2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit

June 23-25, 2025 | Seattle, WA

Hyatt Regency Seattle

Emcee

He's back! We're excited for Joel Gamoran to return to the Summit stage as this year's emcee—he's guaranteed to keep the proceedings informative, inspiring, and fun.

Joel Gamoran

Founder

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Speakers

We're pleased to introduce you to the food system experts, innovators, and advocates who'll be speaking at this year's Summit. We'll be announcing more shortly, so make sure you're signed up for the ReFED mailing list to be the first to hear!

Jaymes Barrera

Vice President of Business Development

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Erin Boyd Kappelhof

CEO

Eat Well Global

Sara Burnett

Executive Director

ReFED

Jennifer Bushman

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Fed By Blue

Rebecca Chesney

Director of Sustainability Innovation

ISS Guckenheimer

Timothy Childs

Founder & Co-CEO

Nutri8

Bradley Crepeau

CEO & Founding Partner

Food Cycle Science

Tara Dalton

Circular Supply Chain Manager

World Wildlife Fund

Sophie Egan, MPH

Director of Strategy

Food for Climate League

Evan Ehlers

Founder & Executive Director

Sharing Excess

Alejandro Enamorado

Senior Manager, Capital Initiatives

ReFED

Abby Fammartino

Director of Health and Sustainability Programs and Research, SIG

Culinary Institute of America

Stephanie Feldstein

Population and Sustainability Director

Center for Biological Diversity

Liz Fikejs

Senior Waste Prevention Program Manager

Seattle Public Utilities

Chris Franke

Senior Manager, Global Sustainability

Walmart

Sarah Freed

Senior Manager, Global Sustainability & Social Impact

Starbucks

Victor Friedberg

Founder and Chairman

New Epoch Capital, FoodShot Global

Kelly Goodejohn

Chief Social Impact Officer

Starbucks

Seth Goodman

Chief Executive Officer

Northstar Recycling

Dana Gunders

President

ReFED

Hunter Guthrie

Student, Winner of the 2024 Planet Protector Award

Cox Communications

Allan Huttema

President & CEO

Darigold

Lisa Knapp

Materials Management Program Coordinator, Compost Program Lead

City of Boise

Jon Kung

Chef, Author, Influencer

Kung Food

Danny Leckie

CEO

HATCH

Andy Levitt

Founder & CEO

Brightly

Suzanne Long

Former Chief Sustainability and Transformation Officer

Albertsons Companies

David Ly

Senior Manager, Business Initiatives

ReFED

Kathleen Merrigan

Executive Director

Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Clare Miflin

Executive Director

Center for Zero Waste Design

Jade Monroe

Lead, Washington Center for Sustainable Food Management

Department of Ecology

Sharyn Murray

Director of Impact Capital Programs

ReFED

Violet Noe

Project Manager, Global Food Research Program

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ben Kuethe Oaks

VP & GM, Retail

Divert, Inc.

Shara Orem

Senior Director, Community Engagement

Datassential

Gwyneth Rampton

Vice President of Sustainability

Compass Group

Aimee Rawlins

Senior Editor

Fast Company

Minnie Ringland

Manager, Climate & Insights

ReFED

Kai Robertson

Senior Corporate Sustainability Advisor

Heidi Rupke

Food Rescue Coordinator

Clean Memphis

Valerie Segrest

Co-Founder

Tahoma Peak Solutions

Lauren Stark

Informatics Dietitian

Harborview Medical Center

Gabrielle Tiven

Senior Partner

LIDD

Brett Veerhusen

Founder

Ocean Strategies

Angel Veza

Director, Innovation Initiatives

ReFED

We'll be sharing information on speakers, sessions, and more soon. To stay on top of all things Summit, please make sure you are signed up for the ReFED mailing list.

Questions? Please contact us at [email protected].

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