2018 Conference Bios

Keynote Speaker

Paul Hawken | Project Drawdown

Paul Hawken starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic, and ecological regeneration. He has appeared on numerous media including the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, Bill Maher, and Charlie Rose, and has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Washington Post, and Business Week. He has written eight books including four national and NYT bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, and Drawdown (2017). The Ecology of Commerce was voted in 2013 as the #1 college text on business and the environment by professors in 67 business schools. President Clinton called Natural Capitalism one of the five most important books in the world. He is published in 50 countries and 30 languages. His latest book, Drawdown, The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming debuted April 18, 2017 as a #9 NYT bestseller. He is the founder of Project Drawdown, which works with over two hundred scholars, students, scientists, researchers, and activists to map, measure, and model the one hundred most substantive solutions that can cumulatively reverse global warming by reducing and sequestering greenhouse gases. He lives in Mill Valley, California in the Cascade Creek watershed with his wife and coyotes, bobcats, red-tail hawks, and flocks of nuthatches.

Paul Hawken's keynote address will be Wednesday, June 13, at the McDonald Theater, 1010 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401. Doors open at 7pm. The keynote is included with full conference or single day registration.

He will do a book signing after his presentation. Books can be purchased when registering to attend conference for $22.

Session Speakers & Moderators

	Caitlin Ahearn \| City of Beaverton Caitlin is a Recycling Specialist with the City of Beaverton, where she educates residents about recycling and waste reduction and helps manage the City’s community gardens. She has worked in recycling and sustainability in the Portland metro area since 2015, including positions with the Oregon DEQ and Portland Community College, and AmeriCorps terms with the City of Gresham and Washington County. Before moving to the West Coast, she worked in cancer treatment for two years in Massachusetts. She holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Ithaca College and a master’s degree in green technologies from the University of Southern California.
	David Allaway \| Oregon DEQ David is a senior policy analyst at the Oregon DEQ’s Materials Management Program. David led efforts to develop and update the first sub-national consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions inventory in the US, served as an invited science advisor to Wal-Mart’s Packaging Sustainable Value Network, and most recently served as an advisor to Paul Hawken’s Project Drawdown. A member of the West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum’s leadership team, David has a B.A. in physics from Carleton College, Minnesota.
	Denise Barnes \| Jackson County Denise grew up in a small rural town on the Big Island of Hawaii where conservation, waste prevention, and reuse were a way of life. Denise has worked for Rogue Disposal for 33 years and was instrumental in the development of the Jackson County Recycling Partnership, which is a consortium of local governments and waste haulers formed to address and comply with County-wide solid waste and recycling issues and mandates.
	Lee Barrett Lee's professional work includes General Manager, Portland Recycling team 1978-1982; General Manager, Willamette Week newspaper 1983-1988; City of Portland Solid Waste Program 1989-2002; and Metro Waste Reduction and Outreach Manager 2002-2008. Lee has also served as AOR Chair.
	Nicole Bassett \| The Renewal Workshop Nicole is the co-founder of The Renewal Workshop, a company dedicated to industry-wide solutions for optimizing the value of resources invested in apparel. The Renewal Workshop partners with apparel brands to process their unsellable returns and excess inventory at its own state-of-the-art factory in Oregon, creating the category of Renewed Apparel. Prior, Nicole has applied her passion for environmental responsibility and human rights in consumer products. She has served in leadership roles in the outdoor and bicycle industries, as Director of Sustainability for prAna, Social Responsibility Manager at Patagonia, and Head of Human Rights at Specialized Bicycles. Nicole has a noteworthy career leading the introduction of fair trade apparel into the USA market, and industry recognized for her work in championing and integrating social and environmental responsibility through businesses and supply chains as well as developing and implementing business strategy within apparel brands. Nicole received her master’s in environmental studies with a focus on business strategy and sustainability from York University in Toronto, Canada.
	Sue Beets-Atkinson \| SBM Management Sue is the Director of Sustainability for SBM Site Services, LLC. With more than 24 years of resource management and recycling experience, she has successfully designed and implemented many large and complex recycling programs for a multitude of Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States. An integral leader in the Zero Waste movement and industry expert, Sue’s involvement has included her current role as Chair of the Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste Advisory Council.
	Tracie Onstad Bills \| SCS Engineers Tracie is the Northern California Director, Sustainable Materials Management for SCS Engineers. Tracie has over 23 years of materials management experience, including working for a hauler, a county government, and a nonprofit; she also has over 12 years with materials management consulting firms. She has provided commercial sector materials flow assessments; organics processing research and analysis; waste characterization studies; and recycling, organics, and waste management technical assistance to government agencies, schools, multi-family dwellings, and businesses. Tracie has an environmental science degree from San Jose State.
	Allie Breyer \| City of Eugene Allie is a waste prevention analyst for the City of Eugene’s Waste Prevention and Green Building Program. She assists with the implementation of waste prevention programming through program development and event planning, with a particular focus on repair/reuse initiatives, as well as food waste reduction. She serves as the lead on the highly successful Fix-it Fair events in Eugene. She has a Master of Public Administration from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in global studies from University of Minnesota.
	Reed Broderson \| PSU CES Reed works at Community Environmental Services at PSU as the graduate research assistant lead for DEQ’s Commercial Wasted Food Study. He graduates in June with his Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree, and holds bachelor’s degrees in environmental studies and biology from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Before moving to Portland, Reed was an independent consultant who worked with nonprofits and the City of Lincoln to promote environmentally-responsible materials management through both structural and social change.
