Food Waste Organization - Food Waste Reduction - ReFED

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Staff

Our team comes from a wide variety of backgrounds, bringing a diverse blend of expertise and experience in food business strategy and sustainability, finance, data analytics, culinary arts, research, agricultural development, and communications. Meet the people who make our work possible.

Dana Gunders

Executive Director

Dana Gunders serves as ReFED’s Executive Director. Dana is a national expert on food waste and one of the first to bring to light just how much food is lost throughout the food system. For almost a decade, she was a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). She then launched Next Course, LLC to strategically advise on the topic. Some of her career highlights include authoring the landmark Wasted report and Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook, launching the Save the Food campaign with the Ad Council, testifying in Congress, consulting to Google, appearing on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and being a founding Board Member of ReFED.

Asch Harwood

VP of Data & Insights

Asch Harwood serves as ReFED’s VP of Data & Insights, leading ReFED’s Insight Engine, as well as developing and delivering information and accompanying technical products that will lead the industry to act on food waste reduction. Asch is the founder of Red Hook Media Lab, a content and research studio that draws on best practices from entertainment education, behavioral science, design thinking, and data science to promote positive social progress. He has spent over a decade working at the intersection of social change, data, design, and technology, spanning industries and continents at organizations like the Council on Foreign Relations and UNICEF. Some of his proudest professional accomplishments include establishing the Council on Foreign Relations Nigeria Security Tracker, an interactive data platform for tracking political violence; creating Nigeria's first "mobile-first" pro-vaccine entertainment-education series; conducting field research into the state of Kenyan media; and developing a media literacy entertainment-education series, Anomaly, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.

Selena Mao

Data & Insights Research Analyst

Selena Mao serves as ReFED’s Data & Insights Research Analyst, developing information and accompanying technical products to help galvanize national efforts to reduce food loss and waste. Previously, Selena supported the Chief Sustainability Office for Los Angeles County to assess how the L.A. regional food economy was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Selena has authored policy and academic research on opportunities to localize food economies and build urban climate resilience. Selena holds a M.A. in Urban Planning from UCLA and a B.S. in Engineering from Stanford University.

Alexandria Coari

VP of Capital, Innovation, & Engagement

Alexandria (Alex) serves as ReFED’s VP of Capital, Innovation, & Engagement, working to catalyze the more than $140 billion of public, private, and philanthropic capital needed to scale innovation and accelerate the adoption of solutions to food waste by 2030. She brings 12 years of investment banking, sustainable food supply chain, and innovation acceleration experience with startups, for-profits and nonprofits in the U.S. and Latin America, including time at JP Morgan, Fair Trade USA, OLLY, and Agora Partnerships. She is passionate about helping mission-driven companies grow their impact and believes in the power of market-based approaches to solving today's biggest challenges.

Jackie Suggitt

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Director

Jackie serves as ReFED’s Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Director. In her position, she builds ReFED’s diverse multi-sector network, manages external partnerships, and leads planning for the annual Food Waste Solutions Summit. Before joining ReFED, Jackie worked as Senior Manager of Sustainability at Walmart where she led a number of sustainable food and nutrition programs for Walmart’s global and private brand business.

Caroline Vance

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Director

Caroline serves as ReFED's Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Director, working on initiatives that drive more investment into solutions to food waste. Prior to joining ReFED, she spent 12 years in the impact investing unit of Deutsche Bank and its asset management firm, DWS, where she managed portfolios of investments in microfinance institutions and social enterprises operating in the developing world. She currently serves on the Board of Upaya Social Ventures, a non-profit organization that makes seed-stage investments in companies that provide dignified employment to the lowest-income members of society in India, and she is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Angel Veza

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement, Senior Manager

Angel Veza serves as ReFED's Senior Manager of Capital, Innovation, & Engagement, working to catalyze adoption of top food waste solutions. She originally worked in the education field teaching underserved communities. After working with students for 7 years, Angel received her Grade Diplome at the French Culinary Institute and worked through New York City’s top restaurants including Morimoto and two-Michelin starred Atera and with foodservice companies like Compass Group. During that time, she witnessed the significant amount of food being wasted in the hospitality industry and decided to work with the Food Waste team at World Wildlife Fund. As an expansion of that, she worked in supply chain and led strategic sourcing and procurement with a focus on food waste reduction at Manahtta Restaurant, part of Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group in NYC.

Alejandro Enamorado

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Manager

Alejandro serves as ReFED’s Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Manager, working to spur investment in the food waste sector. In his position, he works to contribute to the Insights Engine and build relationships with solution providers. He brings six years of technology investment banking, equity research and sales, and trading experience, including time at TD Securities, CI Investments, and RBC Capital Markets.

