2024 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
June 11-13, 2024 | Baltimore, MD
Gabrielle Tiven
Senior Partner
LIDD
Bio:
Gabrielle Tiven is a Senior Partner at LIDD, a supply chain management consulting firm, where she spearheads the firm’s initiatives with non-profit organizations that run supply chains. She works with food banks, food rescue organizations, food pantries, and similar organizations to use LIDD’s expertise to help address food insecurity. She guides organizations on network studies, distribution center designs, and overall supply chain strategy, and conducts research in food loss and waste in manufacturing and distribution. Gabrielle got her start in warehouse design at FreshDirect, a pioneering online grocer in NYC, and later worked in product development at Kiva Systems, now Amazon Robotics. She holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Schedule
Tuesday, June 24
11:00am - 12:00pm
[Breakout Session I] Subtle but Successful: Hidden Solutions to Food Waste
With all of the buzz around artificial intelligence and new tech-based platforms, the business as usual, common sense solutions can get overlooked—even when they can hold the potential to drive massive reductions in food loss and waste. Just take a look across the supply chain and you’ll see simple practices that are having a big impact, and they’re available and ready to scale right now. Join this session to hear about the best practices and standard operating procedures that are making a real difference in food companies across the country, from manufacturing to foodservice to retail.