2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
June 23-25, 2025 | Seattle, WA
Hyatt Regency Seattle
Lourdes Juan
Founder
Knead Tech
Bio:
Lourdes Juan is an award-winning Canadian Entrepreneur with the most recent venture, Co-Founder and CEO of Knead Technologies, a platform designed to help organizations rescue and redistribute surplus food more efficiently. Lourdes’ formal background is in Urban Planning, and she holds a Master in Environmental Design. She has a track record of building impactful ventures across food security, hospitality, climate-tech, and urban planning. Her leadership has been recognized through numerous local and national awards including the 2025 recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Lourdes is also an active community advocate, serving on boards focused on affordable housing, urban design, entrepreneurship, and impact investment. She is driven by a deep commitment to social impact and sustainability to build a more equitable future.
Schedule
Tuesday, June 24
1:30pm - 2:30pm
[Breakout Session II] Circular Cities: Collaborating at the Local Level to Solve Food Waste
What does solving food waste look like at the most local level—in our neighborhoods, our communities, and our urban areas? How can strategic design and community-driven organizations make progress where policy has stalled? Join the experts helping to answer these questions and explore how urban planning, community collaboration, and last-mile solutions are driving progress at the local level.