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

Homemade

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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!

Devin Adams

District Chef of Catering

Compass One

Sheryl Anayas

Senior Program Manager

Seattle Public Utilities

Jaymes Barrera

Vice President of Business Development

101

Erin Boyd Kappelhof

CEO

Eat Well Global

Hunt Briggs

Senior Consultant & Organics Practice Lead

RRS

Sara Burnett

Executive Director

ReFED

Jennifer Bushman

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Fed By Blue

Kathy Cacciola

Global Sustainability Lead, Food Program

Google

Ghislaine Challamel

Senior Advisor

Stanford Food Institute

Rebecca Chesney

Director of Sustainability Innovation

ISS Guckenheimer

Timothy Childs

Founder & Co-CEO

Nutri8

Andrea Collins

Senior Specialist for Sustainable Food Systems

Natural Resources Defense Council

Julia Collins

Founder & CEO

Planet FWD

Bradley Crepeau

CEO & Founding Partner

Food Cycle Science

Tara Dalton

Circular Supply Chain Manager

World Wildlife Fund

Paola de Almeida

Food, Agriculture and Water Portfolio Head

Pegasus Capital Advisors

Nicolas Diaz

Senior Program Manager, Waste and Circular Economy Program

Global Methane Hub

Sophie Egan, MPH

Director of Strategy

Food for Climate League

Evan Ehlers

Founder & Executive Director

Sharing Excess

Alejandro Enamorado

Senior Manager, Capital Initiatives

ReFED

Jennifer England

Executive Board

National Food Recovery Association

Joe Evans

Senior Social Investment Officer

Kresge Foundation

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

Kate Gaertner

Founder & CEO

TripleWin Advisory

Anne Garsztka

Senior Program Officer, Food Loss and Waste

World Wildlife Fund

Jairo Gonzalez

President

New Jersey Composting Council

Kelly Goodejohn

Chief Social Impact Officer

Starbucks

Seth Goodman

Chief Executive Officer

Northstar Recycling

Miranda Gorman

Head of Climate Solutions and Science

Planet FWD

Dana Gunders

President

ReFED

Hunter Guthrie

Student, Winner of the 2024 Planet Protector Award

Cox Communications

Cara Harbstreet

Street Smart Nutrition

Scott Howard

Director of Quality Assurance and Process Improvement

Meyer Natural Foods

Allan Huttema

President & CEO

Darigold

Jay Inslee

Former Governor

State of Washington

Lourdes Juan

Founder

Knead Tech

Andrew Kaplan

Director

Rachael Ray Foundation

Lisa Knapp

Materials Management Program Coordinator, Compost Program Lead

City of Boise

Swetha Krishnakumar

Investment Director

Momentus Capital

Jon Kung

Chef, Author, Influencer

Kung Food

Dune Lankard

President & Founder

Native Conservancy

Danny Leckie

CEO

HATCH

Andy Levitt

Founder & CEO

Brightly

Brian Lipinski

Food Program Associate

World Resources Institute

Suzanne Long

Former Chief Sustainability and Transformation Officer

Albertsons Companies (Former)

David Ly

Senior Manager, Business Initiatives

ReFED

Lorenzo Macaluso

Chief Growth Officer

Center for EcoTechnology

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

Tori Oto

Zero Food Waste Coalition

Rasika Parkhi

Manager of Impact Investments

CapShift

Gwyneth Rampton

Vice President of Sustainability

Compass Group

Aimee Rawlins

Senior Editor

Fast Company

Minnie Ringland

Manager, Climate & Insights

ReFED

Kaity Robbins

Senior Program Manager of Diversion

Whole Foods Market

Kai Robertson

Senior Corporate Sustainability Advisor

Matt Rogers

Founder

Incite.org

Heidi Rupke

Food Rescue Coordinator

Clean Memphis

Valerie Segrest

Co-Founder

Tahoma Peak Solutions

Nena Shaw

Director, Resources Conservation and Sustainability

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Jenn Smith

Director, Food and Ag Innovation Programs

Center for Economic Advancement, Cornell University

Ned Spang

Director

Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, UC Davis

Lauren Stark

Informatics Dietitian

Harborview Medical Center

Sydney Thayer

Pollution Prevention Specialist

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Gabrielle Tiven

Senior Partner

LIDD

Danielle Todd

Executive Director

Make Food Not Waste

Brett Veerhusen

Founder

Ocean Strategies

Angel Veza

Director, Innovation Initiatives

ReFED

Jeremy Vrablik

Owner

Cascadia Produce

Dan White

Co-Founder & CEO

Clean Crop Technologies

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].

With less than 10 years to go to meet our 2030 reduction goal, there's no time – or food – to waste.