Celeste McMickle is the Director of Client Solutions for TRUE Zero Waste certification with the USGBC. TRUE certification aims to support facilities and businesses in achieving their zero waste goals by providing a clear path to certification using a points-based rating system and educational tools such as the TRUE Advisor program. Celeste has a background … Read more
Mike Gable is the founding Executive Director of Construction Junction, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit retailer promoting conservation by reusing building materials. Under Mike’s 20+ years of leadership, CJ has grown into a 2 million operation with 30 staff, including an award-winning job training program for Goodwill clients with disabilities and an innovative partnership with the Urban … Read more
Heidi Solba is the Founder, President, and Head of the Global Network at Let’s Do It World NGO. With belief that everything is possible, the biggest task to her during 2016 – 2018 was to create a worldwide network in 150 countries, with whom in Let’s Do It World to lead the World Cleanup Day … Read more
Scott Morrison is co-founder of DreamZero, a reusables consultancy and event service located in Toronto. Scott has worked as a sustainability consultant since 2003, specializing in waste prevention and reporting. Scott was the first Canadian to achieve TRUE Advisor designation, was the founding Executive Director of Zero Waste Canada and sat on the Board of … Read more
At the helm as General Manager of The Ranch LB, Kurt Bjorkman has cultivated an atmosphere of exceptional service. Previously, he was the founder and managing partner of over5 Hospitality, a company that caters to real estate developers and independent hotel operators who seek to push the boundaries of the status quo. Kurt gained valuable … Read more
Freddy has been an advisor, and organizer with Zero Waste Youth USA since 2014. The youth organization is a volunteer-run organization based out of the San Francisco Bay Area that connects students and young professionals passionate for the Zero Waste and climate action movements. Freddy and ZWY organizing members have produced 9 annual conferences dubbed … Read more
A civil litigator for 32 years in San Diego, Ms. Mendez is legal counsel to the Save the AlbatrossCoalition. After obtaining a Master of Advance Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation in 2018 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and leading the transformation of that campus and U.S. San Diego to be single-use plastic-free, Ms. Mendez … Read more
Charles Moore is the Captain of Oceanographic Research Vessel Alguita, and the founder of three NGOs,: Algalita Marine Research and Education, Long Beach Organic and the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research. In 1999, he became the first researcher to sample plastics floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and wrote about marine plastic pollution … Read more
Angela Howe directs Surfrider Foundation’s legal strategy and advocacy efforts throughout the United States in order to guide grassroots chapters on beach access efforts, plastic pollution policy, sea level rise and environmental litigation. She also helps guide the organization through general counsel duties. Angela earned her law degree from Berkeley School of Law. Before joining … Read more
Chrise is an independent Zero Waste specialist, educator, and advocate. As the Zero Waste Commission’s Chair, she designed and facilitated the public outreach and input-gathering efforts for the City of Berkeley’s 2019 landmark Single-Use Disposable Food Ware & Litter Reduction Ordinance. This process resulted in proposing to Council key revision recommendations that were instrumental in … Read more