	Martin Brown \| Oregon DEQ Martin is Goals & Measures Specialist for Oregon DEQ’s Materials Management program. He works to evaluate Oregon’s progress towards realizing a long-term vision for sustainability, the 2050 Vision. Martin comes to DEQ after 20 years as an independent researcher and analyst. His work on forest ecology, housing, and sustainability has been published in diverse venues, ranging from peer-reviewed research in Journal of Ecology, American Naturalist, and Appraisal Journal, to popular features in Alternet, MAKE, Sierra, and even Cat Fancy.
	Peter Canepa \| Oregon DEQ Peter joined the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in January 2017, providing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) expertise to Oregon’s Materials Management program. Peter’s primary role is to conduct/support projects, through the application of LCA, that advance Oregon towards achieving its 2050 vision.
	Shandy Carroll \| GloryBee Foods Shandy is GloryBee’s Sustainability Manager, where she oversees the strategic planning for the sustainability program, and manages projects such as zero waste, the GloryBee sustainability committee, and B Corp certification. Shandy has a bachelor’s of science in global environmental science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a master’s of science degree in marine science from Moss Landing Marine Labs at California State University Monterey Bay. Her passion for environmental conservation, particularly reducing contributions to climate change, led her to the sustainability field and the natural foods industry, where companies are working hard to be part of the solution.
	Mitra Chester \| St. Vincent de Paul Mitra has been redesigning clothing, jewelry, and accessories since 1999. She has been a board member of the Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene (ABAE) for over six years. In addition to starting Eugene Fashion Week in 2007, Mitra was the owner and manager of several small businesses for years in Eugene, before moving over to work for no-profit St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County. Envia Fashion is a unique upcycled fashion brand born out of this creative collaboration between a designer and entrepreneur and a forward thinking, ingenuitive retail thrift organization with the shared missions to divert waste and help people.
	Pete Chism-Winfield \| City of Portland At the City of Portland, Pete works with a team within the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and is responsible for clean and safe collection services, administrative rule and code development, recovery rate calculation, and a liaison to recycling and composting markets. Pete currently serves as the Board Chair for the Association of Oregon Recyclers (AOR), a 501 c(6) focused on development and maintenance of a system of sustainable materials management in Oregon. AOR is a state recycling organization that provides education, networking, and legislative opportunities for members to engage and participate.
	Chelsea Clinton \| City of Eugene Chelsea Clinton has Masters Degrees in Economics and Public Administration from the University of Oregon. Prior to joining the City, she worked for the Oregon Department of Education where she did research focused on equitable outcomes for students. At the City, Chelsea’s work focuses on implementing the City of Eugene’s Climate Recovery Ordinance with a strong emphasis on incorporating all aspects of the tripe bottom line (social equity, environmental health, and economic prosperity) into her projects.
	Emily Coven \| The Recyclist Emily is the founder of Recyclist, creators of cloud-based solutions that make solid waste program management easy. Recyclist harnesses smart technology and data to generate better results in outreach, diversion, contamination, and compliance. Recyclist’s online software is used by both municipalities and haulers in areas with a combined reach of more than 3.5 million people. A veteran technology innovator, Emily ran her own digital agency for 10 years before founding Recyclist in 2014.
	Claire Cummings \| Bon Appétit Claire is the first-ever Waste Programs Manager for Bon Appétit Management Company, the food service pioneer that operates more than 1,000-plus cafés in 33 states for universities, corporations, and museums. Claire helped double Bon Appétit’s food-recovery programs, supported the development of a new kitchen-waste-tracking system, and has helped launch Imperfectly Delicious Produce, a program that has rescued over 3 million pounds of produce from going to waste. Claire has been named one of Food Tank’s 30 Women Under 30 Changing Food; she’s a recipient of Saveur’s “Activist” Good Taste Award; and her work has been featured in Bloomberg News, Sunset Magazine, and the New York Times.
	Dylan de Thomas \| The Recycling Partnership Dylan is Vice President of Industry Collaboration for The Recycling Partnership, working with the team there to increase the quantity and quality of the curbside collected recyclables across the U.S. Previous to joining the Partnership, he worked for Resource Recycling, Inc. for a decade, directing and producing editorial content for three publications and three conferences covering various aspects of the recycling industry.
	Alexandria K. Dreher, MSW \| Lane County Department of Health and Human Services Alexandria is the Human Services Supervisor for the Human Services Division. Her duties include staff supervision and oversight for Lane County’s programs to end poverty and homelessness. She manages the Continuum of Care grant and staffs the Poverty and Homelessness Board, as well as the Human Services Commission. Alexandria is a native Arizonan. She served in the United States Peace Corps in Azerbaijan, where she worked with the local community teaching English and spearheading community development projects. She is a macro social worker, and is passionate about making systems-level changes to provide human dignity and equity for our most vulnerable community members. She has extensive experience in human services and has worked for the State of Arizona in the Division of Behavioral Health Services and Medicaid (AHCCCS). Prior to moving to Eugene, she was a professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University where she taught macro social work concepts such as community organizing, public policy analysis, advocacy, and LGBTQ studies.
	Doug Drennen \| JR Miller & Assoc. Doug has worked in the solid waste industry for over 40 years, having witnessed and participated in the evolution of technology for processing recyclables and mixed waste streams. With this background he provides technical, financial, and facility design consulting services helping clients implement strategies to achieve better management of waste resources. His most recent experience includes designing and assisting with procurement of advanced mixed waste and commingled processing systems for several projects including the Monterey Regional Waste Management District and the LA County Sanitary District, and completing several feasibility studies for several clients in the Pacific Northwest.