Lily Herd

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Manager

Lily Herd (she/her) serves as ReFED's Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Manager. She works closely with ReFED's extended network of stakeholders to collaborate and share insights on food waste reduction strategies and to scale impact. Before joining ReFED, she worked in the agricultural and nonprofit healthcare sectors. She is passionate about food security, climate change mitigation through regenerative agriculture, and increasing equity and inclusion within the food system. Lily holds a Master's of Science in Food Security from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland as well as a Bachelor's in Psychology and Anthropology from the University of Oregon.

Nyree Hall

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Fellow

Nyree serves as the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Fellow at ReFED, supporting the organization's knowledge and practices within the intersections of food waste and diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ). Before joining ReFED, Nyree was engaged in DEIJ within academia, earning a bachelor’s degree in Ethnic Studies, a minor in Deaf Studies, and a master's degree in Sociology. Nyree has experience with advocacy around marginalization that affects race, gender, class, and sexual orientation such as in education, housing, food insecurity, environmental racism, and health disparities. Nyree believes in the power of education and research to help people cohesively understand each other and work together to reach common goals.

Sarah Munger

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Analyst

Sarah Munger serves as ReFED’s Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Analyst, working to move capital into the food waste sector through ReFED programming and support ReFED’s network of solution providers. Before joining ReFED, Sarah worked in business development in the food delivery industry at both Postmates and Uber, and previously ran the operations of a food-waste and food-justice nonprofit. She is passionate about regenerative food systems, climate justice, and food-waste reduction. Sarah believes strongly in the value of collaboration across organizations and industries to mobilize and enact climate positive change in the food industry.

Jeffrey Costantino

Communications Director

Jeffrey Costantino serves as Communications Director, helping ReFED connect to its key audiences with engaging and actionable content. Previously, he oversaw communications and marketing at the Western Union Foundation, which works to empower refugees and other migrants with education and workforce training. He also served as Managing Director for Marketing at Truth Initiative, a national public health nonprofit promoting tobacco-free lives.

Vanessa Mukhebi

Communications Manager

Vanessa Mukhebi serves as the Communications Manager at ReFED, supporting communications execution and strategy across the organization. Before joining ReFED, Vanessa worked in the international NGO sector, creating multimedia content and inclusive interventions that promote improved nutrition, climate-smart agriculture, gender equity, and poverty alleviation across sub-Saharan Africa. She is passionate about indigenous food systems and cultural dimensions of food security. Vanessa holds a Master's of Art in Anthropology (Food) from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor's in Media and Communication, Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Sydney in Australia.

Cole Leslie

Communications Fellow

Cole Leslie is a Communications Fellow for ReFED. He has several years experience working in green building, sustainable food systems, and communications. He has worked and lived in many places including as a cook in Peru, a project coordinator in Hawaii, and a startup cofounder in Austin, where he is currently based. Cole holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Colorado and a M.S. in Sustainable Design from the University of Texas at Austin. He is passionate about supporting diverse efforts focused on social impact and environmental sustainability. Outside of working for ReFED, he enjoys cooking, sports, and spending time outside with his wife and son.

Shawn Shepherd

Development Director

Shawn Shepherd serves as ReFED’s Director of Development, working to bring philanthropic support to our mission of eliminating food waste. She has a more than 30-year career leading nonprofit organizations and advancement offices in institutional settings. She has worked in the food system space as a national staff member with the American Farmland Trust, and has served on several regional boards addressing food insecurity. Recognized as a leader in environmental issues in her home states of Texas, New Mexico, and Idaho, her passion for addressing the existential crisis of our time – climate change – is what drives her work with ReFED.

Sam Buck

Senior Manager of Development

Sam Buck serves as ReFED's Senior Manager of Development, supporting fundraising efforts to eliminate food waste, address climate change, and increase food security. Previously, Sam worked in development to improve education outcomes at several institutions, including Stanford where he served as Associate Director of the Business School Fund. He holds an MBA and MS in Sustainability from the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan. While a graduate student, Sam co-founded the first student-run climate tech investment fund in the country and designed a food recovery business for Conservation Corps North Bay. He believes passionately in philanthropy's ability to convene stakeholders and catalyze coordinated action on important issues.

Katy Franklin

Operations Director

Katy Franklin serves as ReFED’s Operations Director, supporting organizational development and strategy and designing systems for effective program implementation and management. Previously, Katy managed operations at Sustainable America, where she gained a deep understanding of successful food waste reduction programs with consumers, food service providers, private firms, and at major events. Katy has authored industry and academic research on food waste and opportunities to solve this global challenge. Katy also helped develop Further with Food, a public-private partnership convened to address food loss and waste.

