2024 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
June 11-13, 2024 | Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Convention Center
Hana Uman
Program Officer
Posner Foundation in Pittsburgh
Bio:
Hana Uman (she/her) is the Program Officer at the Posner Foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. She has held leadership roles in the nonprofit food systems sector as the Director of Strategic Volunteer Programs at Hunger Free America and the Program Director for Special Programs and Projects at 412 Food Rescue and worked in community relations and corporate philanthropy at Duquesne Light Co. Hana is originally from Northern VA and has an M.A. in Food Studies from Chatham University and B.A. in Media Arts and Design from James Madison University. Hana was the recipient of Waste360’s “2020 40 under 40” award and The Incline’s “Who’s Next: Food” award (April 2017), is a certified Phipps Conservatory Master Gardener and has completed YogaRoots on Location’s 200-hour Anti-Racist Raja Yoga Teacher Training and Wild Cherries Herbal Studies program. Hana is the board co-chair for Grow Pittsburgh and enjoys gardening, adventuring, hiking, dog walks, building up her indoor plant collection, cooking and practicing yoga.
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.