	Beth Vargas Duncan \| ORRA Beth is the Regional Director at Oregon Refuse and Recycling Association. Previously, as the Executive Director of Oregon Municipal Electric Utilities Association, she represented members on state and federal legislative issues. Beth advocated for local jurisdictions during her tenure at ODOT and the League of Oregon Cities. As Franchise and Revenue Administrator she helped introduce curbside recycling in Salem. When Beth lived in Illinois for graduate school, she knocked on doors to promote a new proposal - curbside recycling. Beth has a J.D. & MPA from SIU and a B.A. from Evergreen.
	Juri Freeman \| Resource Recycling Systems Juri is a senior consultant at RRS. He utilizes over 10 years of solid waste and recycling experience to provide technical, strategic, and communications client support. Juri draws from his former experience as a recycling program manager in the public sector including overseeing and growing residential recycling and composting programs, public school/K-12 collections and education, facility operations, and employee engagement - all within the confines of limited budgets. Past consulting projects put Juri at the forefront of zero waste planning, forecasting and modeling, outreach campaigns, sustainability program evaluation, and stakeholder and public process engagement. Juri has previously served as the president for the Colorado Association for Recycling and the chairman of the National Recycling Coalition.
	Rosalynn Greene \| Metro Rosalynn has been working in this field for 14 years and is very passionate about her focus on research, program evaluation, and data collection. Her career began as an employee at DEQ where she administered the statewide 2004 Recycling Composition Study. After completing the project, Rosalynn was hired by Clackamas County’s Office of Sustainability to coordinate and track outcomes for waste reduction outreach programs. In September 2013 she joined Metro as a Senior Waste Reduction Planner where her current focus is developing indicators and a measurement strategy for the 2030 Regional Waste Plan.
	Gregg Hayward \| City of Gresham Gregg unexpectantly discovered his love of waste reduction when a friend asked him if he wanted to drive a tractor for the summer. That was the beginning of a budding college compost program at the University of New Hampshire. Fast forward a bunch of years, and Gregg is currently the Business Sustainability Coordinator at the City of Gresham. There he coordinates a program called GREAT, which provides waste reduction and sustainability outreach to businesses. He also oversees the work of their compost and schools outreach staff. Gregg has spent the past 15 years working with various aspects of waste reduction, from working with farmers in Zambia teaching composting as a Peace Corps volunteer, to coordinating one of the largest school compost outreach programs in the Northwest, Clark County’s Save Organic Scraps program. Gregg currently serves as the Association of Oregon Recycler’s Education Chair where a team of volunteers recently helped update Recycling 101, a waste reduction and sustainability online course that has been taken by many educators in Oregon, as well as by peers all over the world.
	Holly Jeffryes \| Linn County Holly has worked for Linn County Environmental Health Program since 1988. She has worked in a wide range of environmental health areas including waste water disposal, safe drinking water, food and lodging, and community health and disease prevention. She has recently started working in the solid waste and recycling program. Her current assignments include facilitating the Linn County Solid Waste Advisory Committee and coordinating with local haulers and the Department of Environmental Quality to ensure the waste shed meets the requirements of the Opportunity to Recycle Act.
	Scott Klag \| Metro Scott works as a Senior Planner for Metro, a directly elected regional government serving 1.6 million people in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Scott has worked at Metro for many years developing and implementing a wide range of recycling and solid waste policies and programs. Over the past 15 years, Scott has been very active in product stewardship, currently serving on both the board of the Product Stewardship Institute and as co-chair of the Northwest Product Stewardship Council. He has helped successfully pass product stewardship legislation in Oregon for e-scrap (Oregon E-Cycles) and the country’s first stewardship legislation for paint (PaintCare). He is currently working on statewide legislation for producer responsibility for a broad range of hazardous household wastes beyond paint. Other stewardship legislative efforts have included initiatives on rechargeable batteries and mercury lighting. He also helped with the successful modernization of Oregon’s Bottle Bill that raised the deposit and expanded coverage to include almost all consumer beverages.
	Allen Langdon \| Recycle BC As the Managing Director for Recycle BC, Allen oversees the first 100% extended producer responsibility (EPR) program in North America where industry has assumed full financial and managerial responsibility for the residential recycling system. Allen has extensive experience in sustainability and extended producer responsibility, and previously served as the VP of Sustainability for the Retail Council of Canada and the VP of Environment for the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, advancing those industries’ responses to a range of complex sustainability issues including climate change, sustainable packaging, EPR programs, and animal welfare.
	Bernie Lee \| ISRI Bernie is the Research Analyst for Commodities at the Institute Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI). Bernie’s work for ISRI has been primarily to bring more market-focused content and analysis on the markets for non-metallic recyclables and the international trade of scrap recyclable commodities. He has recently spoken on recovered paper markets for the NJ Paper Recycling Association, using policy and regulations to drive markets at RISI’s International Recycled Fiber and Containerboard Conference in Chengdu, China, and as a panelist on the future of recycling markets in light of a coming trade war at RISI’s Asian Conference in Shanghai, China. He produced a database project tracking international scrap trade flows and currently working on a tool to improve scrap trade in the global market.