Salma Khan

Senior Operations & Administrative Manager

Salma Khan serves as ReFED's Senior Operations & Administrative Manager, supporting organizational growth, employee engagement, and human resources. Before joining ReFED, Salma worked as the Chief of Staff at Liaisons Inc. based in Miami which is a luxury travel and event management agency. Prior to Liaisons, she worked at EPL Nonprofit Management Consulting supporting temp staffing needs of various global NGOs. She founded EPL in Barcelona in 2018 after working in Human Resources for nearly two decades. She previously lived and worked in NYC at companies such as Boston Consulting Group, Getty Images, Moët-Hennessy, and Tapestry. Salma graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs Management.

Minnie Ringland

Climate Analyst

Minnie Ringland is a Climate Analyst with ReFED, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending food loss and waste across the food system by advancing data-driven solutions. ReFED provides the most comprehensive insights on where and why food waste takes place, and connects organizations working to address these problems. Minnie's role at ReFED includes studying the emissions factors used to link food waste to climate change, translating these findings to support ReFED's partners and solution providers, and generally working to improve our understanding of food waste's impact. Minnie has followed an interest in food systems since college, where she led the Food Action student club, working on food waste and nutrition issues, and helped organize the annual Yale Food Systems Symposium in 2015. She recently graduated from the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, where she worked on a master’s capstone project studying emissions and carbon sequestration associated with Santa Barbara County's agricultural lands.

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Corporate Officer, VP Field Operations, Sysco

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Pamela Murphy

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Jeff Rhodes

Board Member, ReFED

Vice President, Finance, Thermo King Americas

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Rob Kaplan

Founder and CEO

Circulate Capital

Devon Klatell

Managing Director, Food Initiative

The Rockefeller Foundation

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Advisory Council

ReFED’s strength has long rested in the power of the people who surround, advise, and contribute to our work. The Advisory Council is a group of thought leaders helping to provide expert input to ReFED’s priority programs and long-term strategy.

Benjamin Crook

Sr, Director, Dressings & Condiments, Hellmann's

Amy Duffuor

General Partner, Azolla Ventures

Dr. Liz Goodwin, OBE

Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute

Claudia Fabiano

Sustainable Management of Food Team, EPA

Leah Lizarondo

CEO and Co-Founder, Food Rescue Hero

Ami McReynolds

Chief Equity and Programs Officer, Feeding America

Susan Robinson

Senior Director of Sustainability, Waste Management

Julia Ruedig

Principal, Amazon Fresh

Ryan Shadrick Wilson

Founder, Boardwalk Collective LLC

Andrew Shakman

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, LeanPath

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Food Waste Action Network

The ReFED Food Waste Action Network (FWAN) is a group of over 300 individuals and organizations who share their knowledge and time on key projects at ReFED, as well as connect with, teach, and learn from their FWAN peers. FWAN members bring perspectives from all parts of the food system and a diverse set of backgrounds. Together, they are influencing and strengthening impactful food waste reduction work in pursuit of our shared goal: a 50% reduction in food waste by the year 2030.

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Tia Aagesen

Lauren Abda

Tom Abood

Brian Ackert

Phil Acosta

Executive Director, Aloha Harvest

Eva Agudelo

Founding Director, Hope's Harvest RI

Sean Ahern

Sauleh Ahmad-Siddiqui

Nina Ai

Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

Veysel Akman

Meghan Altman

Manager, Environmental Stewardship, Danone North America Public Benefit Corporation

Rui Lopes Alves

Sheryl Anayas

Senior Program Manager, Seattle Public Utilities

Nicole Angiel

Peggy Aoki

Francis Appiah-Adu-Amankwah

Maria Artyukh

Alex Aruj

Ricky Ashenfelter

CEO & Co-Founder, Spoiler Alert

Tehmina Asad

Managing Director , INSTA Foods Limited

Daniela Aunon

Amy Bachman

Director of Procurement and Sustainability, Director of Procurement and Sustainability

Aishwarya Badiger

Lesly Baesens

Food Waste Recovery Program Administrator, City and County of Denver

Katie Baildon

Greg Baker

Executive Director, Center for Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University

Avery Barber

Ken Barber

Rose Barcarse

Timmy Barcelo

Lauren Bartels

Student, University of Nevada, Reno

Jay Bassett

USEPA Region 4

Jeff Beegle

Alex Behar

Christine Beling

Christina Belsito

VP, Business Operations, Mori

Emma Bennett

Elias Berbari

Paul Berglund

JoAnne Berkenkamp

Ali Berman

Roland Beshiri

Food Policy Analyst, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Stacia Betley

Sustainability Integration Manager, Amy's Kitchen

Alissa Bey

Nancy Beyda

Executive Director, FoodCycle

Anne Bijur

Environmental Analyst, VT Agency of Natural Resources

Eve Birge

Executive Director, White Pony Express

Don Birnesser

Catherine Birney

Anna Björnstad

Susan Blachman

Board Member, Northern California Recycling Association

Elaine Blatt

Sr. Policy Analyst, OR Department of Environmental Quality

Eric Borchers

Abhijeet Borole

President and Co-Founder, Electro-Active Technologies, Inc.

