Crystal Dreisbach is a solutionary whose life goal is to disrupt the status quo of our take-and-trash economy. She is the Founder & Executive Director of a non-profit organization in Durham, North Carolina called Don’t Waste Durham whose mission is to create solutions that prevent trash. She leads her organization in systemic change projects like … Read more
Casey Mahalick is a Senior Technical Associate of Environmental Sustainability for Colgate-Palmolive Company, a consumer products company based in New York City. She is responsible for developing and supporting the implementation of Colgate’s environmental sustainability programs including energy efficiency, climate, water stewardship and waste reduction. She is a TRUE Advisor with the U.S. Green Building … Read more
Using systems-thinking, innovation & design Dagny’s work pushes the boundaries of how we think about everyday decisions & builds the capacity in others to have a real impact on today’s pressing issues. She is the founder of Vessel, a reusables service system, Vessel Works, an educational and consulting firm focused on circular design, and the … Read more
Rebecca has over a decade of experience in the field of sustainability and is passionate about waste reduction. Rebecca has worked in zero waste operations, sustainable food systems, textile waste reduction, salmon habitat restoration and environmental education. As an Environmental Studies graduate student at Western Washington University, Rebecca studied fast fashion, overconsumption and the psychology … Read more
Diane Cohen is executive director of Finger Lakes ReUse, Inc., an nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2007 to help reduce waste and recognize and reinvest this value back into the community. Diane is passionate about demonstrating and maximizing the triple bottom line (social, environmental and economic) benefits of reuse and helping to build momentum in … Read more
Ashpreet Kaur has a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Panjab University, India. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology with a concentration in Sociology at the University of University of Florida. Her research focuses on the Zero Waste performance of higher education institutions of the USA. After graduating, she is interested in working … Read more
My pursuit as both an academic and practitioner is to help create sustainable and just transitions to less wasteful systems. I am a PhD candidate in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. Based on community-driven development, I focus my contributions on how I can bring my resources to best serve a community to … Read more
Joanie Burns is a sustainability professional with 28 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 has developed and delivered waste reduction and recycling/composting programs for public sector agencies/institutions and businesses with aggressive sustainability goals. This includes coordination … Read more
Krietta Marley is the Director of Operations & Product at Foodprint Group, a Brooklyn-based Zero Waste consultancy. Krietta has over seven years of experience in sustainability and the food service industry, and is a certified TRUE Zero Waste advisor. At Foodprint, she has led clients through the design, development, and implementation of Zero Waste programs … Read more
Jordan Fengel is the Sustainability Manager for the U.S. & Canada for Tetra Pak, a global packaging company leading in sustainability transformation. Also, Jordan is the Director of Government Affairs for the Carton Council trade organization. He is on the Board of Directors for AMERIPEN and is the former Executive Director of the State of … Read more