Alicia Culver is Executive Director of the Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN), an international network of purchasing agents and sustainability professionals dedicated to advancing sustainable purchasing. RPN creates cutting-edge procurement strategies and tools designed to protect human health and the environment, often while saving money. With over 25 years of experience in green purchasing, Alicia is … Read more
Gina is a passionate advocate for the adoption of the Circular Economy and believes strongly in the power of collaboration and innovation to create change. She has over 15 years of experience working in Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Impact in the United States, China, and Germany. Her past roles include overseeing partnerships with Fortune … Read more
David Keeling currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Recycling Coalition (NRC). He served as the President of the NRC from April 2018 until October 2020. He also currently serves as the Chair of the Wisconsin Council on Recycling which is a governor appointed citizen advisory board on recycling. Mr. Keeling has … Read more
Lynn Hoffman is a Co-President of Eureka Recycling, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social enterprise based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, whose mission is to demonstrate that waste is preventable, not inevitable. With the two largest recycling contracts in the state servicing the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Eureka operates a collection fleet and 100,000 … Read more
BIO ARLEY OWENS, MBA, CRRM Arley Owens, a proven and time tested Environmental Thought Leader, is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Ohio Recycling Coalition, a 501 (c-3) Non-Profit organization www.orcrecycles.org. Recently Arley was appointed as a new Board Member for the National Recycling Coalition’s Board of Directors and Chairs the NRC’s new Diversity … Read more
Elisa Seltzer joined RRS in 2019 as a senior consultant after a long and successful career as a public works director for Emmet County, MI. She is a visionary and strategic leader experienced in project management and recycling, composting, and solid waste policy and program development. Her 30 years of experience in the public sector … Read more
David Krueger has over 30 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling industry. He has worked for local governments, consulting firms, a private transfer station, and a college recycling program. For the past 13 years David has managed the solid waste and recycling programs for the City of San Ramon, California, which recently … Read more
Kelley Dennings is a campaigner with the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity. Prior to the Center, she worked as a local government recycling coordinator, and for NC’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Keep America Beautiful and the American Forest Foundation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in natural resources from N.C. State and a master’s … Read more
Greg Sawtell is the Zero Waste Just Transition Director with the South Baltimore Community Land Trust. He has worked on environmental justice campaigns since 2012 in Baltimore beginning with the successful effort to stop the nation’s largest trash incineration from being built less than a mile from schools in South Baltimore. Greg coordinated the development … Read more
Neil Seldman is a Zero Waste advocate with extensive experience in the field. He co-founded the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and served as their Director of its Waste to Wealth Initiative for 48 years. He also co-founded the National Recycling Coalition, GRRN/Zero Waste USA, Zero Waste International Association and the Save the Albatross Coalition. Seldman … Read more