Ellen Bowen

South Florida Site Director, Food Rescue US

Janet Bowen

Ziynet Boz

Neal Bram

President, Project Waste Not

Jasmine Bravo

Emily Broad Leib

Faculty Director, Harvard Law School, Food Law and Policy Clinic

Barbara Bronstein

President, Second Servings of Houston

Jana Brooks

Mandy Brooks

Resource Recovery Manager, Salinas Valley Recycles

Kelly Bryan

Manager, Sustainability , Village Capital

Eileen Budo

Chief Operating Officer, Last Mile Food Rescue

Gretchen Burke

Joseph Burke

CEO, Viresco

Davis Busby

Chairperson, Feeding It Forward

Jean Buzby

USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Diane Calvin

Co-director, CAFE Food Rescue

Juan Camilo-Mira

CEO , SCP Alimentación Animal Ecológica SAS

Mario Cañizal

Roger Cargill

Hannah Carleson

Susan Casey

Selene Castillo

Principal Planner

Tyler Chaffo

Manager, Global Sustainability, Avery Dennison

Kim Charick

Sustainable Food Management SE Lead, US EPA

Marcus Chee

Sonia Chelinho

Research Centre

Andrew Chen

Machine Learning Engineer

Catherine Cheng

Founder

Rebecca Chesney

Amber Chestnut

Andrew Cheyne

Monica Chow

Chris Christensen

Environmental Specialist, Iowa Waste Reduction Center

Kate Christian

Corporate Sustainability Manager + Sustainable Food System Strategist, Eco-Cycle

Norbert Cichon

Mark Cirilli

Shelene Codner

Area Resource Specialist, Iowa Waste Exchange

Sheri Cole

Asst. Professor Food Science & Technology, Oregon State University

Andrea Collins

Sustainable Food Systems Specialist, Natural Resources Defense Council

Jim Conklin

Billy Connelly

Vermont Organics Market Manager, Vermont Organics Market Manager

Erin Connor

Manager, Cisco Crisis Respone, Cisco

Erin Coogan

Chief Marketing Officer, Soldier Fly Technologies, Inc

Christy Cook

CEO and Founder, InvestHER Strategies

Nathan Cook

PhD Candidate, Monash University

Ryan Cooper

Director of Circular Economy Solutions - Organics Recycling Lead

Dan Corum

Resource Conservation Specialist, City of Tacoma, Solid Waste

Caroline Cotto

Co-Founder / COO, Renewal Mill

Jolly Crazed

Ryan Crockett

Mary Cropenbaker

Business Specialist, Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District

Julie D'Agostino

Aaron Daly

Principal, Ratio Institute

Catrina Damrell

Engagement Manager, Ratio Institute

Wendy Davis

Graduate Student , Colorado State University

Anna Dawson

Ali Deambrosio

Michelle DeHaven

Amy DeLorenzo

Aaron Desatnik

Jonathan Deutsch

Professor, Dept of Food and Hospitality Management and Director, Drexel Food Core Lab, Drexel University, Drexel Food Lab

Julia Devor

Suzy DeYoung

Gabrielle DiDomenico

Project Coordinator , Seven Valleys Health Coalition/Seven Valleys Food Rescue

Steve Dietz

Vice-President of Development, Food Donation Connection

Nicola Dixon

Executive Director, General Mills Foundation; and Director, Global Philanthropy & Employee Engagement, General Mills

Sara Draper-Zivetz

Dylan Driscoll

Neelam Dube

Leslie Duling-McCollam

Program Coordinator, Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy

Shannon Edelstone

Sophie Egan

Founder, Full Table Solutions

Lauren Eichelberger

Holly Elmore

Founder & CEO, Elemental Impact, Inc.