	Laura Leebrick \| Rogue Disposal & Recycling Laura is the Community & Governmental Affairs Manager for the Rogue Waste family of companies based in Medford, Oregon, which is comprised of solid waste and recycling collection and transfer operations, as well as a regional landfill, a landfill gas-to-energy facility, CNG fueling station, and commercial composting operations. Laura has 20 years of experience in the private sector solid waste and recycling realm, in roles ranging from recycling education and outreach, operations management, and public affairs. She also spent some of those years as an industry lobbyist in Salem, for the Oregon Refuse & Recycling Association, before coming to Rogue Waste in 2014. Through her work, Laura has had the opportunity to be engaged in alternative energy and fuel, environmental and transportation policy development at the state and local levels, and has participated in various policy workgroups, rulemaking advisory committees, and stakeholder efforts. Laura currently sits on the Rogue Valley Clean Cities Coalition Board and serves as Treasurer for the Association of Oregon Recyclers Board.
	Angie Marzano \| Lane County Angie works as the Waste Reduction Specialist for Lane County Waste Management. Angie oversees solid waste contracts, enforcement, and policy drafting for Lane County’s Solid Waste Management Plan. Before coming to Lane County, she worked as Director of Business Development at BRING Recycling helping clients implement strategies that reduced energy use, managed carbon emissions, and improved business operations. Additionally, she worked with BRING to expand business services that included the City of Eugene’s Single Family Weight Study, Residential Food Waste, and internal Zero Waste Initiatives.
	Terrance R. (Terry) McDonald \| St. Vincent de Paul Terry became the executive director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. (SVdP) on June 14, 1984 and is a hands-on visionary leader of the agency. With degrees in political science and history and a Masters of Education from the University of Oregon, Terry’s energies are focused on affordable housing and economic development projects that create jobs while improving the environment and the community. In recognition of his accomplishments, Terry was named 2013 First Citizen by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce. Terry’s passion is creating avenues out of poverty through a unique kind of reclamation: finding new uses for consumers’ “useless” discards, creating new strategies and community coalitions to deal with old problems, and giving low-income and homeless people a chance to reclaim their dignity through employment and self-sufficiency.
	Michelle Metzler \| Waste Management Michelle is the Recycling Education and Outreach Manager for Waste Management of the Pacific Northwest. In this role, Michelle leads a team of recycling education coordinators in working businesses, municipalities, and communities to develop new programs and improve materials management practices. She has worked in the waste industry for nearly a decade and has extensive experience creating comprehensive recycling and composting education programs. Prior to joining Waste Management, Michelle worked for the Multnomah County Sustainability Program where she helped government facilities improve recycling programs. She holds a bachelor's degree in environmental economics from Western Washington University.
	Julie Miller \| Oregon DEQ Julie is the Communications Specialist at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and supports the materials management program. She’s worked on several waste prevention outreach campaigns at DEQ, including Make Every Thread Count and Wasted Food Wasted Money. Prior to joining DEQ, Julie worked in several communication roles for nonprofits, including disaster response communications for the American Red Cross and as the Communications Director at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon. She’s a Florida native and has a master’s degree in public affairs from Indiana University.
	Minal Mistry \| Oregon DEQ Minal is the business initiatives lead with the Oregon DEQ. He works with a wide range of entities to implement strategies for Oregon’s 2050 Vision for Materials Management. His primary focus is on helping businesses produce and consume materials in more sustainable ways. Minal supports research, planning, and implementation for Vision-related strategies. Minal’s professional experiences include life cycle assessment, environmental testing, IT, and technical training. Prior to DEQ, Minal worked with the Sustainable Packaging Coalition where he provided technical assistance and consulting for implementing Design for Environment (DfE) strategies for consumer packaged goods.
	Teresa Montgomery \| South San Francisco Scavenger Company/Blue Line Transfer Teresa started her career in 1996 with Waste Management of Los Angeles but has worked mostly with smaller, privately-held waste hauling and processing companies. She currently works for South San Francisco Scavenger Company and is responsible for increasing and improving customer participation in their organics recycling program. South San Francisco Scavenger’s program turns food to fuel and compost via anaerobic digestion. Teresa is an active member of the California Refuse Recycling Council and spends her spare time chasing after her triplets.
	McKenna Morrigan \| Cascadia Consulting Group McKenna is a senior associate at Cascadia Consulting Group, where she provides clients with in-depth research, analysis, program design, implementation, and evaluation services. Passionate about helping communities use data to improve recycling and composting programs and achieve their program goals, McKenna has led Cascadia’s work designing and conducting innovative household recycling/composting behavior studies on behalf of clients around the country. She has also overseen extensive research and program work related to best practices for waste diversion programs in multifamily settings. A native of Eugene, McKenna returned from a decade of East Coast living to complete a master’s degree in environmental policy from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2009 and has been picking through trash ever since.
	Emily Murkland \| PSU CES Emily currently manages the Port of Portland Technical Assistance Project, the City of Portland's Multifamily, Single-family, and Events Recycling projects, and various private solid waste assessment contracts. Emily has a background in sustainability program development, working with organizations such as ROSE CDC, SPI Industries, and SOLVE. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her dog, gallivanting around Portland with coffee in hand, and traveling. She holds a Bachelor of Science in community development from Portland State University, and is currently pursuing her PMP and ISSP certificates.
