Nichole Dorr joined PaintCare in December 2015 as the Central California Regional Coordinator. PaintCare, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, was created by the US paint industry to serve as the national stewardship organization for the purpose of managing postconsumer paint. Prior to joining PaintCare, Nichole managed the Town of Truckee’s Solid Waste and Recycling program for … Read more
Sarah O’Brien is Director of Strategic Initiatives and Stakeholder Engagement for the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC). Ms O’Brien’s career has focused for 20 years on sustainable purchasing and supply chain issues, working with healthcare, government, and enterprise purchasers and suppliers, with a special focus on the procurement of more sustainable electronics. Ms O’Brien was … Read more
Joseph Button has been the Sustainability Director at Straus Family Creamery since 2016. He implements best-in-industry practices related to environmental sustainability throughout the mission-driven company’s operations, including achieving TRUE Zero-Waste Gold certification in 2019. Joseph also works to ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of family organic dairy farms in Marin and Sonoma Counties of … Read more
Jack McQuibban is the Zero Waste Cities Programme Coordinator at Zero Waste Europe, based in Brussels, Belgium. Jack is a young leader working in the field of sustainability and campaigning for several years now. After graduating in International Relations from the University of Leicester, Jack has gone on to design and lead successful advocacy campaigns … Read more
Clare is an architect and systems thinker with over 20 years of experience designing buildings to Passive House, LEED Platinum, Living Building Challenge and AIA COTE Top Ten standards. Her work focuses on how design of the built environment can enable regenerative and circular urban systems. Clare led the development of the AIA NY Zero … Read more
Brett Rodgers joined PaintCare in 2017, where he oversees the program’s public outreach and education efforts as Director of Communications. Prior to joining PaintCare, Brett led communications teams at the National Building Museum, the American Institute for Conservation, and other non-profit organizations. He earned degrees from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, and … Read more
Manuel Medrano has been in the environmental sustainability field for 20 years focused on municipal waste reduction programs, recycling, organic waste management, hazardous waste management, business development, marketing and education. Manuel holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in Public Administration, with dual minors in Chicano Studies and Political Science. Manuel belongs to … Read more
Bret Biggers joined ISRI in January as an economist to gather, analyze and disseminate information on scrap commodity trends. He is the staff liaison for the Paper Division, Plastics Division, and the MRF Committee. Other efforts Biggers working on is the ISRI Specifications Circular, the Recyclability Protocol, Trade Committee and Market Access Working Group. Biggers … Read more
Shane Trimmer is a Senior Policy Advisor for United States Representative Alan Lowenthal, covering policy issue areas around energy, environment, natural resources, science, technology, as well as elections and voting rights. Before joining Congressman Lowenthal’s office, Shane had worked as legislative staff for Representative Jared Huffman and in the California State Capitol for, then Assemblymember, … Read more