Lisa Erickson

Heather Escobar

Lara Estaris

Claudia Fabiano

Environmental Protection Specialist, Sustainable Management of Food, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Ying Lucy Fan

Tanner Farrow

Director of Operations, BioCoTech Americas

Peter Felix

Director of Inventory Control, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

Dan Felton

Executive Director, AMERIPEN

Manolo Fernandez

Frederic Feve

Ryan Fibiger

CEO, Fulton Fish Market

Liz Fikejs

Senior Waste Prevention Program Manager, City of Seattle, Seattle Public Utilities

Steve Finn

Vice President of Food Waste Prevention (Leanpath), Affiliated Faculty (UPenn), Leanpath

Elaine Fiore

Founder and Creative Lead, Food Conservation Alliance

Susan Flake

Global Director, Business Development Food and Logistics

Tatum Flowers

Jennifer Forbes

Jacob Foss

Breck Foster

Teacher, Lake Oswego High School

Frank Franciosi

Executive Director, US Composting Council

Emma Frederick

Adrian Friederich

Nell Fry

Senior Manager, Sodexo

Martina Gallagher

Foodcycle LA

Shashwat Gangwal

Lisa Gannon

Intern, UC Berkeley

Julien Garcia

Kelvin Garvanne

Matthew Gawn

Global Head, Marketing, Presales & Sales, ISB Global

Will Geiger

Michelle Geldin

Americorps CivicSpark Fellow, County of Santa Barbara

Jess Gerrior

Director, NH Gleans

Jordan Gershon

Coordinator Employee Engagement, Tyson Foods

Mayssa Ghazel

Ali Ghiorse

Janice Giddens

Vice President , National Dairy Council

Anne Ginn

Chief Public Policy Officer, Forgotten Harvest, Inc.

Lisa Giovannielli

Vice President, BioHiTech Global

Taylor Gladwin

Marissa Golison

Alexandra Golub

Cesar Gomez

Cynthia Gossage

Professor, Prince George's Community College

Deepa Goswami

Yvette Grace

Data Analyst, Enduring Grace

Cherie Graham

Deputy Executive Director, ExtraFood

Rodrigo Gratianne

Founder, Recotrak

Ben Gray

Chief Operating Officer, Upcycled Food Association

Sam Gray

Anna Greenberg

Oregon Coastal Organizer, Surfrider Foundation

Barbara Greenberg

Joe Greenwald

Tyler Griffin

Levi Grimm

Assistant Director, JEE Foods

Julia Groenfeldt

Coordinator , Prince George's Food Equity Council

Geertje Grootenhuis

Program Director, San Diego Food System Alliance

Gul Guleryuz

Member, Prince George's County Food Equity Council

Hedy Gutfreund

Josh Gwin

Community Partnerships Coordinator, Marion Polk Food Share

Cassie Hagen

Chelsey Hahn

CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Iago Hale

Melissa Hall

Program Manager, NYS Pollution Prevention Institute

Anna Hammond

Founder & CEO, Matriark Foods

Erin Harris

Greta Hasler

Jenna Hauss

President & CEO, ONEgeneration

Katharine Hawthorne

Kelly Hensel

Institute of Food Technologists

Courtney Hessler

Sustainability Manager

Allie Hoffman

Elke Hoffman

Katherine Hoffman

Justin Holding

Student, University of Illinois

Dorothee Honhon

Associate professor, University of Texas at Dallas

Siena Hooper

Darby Hoover

Senior Resource Specialist, Natural Resources Defense Council

Caroline Howe

Parker Hughes

Sydney Hulebak

Renata Ibarra

Richard Ims

President/ CVO

Tarlan Isaev

Founder, Foodshare

Sakiko Isomichi

Valerie Jacklin

Strategic Research and Analytics, Table to Table

David Jackson

Judy Jackson

Board Member, California Alliance for Retired Americans

Michelle Jackson

Executive Director, Sustainable Community Farms

Ian Jacobsen

President, Eco-Products, PBC

Khadija Jahfiya

Sara Jaques

Head of Marketing, Phood Solutions

Andrea Jaron

Executive Director, Second Helpings Atlanta

Pablo Jiménez-Cabrera

CEO, Circular Foods

Max Johansen

Lisa Johnson

Independent Consultant and Adjunct Faculty, Lisa K Johnson Consulting

Julia Judson

Olga Kachook

Senior Manager, GreenBlue/Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Dr. Pradeep Kagane

Fahad Kahn

Founder, Universal Basic Food

Scott Kalb

Board Member, KLTI Advisors

Elyssa Kaplan

Jennifer Kaplan

Food Systems Sustainability Manager, Miyoko's Creamery

Krista Karlson

Willing Hands

Bruce Karmazin

Matthew Karmel

Attorney, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP

David Kat

SVP Business Development, Wasteless

Olivia Katcher

Stephanie Katsaros

Founder + President, Bright Beat

Michael Keleman

Manager of Environmental Engineering, InSinkErator

Karen Kelley

Kirsten Kelley

Family and Consumer Sciences SNAP-Ed Extension Agent, Virginia Cooperative Extension

Natalie Keng

Joseph Kennedy-Kojo-Afful

Shannon Kenny

Senior Advisor for Food Loss and Food Waste

Jesse Kerns

Program Coordinator, Syracuse University Center for Sustainable Community Solutions