	Deveron Musgrave \| City of Eugene Deveron has been a small business owner, worked in the nonprofit sector in sustainability and reuse, and in 2015 shifted into a role as a public employee for the City of Eugene. Currently an acting Waste Prevention and Green Building Program Analyst, she works on the City’s Sustainable Events program, Green Building program, the Love Food Not Waste commercial composting program, and is the Internal Zero Waste program lead. Deveron was the co-chair and City of Eugene liaison for the 2016 US Olympic Track and Field Trials Sustainability Committee, and is the City’s lead on developing the Water Station Project, a water refilling station loan program for events. She regularly presents on sustainable event topics on to various community groups and at conferences and events, most recently at the 2018 Oregon Sports Summit in February on the City’s successful and collaborative USDN responsible Event Framework project. Recently she performed on-site sustainability certification auditing for GEO Certification pursued by the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Deveron has previously served as a Whilamut Citizen Planning Committee member and vice-chair, as a board member of the Eugene Springfield ToolBox Project, and completed the Chinook Institute Leadership program in May of 2018. She is currently the Programming Committee chair for Cascadia Green Building Council’s Eugene Collaborative.
	Rob Nathan \| Metro (RID) Rob joined Metro last year in a newly created position as the Community Engagement Specialist for Metro’s Regional Illegal Dumping Program (RID). Prior to Metro, Rob has worked for organizations like Northwest Earth Institute and the Coalition of Communities of Color developing programs focused on sustainability education, behavior change, racial equity, and leadership development. Rob has an M.S. in educational leadership and policy from Portland State University and a B.A. in political economy from Prescott College.
	Roy Nelson \| NextStep Recycling Roy is currently Executive Director at Eugene’s NextStep Recycling. Prior to coming on board with NextStep in 2011 Nelson had over 30 years of management experience in the for-profit world with focus on project management, customer service, problem solving, community, team building, safety, and productivity! Nelson says the thing he misses most about working for a large corporation is using those massive resources for doing good stuff in the community. Over the past two years Nelson has utilized many of those learned management techniques to bring financial stability, increased donations, higher wages, and more charitable giving at NextStep! Nelson says, “It is all about improving NextStep’s ability to execute the mission established by founder Lorraine Kerwood and her team in 2003: Provide technology and training to children and adults who have barriers to education and employment while protecting our community and environment from hazardous waste” and taking care of our employees and the community as a whole!
	Mark Nystrom \| Lane County/New Stream Strategies Mark is a consultant and owner of New Stream Strategies specializing in materials management, environment, and land use issues. He spent the past seven years working as a policy manager for the Association of Oregon Counties. During the 2017 legislative session Mark helped draft and advocated for the pharmaceutical extended producer responsibility legislation in Oregon. He is also an instructor in the School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon and proudly calls Eugene his home.
	Susan Palmer \| St. Vincent de Paul Susan is the Economic Development Director of St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County. The agency’s social enterprises include retail thrift stores, a glass foundry, a fashion upcycling department, and mattress recycling. They generate more than half of St. Vinnie’s annual revenue and they all have one thing in common. They divert material that would otherwise be headed to a landfill. Palmer oversees a grant-funded project that allows the agency to mentor other groups interested in developing similar businesses. These efforts require close cooperation and collaboration with local, regional and state governments. For the past five years, Susan has worked on creating an easy to follow tool-kit for materials management focused on the highest best use of the stuff that comes through the agency’s doors.
	Veronica Pardo \| California Refuse Recycling Council Veronica has served the California Refuse Recycling Council’s regulatory affairs program since 2013 where she monitors and responds to the numerous regulatory agencies that impact the waste and recycling industry. In this capacity, Ms. Pardo ensures that industry needs are communicated and recognized during regulatory rulemakings and state policy development. She is proud to serve the members of CRRC. Ms. Pardo holds two B.A. degrees from UCLA and a M.S. in community development from UCD.
	Pam Peck \| Metro Pam is the Resource Conservation and Recycling Manager at Metro where she oversees regional waste reduction policy and planning projects. Prior to her current position she managed communications and marketing for Metro’s waste reduction and sustainable behavior change programs. Pam is a graduate of the University of Vermont where she studied political science and communications.
	Alan Pennington \| Marion County Alan is an Arkansas escapee who, prior to moving to Salem, was a science and math teacher in three foreign countries—Indonesia, Spain, and North Carolina. He earned a master’s degree in environmental health in 1999 from OSU and was employed by the City of Salem to work on water quality and salmon issues. In 2008, he joined Marion County as a waste reduction coordinator and heads up the EarthWISE business assistance program.
	Zahra Pike \| Home Forward Zahra has been working with people struggling with housing, mental health, and addiction since the late 1990s. Her initial sustainability efforts centered on implementing new clothing recycling practices in the shelters and pantries that she worked at. She has been working for Home Forward for seven years. As a Community Service Coordinator, Zahra assists with housing stability, case management, and community outreach. In this role, Zahra focuses on early childhood supports that incorporate sustainability, STEM, and arts activities that engage youth with opportunities to learn best practices and build pro-social skills. Zahra has a commitment to producing minimal waste in creating a functional space and facilitating activities.
	Jerry Powell \| Resource Recycling Jerry is the owner of three magazines (Resource Recycling, Plastics Recycling Update, and E-Scrap News). He edits Resource Recycling. In addition, he aids in the management of three annual conferences, The E-Scrap Conference, The Plastics Recycling Conference, and The Resource Recycling Conference, several of which are the world’s largest in their fields. Previously Jerry founded and managed a recycling consulting firm for a decade and founded and managed a recycling business in Portland, Oregon for more than eight years. He is a past three-time chair of the board of the National Recycling Coalition and the three-time chair of the board of a state recycling association. He has spoken on waste management and recycling issues in 48 states, five Canadian provinces, and seven foreign countries.
	Jim Quinn \| Metro Jim has worked in the hazardous waste management field since 1984, and has been with Metro since 1991. Jim manages Metro’s Hazardous Waste Program, including HHW collection operations and the MetroPaint facility. Jim was involved with the paint product stewardship dialogue process, and is actively involved in pursuing product stewardship legislation for a variety of HHW products in Oregon. Jim is also Vice President and Policy Committee chair with NAHMMA, the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association.
