2026 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
May 19-21, 2026 | Charlotte, NC
Jackie Suggitt
Vice President, Business Initiatives & Community Engagement
ReFED
Bio:
Jackie Suggitt serves as ReFED’s Vice President, Business Initiatives & Community Engagement, and has spent over 10 years working in sustainable food systems. She oversees ReFED’s work with food businesses, including one-on-one strategic advisory support as well as both the U.S. Food Waste Pact and Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment—the nation’s first data-driven, action-oriented pre-competitive platforms for private and public sectors to collaborate on food waste reduction efforts.
Jackie also leads ReFED’s community engagement efforts to build the organization’s diverse stakeholder network across businesses, investors, innovators, policymakers, and more. This work includes overseeing ReFED’s Food Waste Action Network and the annual Food Waste Solutions Summit.
Before joining ReFED, Jackie worked on Walmart’s sustainability team, where she led a number of sustainable food and nutrition programs for Walmart’s global and private brand business.