Samatha King

Devon Klatell

Managing Director, Food, The Rockefeller Foundation

Erna Klupacs

Marketing Manager

Amber Knott

Hannah Koski

Head of Sustainability and Social Impact, Blue Apron

Alex Kramer

Logistics Coordinator

Perri Kramer

Arnon Krongrad

Ashley Krug

Market Development & Sustainability Coordinator, City of Springfield, Missouri

Eliza Kruszynski

Amy Kull

Nita Kurmins-Gilson

Executive Director, Programs & Outreach, ProduceGood

Lillian Kwang

James Labbe

Head Brewer

Jake Lanning

Business Operations Manager, FreshFry, LLC

Nick Lapis

Judd Larson

David Laskarzewski

Codirector, UpRoot Colorado

Tom LeClair

Business Dev

Johnny Lee

Lianna Lee

Robert Lee

CEO, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine

Susanne Lee

Faculty Fellow, University of Maine - Sen. George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Beth Legg

Benjamin Lephilibert

Itzik Levy

Margaret Li

Founder/Director, Food Waste Feast

Grace Liao

Dean Liappas

Ben Liegey

Kurt Lindsey

Tom Lockner

Ashley Logan

Jenny Lohmann

Food Waste Specialist

Nathan Lohrmann

VP of Fund Development, University of Michigan Social Venture Fund

Adam Lowy

Jennifer Luchte

Sustainable Solutions Manager, Green Field Solutions

Carol Lue

Mai Ly

Mikayla Lydon

Marketing & Communications Manager, Lovin' Spoonfuls

Rachelle Lyons

Research Assistant Professor, Plymouth State University

Maen Mahfoud

Founder & CEO, Replate

Emily Malina

Joshua Mallett

Coryanne Mansell

Strategic Services Representative, Center for EcoTechnology

Sue Marshall

Robin Martin

Executive Director, Silicon Valley Food Recovery

Spencer Martin

CEO, Clew

Melissa Martinelli

CEO, Superfrau

Angie Marzano

Waste Reduction Specialist, Lane County Waste Management

Hannah Mathieu

Intern, Sen. George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Shelly Mato

Frederick Mba

Greg McCarron

Vice President, SCS Engineers

Robert McDonald

Partner, GainSafe Inc

Rian McDonnell

Wendy McGill

Eamonn McGuinty

Christopher McNeil

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Santa Clara University

Brittany McPeak

Zan McPherson

Project Manager / Outreach Specialist, Full Circle Environmental

Jude Medeiros

Steve Melhuish

Patience Melnik

Waste and Resources Manager, City of Knoxville

Rajan Merchant

Lori Meszaros

Marketing and Communications Manager, The WastED Project

Harish Methil

Director, AMPUP Advisory

Erin Meyer

Jan Meyer

Mary Meyer

Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator, University of California, Merced

Lauren Militello

Development and Communications, White Pony Express

Dana Miller

Vice President, Marketing, Crisp

Jennifer Miller

Susan Miller-Davis

Brandon Moffatt

VP, StormFisher

Nursyafiqah Mohamad-Asri

Jennifer Molidor

Senior Food Campaigner, Center for Biological Diversity

Martha Montoya

CEO, Agtools Inc

Dianne Moore

CEO & Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner, MooreBetterFood

Janet Moreland

Suzanne Morrell

Founder, Creating Environments/STM Enterprises

Rachael Moss

Alison Mountford

Founder, CEO, Chef, Ends+Stems

Marie Mourad

Consultant and Researcher (PhD), Independent Consultant

Ciara Mulcahy

Moritz Müller

Andrew Murdoch

Emily Murkland

Sustainability Analyst, Clackamas County, Sustainability & Solid Waste

Jamie Murphy

Kathy Murray

Christiana Musk

Mary Muth

Director, Food Economics & Policy, RTI International

Michelle Nadboy

Yuka Nagashima

Executive Director, Food Shift

Jennifer Navarra

Coordinator , Zero Waste Big Island

Roni Neff

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for a Livable Future

Julia Nelson

Katie Nelson

Danny Nemer

Co-founder, GreenChain

Dan Nemes

Grant Writer, Channel One Regional Food Bank

Dan Nicholas

University of Pennsylvania

Erin Nichols

Senior Project Manager, City of Vancouver (BC)

Alex Nichols-Vinueza

Manager, Food Loss & Waste, World Wildlife Fund

Sarah Nolet

Scott Normandeau

Principal, Quality Waste Solutions, LLC

Linda Norris-Waldt

Brenna Nugent

Marketing & Communications Manager, Graceland Fruit, Inc.