	Rich Reardon \| Bulk Handling Systems Rich has more than a decade of leadership experience with Bulk Handling Systems (BHS). As Vice President of Sales and Marketing, he leads both internal and external sales and marketing groups for the BHS Group which includes BHS, NRT, Nihot, Zero Waste Energy, and Max-AI. Rich has played a lead role in conceptualizing and realizing some of the largest and most innovative MRFs in the country. He is a foremost expert in the strategic development of single stream, mixed waste, plastics, C&D, and organics material processing systems. Rich received his BA from California State University, Sacramento and his MBA from the University of Oregon.
	Paul Relis \| CR&R Inc. Paul is Senior Vice President of CR&R Incorporated. CR&R has developed the largest anaerobic digestion facility in North America. Paul oversaw the state’s solid waste system and implementation of California’s comprehensive recycling laws from 1991-1998. From 1970-1990 he was Executive Director of the Community Environmental Council of Santa Barbara, one of the nation’s recycling pioneers. Paul is author of Out of the Wasteland: Stories From the Environmental Frontier (2015) that predicted the current recycling crisis.
	Heather Robinson \| Washington County Heather has been the Recycling Project Specialist with Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling for more than 10 years. Her experiences include work in residential and multifamily program development, outreach and education, event recycling, community clean-up projects, and data projects. She is interested in the potential of electronics tools that empower people to find answers to help them better manage their waste. Heather graduated from Portland State University with degrees in botany and environmental science. In her free time, she coordinates pop-up repair events and attempts home remodeling projects.
	Emily Shelton \| BRING Recycling Emily is the Waste Prevention Education and Events Manager at BRING, Eugene’s oldest recycling and reuse nonprofit organization. A former marketing director at Eugene Science Center (formerly the Science Factory), Emily has an extensive background in STEM education, event planning, and promotions, and is comfortable wearing many hats. At BRING, Emily provides waste prevention education to K-12 students and community groups in Lane County, leads waste management facility tours, coordinates annual events including the annual Home and Garden Tour and Product Design Challenge, manages BRING’s Instagram page (@bringrecycling), and indulges her reused shopping habit.
	rabia (ruby) shirazi (she/her/hers) \| (re)solution lab rabia has a deep and layered background centered around redistributing power and dismantling systems of oppression; she has 20+ years' experience in community organizing, movement building, law/public policy, advocacy, campaign strategy and management, grants administration, organizational development and management, facilitation, education, and program development in the public and social sectors - and a lifetime’s experience operating outside social "norms" as a bi-racial, multi-cultural, first-generation, single mother and cancer survivor living with lupus. rabia (ruby) is also a frequent speaker, facili-trainer, and presenter, leading sessions on equity and social justice; power, privilege, and oppression; campaign strategy; strategic communications; and community engagement for clients as well as the Communications Leadership Institute, the Hunger-Free Leadership Institute, and at leadership development clinics for grantees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Hewlett Foundation among others. She's had the privilege to receive formal education and holds a B.A. in English, an M.A. in journalism, an Australian Graduate Diploma (American M.A.) in international law and policy, and is currently pursuing post-graduate work in social justice pedagogy, organizational behavior, participatory public policy development, and program evaluation; she also takes pride in being a law school drop out, having left just a few credits shy of her J.D. to have and raise her daughter. rabia (ruby) also sits on the board of directors for Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon and YNPN Portland as Equity Officer, and holds those organizations accountable to their equity commitments while implementing equity-informed programs for rising leaders in the social and public sectors. Outside of the lab, rabia (ruby) promotes poetry and books written by underrepresented voices, supports students historically underrepresented in higher education in accessing college, codes for fun, and maintains balance as a reiki master and teacher. But mostly, she’s just a coffee-fueled mom who’s happiest hanging out with her kiddos and taking in all the wonderful life lessons they teach her.
	Vinod Singh \| Far West Recycling Vinod is the Outreach Manager at Far West Recycling. Vinod has been working with the Far West Recycling team for 25+ years. Over the years, he has worked at and managed multiple Far West Recycling locations, learning company operations from the ground up; as well as observing the industry and company from various perspectives. He serves on the Association of Oregon Recyclers Board as the Markets Chair. Far West Recycling operates four facilities in Oregon, two processing facilities and two facilities focusing on metals and electronics recycling.
	Dr. Lisa Skumatz \| SERA Lisa is a nationally-known economist and Principal of Skumatz Economic Research Associates (SERA). She is best known for her highly quantitative work in solid waste, including work on PAYT, source reduction, program and policy analysis, and metrics. Her 20 years of work in metrics covers HHW, energy, tracking/performance, and Triple Bottom Line/TBL analyses – quantifying social as well as economic and environmental impacts. Lisa developed a new three-part performance metric called Percent Recoverables Remaining (PRR), and will discuss that metric in today’s speech.
	Sonja Snyder \| Wild Oaks HOA in Eugene Sonja is a resident and board member at Wild Oaks, a community of 52 townhouses in South Eugene, and a longtime recycler and composter. Now retired, Sonja worked for 12 years at BRING as director of fundraising and communications, following a 20-year stint as publisher of Eugene Weekly. Along with former colleagues Deveron Musgrave and Stephanie Scafa, Sonja helped initiate the composting program at Wild Oaks as a pilot project for multi-family dwellings.
