2022 Food Waste Solutions Summit

May 10-12, 2022 | Minneapolis, MN

Speakers

A-dae Romero-Briones

Director of Programs

First Nations Development Institute

Aiesha Dempster

Senior Director, North American Manufacturing

General Mills

Alejandro Enamorado

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Manager

ReFED

Alexander Nichols-Vinueza

Program Manager, Food Loss and Waste

WWF

Alex Brussell

Investor

Collaborative Fund

Alexandria Coari

VP of Capital, Innovation, & Engagement

ReFED

Ali Berman

Foundation Program Manager

Kroger

Amy Keister

Global Director of Sustainability

Compass Group

Andrew Shakman

CEO and Co-Founder

LeanPath

Andrew Zimmern

Chef

Food Works Inc./Intuitive Content/Passport Hospitality

Anna Hammond

Founder and CEO

Matriark Foods

Ava Richardson

Sustainability Director

Baltimore Office of Sustainability

Asrar Damdam

Founder and CEO

Uvera Inc.

Benjamin Crook

Country Category Business GM, Dressings & Condiments (North America)

Unilever

Brian Roe

Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics

Ohio State University

Bridget Croke

Managing Director

Closed Loop Partners

Bryan Moran

Director of Product Development and Operations

City Harvest

Camille Herrera

Packaging Development and Sustainability Manager

Driscoll’s of the Americas

Caroline Vance

Director of Capital, Innovation and Engagement

ReFED

Carolyn Hoskinson

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery

EPA

Caroline Howe

Program Manager, Food Waste Innovation Grants

DC Department of Small & Local Business Development (DSLBD)

Chloe Sorvino

Food and Agriculture Staff Writer

Forbes

Christina Nguyen

Chef and Owner

Hai Hai

Claire Oliverson

US Head of Marketing

Too Good To Go

Claire Sand

Adjunct Professor and Owner

Packaging Technology and Research and Gazelle Mobile Packaging & Adjunct Professor, CalPoly, Michigan State University

Clara Son

Food Waste Solutions Specialist

Northstar Recycling

Colleen Hetzel

Waste Reduction Policy Specialist

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Dana Gunders

Executive Director

ReFED

Dana Yost

Director of Produce Sourcing

Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona Arizona Food Bank Network and SW Produce Cooperative

Danielle Nierenberg

President

Food Tank

Dave Love

Senior Scientist

Johns Hopkins University

Diane Curelli

Manager, Environmental Risk & Sustainability

General Mills

Elizabeth Guinessey

Senior Program Officer, Innovations

Verra

Emily Ma

Head, Food for Good

Google

Eva Goulbourne

CEO & Founder

Littlefoot Ventures

Hannah Semler

Principal Consultant

WholeCrops

Ian J. Banks, PhD

Organics Recycling Manager

PreZero US, Inc.

Ida Posner

Strategic Advisor

Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh

Jade Monroe

Food Waste Reduction Lead

Washington State Department of Ecology

Jennifer England

Senior Director of Partner Success

412 Food Rescue & Food Rescue Hero

Joe Burke

CEO

VIRESCO

Dr. Jonathan Foley

Executive Director

Project Drawdown

Julia Fisher

Investment Analyst

Village Capital

Justin Kamine

Co-Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Do Good Foods

Kai Robertson

Senior Corporate Sustainability Advisor

KOR Consulting

Katelyn Weisbrod

Reporter and Web Producer

Inside Climate News

Katie Marchini

COO

Replate

Katie Pearmine

Associate Director, Global Product Sourcing Partnerships

The Global FoodBanking Network

Lily Herd

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Manager

ReFED

Madeline Rotman

Head of Sustainability

Imperfect Foods

Marc Zornes

CEO & Co founder

Winnow

Marvin Hayes

Program Manager

Baltimore Compost Collective Program

Matt Schwartz

CEO and Co-Founder

Afresh

Megan Morikawa, PhD

Global Sustainability Office Director

Iberostar Group

Michael Wolf

Founder and Editor

The Spoon

Minnie Ringland

Climate Analyst

ReFED

Nicola Dixon

Director of Global Impact

General Mills

Nyree Hall

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Fellow

ReFED

Olga Kachook

Director, Bioeconomy and Reuse Initiatives

GreenBlue / Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Olivia Tabah

Senior Investment Associate

Gratitude Railroad

Pete Pearson

Sr. Director Food Waste

WWF

Dr. Richard Swannell

International Director

WRAP

Robin Manthie

Managing Director, Minnesota Central Kitchen

Second Harvest Heartland

Rodrigo Cala

Lead Agricultural Trainer

Latino Economic Development Center

Roni Neff

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sam Buck

Senior Manager of Development

ReFED

Sarah Munger

Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Analyst

ReFED

Sauleh Siddiqui

Associate Professor of Environmental Science

American University

Scott Nelson

President

SAVRpak

Selena Mao

Data & Insights Research Analyst

ReFED

Seth Goodman

CEO

Northstar Recycling

Shashank Mohan

Board Member

ReFED

Sophia Lenarz-Coy

Executive Director

The Food Group Minnesota

Stefan Kalb

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Shelf Engine

Sunny Reelhorn Parr

Head of Philanthropy, Corporate Affairs | Executive Director,

The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation and The Kroger Co. Foundation

Suzanne Long

Chief Sustainability and Transformation Officer

Albertsons Companies

Theresa Lieb

Food Systems Analyst

GreenBiz Group

Thomas McQuillan

Chief Sales Officer

Do Good Foods

Todd Lawrence

Executive Director

Urban Green Lab

Tony Hillery

Founder and Executive Director

Harlem Grown

Turner Wyatt

CEO and Co-Founder

Upcycled Food Association

Vanessa Mukhebi

Communications Manager

ReFED

Walker Stockley

Senior Science Fellow, Sustainability

Sealed Air Corporation

Yuka Nagashima

Executive Director

Food Shift

Yvette Cabrera

Food Waste Director

NRDC

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