Becky O'Brien

Inessa O'Childs

Treasure8

Maggie O'Connor

UNFI

Tom O'Donnell

Sustainability Coordinator, US EPA

Gulin Olcer

Claire Oliverson

Peter Olsen

Food Sourcing Manager, White Pony Express

Sheila Ongie

Senior Sustainability Consultant, Quantis

Adenike Opejin

Student, Arizona State University

Gary Oppenheimer

Founder/Executive Director, AmpleHarvest.org

Jacquelyn Ottman

Founder, Principal, WeHateToWaste.com

Gigi Owen

Research Scientist, University of Arizona, Climate Assessment for the Southwest

Rhonda Oyer

Natalia Paine

Program Marketing Manager, US Climate Change (Food), Rare

Lauren Palumbo

COO, Lovin' Spoonfuls

Ushma Pandya

Renee Paris

Jess Parker

Business Developer, Too Good To Go

Adrienne Parks

Sunny Reelhorn Parr

Executive Director, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation

Yuval Pearl

Carla Pellegrini

Sarah Pennell

GM - Research, Foodbank Australia

Paul Perkins

Co-Chair, Solid Waste Committee (Bath, Maine )

Shawn Peterson

Founding Member, Association of Gleaning Organizations

Alyssa Pike

Manager, Nutrition Communications, International Food Information Council

Laura Piraino

Celina Plaza

Product Manager, Full Harvest

Achilleas Plitharas

Megan Poole

Ida Posner

Strategic Advisor, Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh

Pegah Pourrahimi

Glean LLC

Shanan Powell

Annemieke Powers

Leigh Prezkop

Senior Program Officer, Food Waste, World Wildlife Fund

Tim Prosser

Anais Putnam

Recycling Specialist, City of San Diego

Heather Putnam

Jabeen Quadir

Sustainability Strategist, Sustainability Edge Solutions | Free the Food

Blake Quarrie

Camila Rachmanis

Sudha Radhakrishnan

Richard Rainaldi

Ignacio Ramirez

Karen Ramsey

Co-founder, Food Cycle KC

Riyana Razalee

Stacie Reece

Sustainability Program Coordinator, City of Madison, WI

Suzanne Reed

Founder, The Collaboration Connection

Victoria Rehkugler

Sandra Remilien

Emily Reno

Assistant Planner, West Central Initiative

Dawn Rhodes

Program Lead, Sustainability, Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Sophie Richards

Skyra Rideaux

Economic Development Services Coordinator, City of Austin, TX

Elise Ringgenberg

Kai Robertson

Senior Corporate Sustainability Advisor

Elisa Robinson

Fiona Robinson

Development Director, SeaShare

Susan Robinson

Senior Director of Sustainability, Waste Management

Oscar Rodriguez-Gonzalez

Manager, Rodriguez-Gonzalez Services

Brian Roe

Professor, Ohio State University

Kelsey Rogers

Laura Rooklin

Sherrie Rosenblatt

Vice President, Marketing and Communication, Can Manufacturers Institute

Corey Rossen

Food Waste Recycling Systems, National Sales Manager, Ecoverse Industries

Madeline Rotman

Head of Sustainability, Imperfect Foods

James Rowe

Head of Product, FoodMesh

Amy Rowland

Sid Roy

Bruce Rubin

Catherine Rudolph

Darlene Ruiz

Resource Recovery Tech, Salinas Valley Recycles

Scott Rumpsa

Executive Director, Community Action House

Todd Rymer

Nima Sajedi

Laura Salamero-Teixidó

Associate Professor, University of Lleida

Allie Sale

PR Specialist, Too Good To Go

Laury Saligman

Matthew Saline

Director, Sustainability, Bioenergy Devco

Davis Saltonstall

Zach Samaras

Sustainability Technician, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

Chuck Samuelson

Founder

Maria Sanu

Steven Satterfield

Chef and Co-Owner, Miller Union

Julien Sauvageon

VP of Operations , Shaw Bakers

Iris Saxer

Executive Director, Teton Valley Community Recycling

Alyson Schille

CEO, Careit Co

Mahdi Schindelheim

Ezra Schley

Felicitas Schneider

Federal Research Institute

Andrea Schnitzer

William Schoen

Project Director, R3 Consulting Group

Kelly Schwartz

Signature Events Manager, MANNA FoodBank

Matt Schwartz

CEO, Afresh Technologies

Joy Scrogum

Assistant Scientist, Sustainability, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Technical Assistance Program

Gina Sears

Maddie Seibert

Cascadia Consulting Group

Jim Seley

President, Normandy Waste Management Systems

Mallika Sen

Director of Environmental Solutions, Solana Center for Environmental Innovation

Aviva Senzon

Student, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts

Nina Sevilla

Food Waste Program Advocate, Natural Resources Defense Council

Andrew Shakman

Co-Founder & CEO, Leanpath

Donna Shanklin

Sueli Shaw

Head of Social Impact, DoorDash

Meaghan Sheehan-Rosen

Coordinator, Friendship Donations Network

Steven Sherman

Julie Shifman

Executive Director and Co-Founder, Last Mile Food Rescue

Tamara Shulman

Director of Community Partnerships, Simon Fraser University Food Systems Lab

Jaime Sigaran

Dana Siles

Massachusetts & Rhode Island Branch Director, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc.