	Brian Stafki \| Oregon DEQ Brian is a materials recovery specialist for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Materials Management program. Brian works to ensure the opportunity to recycle is extended to tenants who share collection service at commercial and residential properties. Previously, he was with Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling and Thurston County Solid Waste Division for six years. He has a Master's of Education in environmental education from Western Washington University and Bachelor of Science in biology from New Mexico State University.
	Carolyn Stein \| BRING Recycling Carolyn began her work at BRING in 2008. As the Interim Community Education Program Manager, a temporary role did not suit her so she set out to create BRING’s RE:think Business program. Launched in 2010, RE:think is a free, hands- on assistance program that helps businesses reduce waste and increase efficiency through low-cost upgrades and conservation. Carolyn became BRING’s Executive Director in 2015. She is a former City of Eugene Sustainability Commissioner and has worked internationally with students and governments to create recycling and waste prevention programs.
	Willie Tiffany \| ORRA Willie is in his fourth year as Governmental Affairs Director for the Oregon Refuse and Recycling Association. In this role, he leads the association’s state and federal policy and political programs. Prior to working with ORRA, Willie was the Intergovernmental Affairs Director for the City of Hillsboro’s Water Department where he led the governmental and public outreach efforts for the Joint Water Commission’s future water supply development effort. From 1998 to 2008, Willie represented the League of Oregon Cities on community infrastructure issues including water, wastewater, transportation, and solid waste. Willie began his government relations career in 1992 working for several state representatives, senators, legislative committees, and a U.S. Congressman. A native of Corvallis, Willie graduated from the University of Oregon in 1992 with a degree in political science.
	Laura Kutner Tokarski \| Trash for Peace Laura is the founder and Executive Director of Trash for Peace. She is a Peace Corps alumna and native of Portland, Oregon. She holds a B.A. in anthropology and Spanish from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree in public administration from Portland State University. She is fluent in Spanish and has over 10 years of experience in sustainable community development, especially as it relates to providing hands-on, sustainability education to youth and families in multi-family, affordable housing sites through Trash for Peace's Sustainability Education Program. She is also an instructor at Mt. Hood Community College and was distinguished as an Outstanding Faculty in 2016.
	Aaron Toneys \| Good Company Aaron, Senior Associate, provides Good Company clients with technical research, sustainability and greenhouse gas assessments, and tool development. He has worked on over 150 greenhouse gas inventories that include renewable energy facilities, waste conversion technologies, alternative fuels technologies, construction projects, municipal government operations, and entire communities. His current work includes development of operational and community climate action plans for the Cities of Beaverton, Milwaukie, and Eugene. Over his 10 years at Good Company, Aaron has presented at a wide range of professional organizations and has taught classes on Energy and Climate Accounting, Sustainability Indicators, and Clean Energy Finance as an adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon.
	Alfredo Gonzalez Valenzuela \| City of Portland Alfredo is part of the solid waste and recycling team at the City of Portland. He coordinates the expansion of the public trash program, by increasing community accessibility and ownership of the program. Alfredo’s prior experience includes community engagement on urban planning projects, investment policies for university foundations, building green career pipelines for diverse youth, and dismantling the prison industrial complex. Originally from Cusco, Peru, Alfredo earned his environmental science degree from Portland State University.
	Peter Van Houten \| Bob's Metals Peter is currently the President of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and sits on the ISRI’s National Board of Directors. He is also the General Manager of Bob’s Metals Inc., a scrap metal processor in Portland. As President of the Pacific Northwest Chapter, Peter has been actively involved in advocacy and lobbying efforts on behalf of the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia) with both state and federal legislators. Married with three adult children and four grandchildren, Peter has been a lifelong resident of Oregon, graduating with a B.A. from Concordia University and an MBA from University of Portland.
	Bruce Walker \| The City of Portland Bruce is the City of Portland Solid Waste & Recycling Program Manager. He has served on the AOR Board in several positions, including Chair. He believes that AOR has made a significant difference in shaping recycling programs in Oregon and will continue to do so in the future.
	Dan Wood \| Lane County Public Works Dan has been a Lane County employee for almost 19 years. He started his career with Lane County as a Park Ranger in August of 1999, where he trained in code enforcement for a wide array of topics including illegal camping. In his current position as the Nuisance Abatement Specialist for Lane County, Dan’s primary role is to deal with the clean-up and code enforcement of illegal dumping on Lane County right of ways. Many of these clean-ups are the direct result of illegal camping.
	Ashley Zanolli \| Oregon DEQ Ashley is a senior policy and program advisor in Oregon DEQ’s Materials Management Program with over 11 years of experience developing climate, energy, and sustainable materials management programs. Ashley is considered a national expert on wasted food prevention and measurement. She is currently on assignment from the US EPA to the Oregon DEQ Materials Management Program. Her focus at DEQ includes implementing Oregon’s statewide strategy to prevent the wasting of food, conducting foundational research, and engaging businesses on best practices that reduce wasted food. She holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University and serves on various national advisory councils, including the advisory group for ReFED and the Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA).

	Caitlin Ahearn \| City of Beaverton Caitlin is a Recycling Specialist with the City of Beaverton, where she educates residents about recycling and waste reduction and helps manage the City’s community gardens. She has worked in recycling and sustainability in the Portland metro area since 2015, including positions with the Oregon DEQ and Portland Community College, and AmeriCorps terms with the City of Gresham and Washington County. Before moving to the West Coast, she worked in cancer treatment for two years in Massachusetts. She holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Ithaca College and a master’s degree in green technologies from the University of Southern California.
