2024 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
June 11-13, 2024 | Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Convention Center
Daniela Guerrero
Manager, Latin America
Village Capital
Bio:
As Manager within the Village Capital’s Latin America team, Daniela has led the implementation of 12 acceleration programs and was previously involved in implementing another seven since 2017. This has meant providing support and quality service to more than 140 startups in 16 countries and five sectors.
While Daniela has been involved in five programs surrounding food systems, circular economy or sustainability, this is Daniela’s second year working in initiatives specifically focused around food waste and loss. In 2023, she led the first accelerator of its kind with eight startups focused on reshaping consumer environments in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. This year, she is in charge of the second accelerator program which will support eight to ten different startups working on Optimizing the Harvest, Reshaping Consumer Environments, Maximizing Product Utilization and Recycling Anything Remaining.
Daniela initiated her career in the entrepreneur support ecosystem in 2015 at ANDE (Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs), and has a degree in Visual Communications from Universidad Iberoamericana, as well as a postgraduate degree in Accounting and Finance from ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México). Most recently she completed a certificate in Strategy Execution from Harvard Business School
Schedule
Thursday, June 13
10:30am - 11:30am
Beyond the US: International Opportunities to Funding Food Waste Solutions
Breakout Session 3
What can we learn from organizations who are successfully scaling food waste solutions outside of the U.S., and what role does philanthropy play in elevating these efforts? From 2022-23, the Posner Foundation launched their first-ever food waste grantee cohort, focused on projects across the globe that are tackling upstream solutions through changing consumer behaviors. In this session, learn from organizations in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa about how they work to solve food waste in their respective communities, what lessons can be applied to the U.S. and other countries, and how philanthropy can support the growth of these international opportunities.