Paulo Silveira

CEO, FoodTech Hub Brazil

Judith Silver

Senior Recycling and Waste Prevention Manager

Marisa Skajewski

Nick Skeadas

Matthew Slaughter

Cassaundra Sledge

Gina Smith

Coordinator, Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council

Kevin Smith

Senior Advisor for Food Safety

Nick Smith-Sebasto

Founder & Executive Chairman, FOR Solutions, LLC

Christopher Snow

Vice President, Consolidated Resource Recovery, Inc.

Amanda Sonenberg

Director of Business Development & Partnerships, Shelf Engine

Paige Sorensen

Gerardo Soto

Managing Director, Food Waste Experts

Ned Spang

Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis

Meg Spears-Newsome

Produce Project Director, Society of St. Andrew

Jeff Spencer

Michael Spidaliere

Melissa Spiesman

VP, National Site Director, Food Rescue US

Dan Spracklin

CEO, SoMax Circular Solutions

Elise Springuel

Peter Stadig

Program Manager , Keep Nebraska Beautiful

Rochelle Still

Program Manager, Upcycled Food Association

David Stitzhal

President, Full Circle Environmental, Inc.

Amanda Stone

Director, Communications & Engagement, World Wildlife Fund

Annika Stott

Sustainability Strategist, OzHarvest

Olivia Strader

Chris Sturm

Lana Suarez

Associate Chief, Materials Management Branch, US EPA

Luisa Sucre

Jennine Sulivan

Emily Sullivan

Research Assistant, University of New Hampshire

Madison Suoja

Albaelena Tamayo

CNS Operations Supervisor, ARUSD

Faris Tarlochan

Professor

Matt Taylor

Senior Policy Analyst, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation - Office of Policy and Sustainable Practices

Judlyn Telesford-Checkley

Founder and CEO

Melissa Terry

Food Policy Researcher

Sherrie Terry

President & CEO

Krish Thayalan

Operations Program Coordinator, Toronto, Second Harvest

Theodore Theoharis

Principal Evaluator , Theo Squared, LLC

Mike Thibault

Erika Thiem

Chris Thoen

Margaret Thomas

Chief Feeder, Seeds That Feed, Inc.

Bianca Thomas-Humphries

Director, Unblemished Cleaning & Waste Management Services LLC

Anne Marie Toccket

Executive Director, Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh

Danielle Todd

Executive Director, Make Food Not Waste

Mark Toman

Emily Trappey

Heather Trim

Executive Director, Zero Waste Washington

Marietta Ulrich

Food Donation Coordinator, Central PA Foodbank

Anagha Uppal

Olivia Valdes

Food Science and Technology Coordinator, UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center

Natalie Valentin

Kay Vallee

Debby Vance

Kirsten Van Fossen

Head of Sustainability & Education, Galley Solutions

Amanda Vargochik

VP of Innovation, SinnovaTek

Alvaro Villagran

CEO, NatsBerry

Selynn Vong

Tim Wachter

Category Manager of Produce, Natures Fare Market

Robert Wadley

Environmental Scientist, TN Department of Environment and Conservation

Javier Wagner

Process & System's Architect, 1plus2

Alyson Walsh

Commercial Director, FareShare

Wendy Weiden

Peter Welles

Claire White

Director National Field Operations, Second Harvest

Warren Wilhoit

Andrew Williams

Operations Program Coordinator (Newfoundland and Labrador), Second Harvest

Dana Williams

Sally Williams

US Market Development Lead, Gander

Dana Willianson

President, Waste Less Solutions

Lydia Wills

President, Lydia Wills LLC

Micah Wilson

Eric Witiw

Sustainability Programs Coordinator

Chuck Wolf

Andrew Wong

Nancy Wood

Nutrition Educator, SNAP Ed / Knox County Community Health Coalition

Brittany Woodward

Turner Wyatt

CEO, Upcycled Food Association

Faith Yakovleva

Sales Development Representative

Alexandra Yates

Program Director & Faculty , Orange Coast College

Jeff Yorzyk

Director of Sustainability, HelloFresh US

Dana Yost

COO, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

Qiuyan Yuan

Associate professor

Justin Zeulner

President, The Wave Foundation

Lynn Zhang

Beverly Zimmerman-Wright

Marc Zornes

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