2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
June 23-25, 2025 | Seattle, WA
Hyatt Regency Seattle
Paola de Almeida
Food, Agriculture and Water Portfolio Head
Pegasus Capital Advisors
Bio:
Paola de Almeida is an innovation and systems transformation executive focused on sustainable development and food security solutions, as well as the frontiers and resilience of human systems. She currently heads the Food, Water and Agriculture Portfolio for Pegasus Capital Advisors, leading portfolio investments focused on the Global South, including funds accredited by the UN’s Green Climate Fund. Previously, she was the Chief Innovation Officer for Mars, Inc, preceded by a distinguished leadership career across multiple functions.
Known as a systems thinker, managing complex networks, deploying multi-disciplinary change in large-scale programs, her current focus is in helping broad acceleration and scale up of Sustainable Development Goals solutions across multiple sectors and stakeholders.
Schedule
Wednesday, June 25
12:00pm - 1:00pm
[Mainstage Session IV] No Time to Waste: Accelerating Progress to 2030
We’re just five years away from 2030, the target year for cutting food waste in half both in the U.S. and internationally—and while we have a lot to celebrate, we’ve still got a long way to go. There’s a wide range of solutions driving food waste reductions across the supply chain, but unlocking their potential at scale will require accelerated action from all food system actors. Our closing mainstage session features seasoned funders exploring the investment and funding landscape for food waste solutions, including what’s worked in the past and what needs to change for the future.