2019 Food Waste Solutions Summit
October 28-30, 2019 | San Francisco, CA
Angel Veza - ReFED 2019 Food Waste Solutions Summit Speaker
Director of Hospitality Advisory
First Principle Group
Bio:
Angel Veza is Director of Hospitality Advisory at First Principle Group, and the Chief Operating Officer at First Line Food. Previously, Angel led strategic sourcing and procurement at Manhatta Restaurant (part of Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group) and cooked in other restaurants including Morimoto and two-Michelin starred Atera, and with foodservice companies such as Compass Group. She also worked with ReFED (Rethink Food Waste through Economics and Data) as the Stakeholder Engagement Manager and continues to support and advise on ReFED initiatives. She has a BA from Tufts University and a Grande Diplome from the French Culinary Institute (ICC).
Schedule
Wednesday, May 20
9:00am - 10:30am
“Progress in Action: Scaling Solutions to Food Waste”
Mainstage
Ten years ago, ReFED's Roadmap to Reduce U.S. Food Waste set an ambitious vision for transforming the way America produces, manages, and thinks about food waste. Since then, the field has grown, solutions have scaled, and momentum has built in ways both measurable and inspiring. But with urgency still high and much work remaining, this opening session is as much about what comes next as it is about how far we've come. ReFED President Dana Gunders will set the stage with a look at the field's most meaningful accomplishments from the past year and the bright spots ahead on the horizon. A panel of founders/CEOs will share candid reflections on what it took to grow their solutions from early-stage ideas into mainstream impact—offering hard-won lessons on how innovation and investment align for success. And the session will close on a high note with the announcement of the newest grantees of the ReFED Catalytic Grant Fund, celebrating the next wave of solutions poised to move the needle in the decade ahead.