Read more

Nivi Achanta is the founder and CEO of Soapbox Project, a social enterprise that makes it easy for busy people to take fight climate change. Soapbox’s lightweight climate justice funnel starts with bite-sized climate action plans, scales up through monthly action hours, and engages people further through a membership community focused on local action. When … Read more

Mike Ewall is the founder and Executive Director of Energy Justice Network, a national network of grassroots groups fighting dirty energy and waste facilities, and primarily focused on ending incineration in all forms. He’s been fighting incinerators since high school in 1991, and has led winning campaigns stopping numerous biomass and waste incinerators, waste-to-fuel facilities, … Read more

Chef & founder at Santosha Nutrition, Liz has a passion for plant-based cuisine, regenerative agriculture and fighting food waste. After working in the hospitality industry for 10 years, it became clear that Liz needed to become part of the solution instead of the problem. Santosha provides zero-waste cooking classes, farm-to-table experiences and community events that … Read more