	David Allaway \| Oregon DEQ David is a senior policy analyst at the Oregon DEQ’s Materials Management Program. David led efforts to develop and update the first sub-national consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions inventory in the US, served as an invited science advisor to Wal-Mart’s Packaging Sustainable Value Network, and most recently served as an advisor to Paul Hawken’s Project Drawdown. A member of the West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum’s leadership team, David has a B.A. in physics from Carleton College, Minnesota.
	Denise Barnes \| Jackson County Denise grew up in a small rural town on the Big Island of Hawaii where conservation, waste prevention, and reuse were a way of life. Denise has worked for Rogue Disposal for 33 years and was instrumental in the development of the Jackson County Recycling Partnership, which is a consortium of local governments and waste haulers formed to address and comply with County-wide solid waste and recycling issues and mandates.
	Lee Barrett Lee's professional work includes General Manager, Portland Recycling team 1978-1982; General Manager, Willamette Week newspaper 1983-1988; City of Portland Solid Waste Program 1989-2002; and Metro Waste Reduction and Outreach Manager 2002-2008. Lee has also served as AOR Chair.
	Nicole Bassett \| The Renewal Workshop Nicole is the co-founder of The Renewal Workshop, a company dedicated to industry-wide solutions for optimizing the value of resources invested in apparel. The Renewal Workshop partners with apparel brands to process their unsellable returns and excess inventory at its own state-of-the-art factory in Oregon, creating the category of Renewed Apparel. Prior, Nicole has applied her passion for environmental responsibility and human rights in consumer products. She has served in leadership roles in the outdoor and bicycle industries, as Director of Sustainability for prAna, Social Responsibility Manager at Patagonia, and Head of Human Rights at Specialized Bicycles. Nicole has a noteworthy career leading the introduction of fair trade apparel into the USA market, and industry recognized for her work in championing and integrating social and environmental responsibility through businesses and supply chains as well as developing and implementing business strategy within apparel brands. Nicole received her master’s in environmental studies with a focus on business strategy and sustainability from York University in Toronto, Canada.
	Sue Beets-Atkinson \| SBM Management Sue is the Director of Sustainability for SBM Site Services, LLC. With more than 24 years of resource management and recycling experience, she has successfully designed and implemented many large and complex recycling programs for a multitude of Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States. An integral leader in the Zero Waste movement and industry expert, Sue’s involvement has included her current role as Chair of the Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste Advisory Council.
	Tracie Onstad Bills \| SCS Engineers Tracie is the Northern California Director, Sustainable Materials Management for SCS Engineers. Tracie has over 23 years of materials management experience, including working for a hauler, a county government, and a nonprofit; she also has over 12 years with materials management consulting firms. She has provided commercial sector materials flow assessments; organics processing research and analysis; waste characterization studies; and recycling, organics, and waste management technical assistance to government agencies, schools, multi-family dwellings, and businesses. Tracie has an environmental science degree from San Jose State.
	Allie Breyer \| City of Eugene Allie is a waste prevention analyst for the City of Eugene’s Waste Prevention and Green Building Program. She assists with the implementation of waste prevention programming through program development and event planning, with a particular focus on repair/reuse initiatives, as well as food waste reduction. She serves as the lead on the highly successful Fix-it Fair events in Eugene. She has a Master of Public Administration from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in global studies from University of Minnesota.
	Reed Broderson \| PSU CES Reed works at Community Environmental Services at PSU as the graduate research assistant lead for DEQ’s Commercial Wasted Food Study. He graduates in June with his Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree, and holds bachelor’s degrees in environmental studies and biology from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Before moving to Portland, Reed was an independent consultant who worked with nonprofits and the City of Lincoln to promote environmentally-responsible materials management through both structural and social change.
	Martin Brown \| Oregon DEQ Martin is Goals & Measures Specialist for Oregon DEQ’s Materials Management program. He works to evaluate Oregon’s progress towards realizing a long-term vision for sustainability, the 2050 Vision. Martin comes to DEQ after 20 years as an independent researcher and analyst. His work on forest ecology, housing, and sustainability has been published in diverse venues, ranging from peer-reviewed research in Journal of Ecology, American Naturalist, and Appraisal Journal, to popular features in Alternet, MAKE, Sierra, and even Cat Fancy.
	Peter Canepa \| Oregon DEQ Peter joined the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in January 2017, providing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) expertise to Oregon’s Materials Management program. Peter’s primary role is to conduct/support projects, through the application of LCA, that advance Oregon towards achieving its 2050 vision.
	Shandy Carroll \| GloryBee Foods Shandy is GloryBee’s Sustainability Manager, where she oversees the strategic planning for the sustainability program, and manages projects such as zero waste, the GloryBee sustainability committee, and B Corp certification. Shandy has a bachelor’s of science in global environmental science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a master’s of science degree in marine science from Moss Landing Marine Labs at California State University Monterey Bay. Her passion for environmental conservation, particularly reducing contributions to climate change, led her to the sustainability field and the natural foods industry, where companies are working hard to be part of the solution.
	Mitra Chester \| St. Vincent de Paul Mitra has been redesigning clothing, jewelry, and accessories since 1999. She has been a board member of the Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene (ABAE) for over six years. In addition to starting Eugene Fashion Week in 2007, Mitra was the owner and manager of several small businesses for years in Eugene, before moving over to work for no-profit St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County. Envia Fashion is a unique upcycled fashion brand born out of this creative collaboration between a designer and entrepreneur and a forward thinking, ingenuitive retail thrift organization with the shared missions to divert waste and help people.
	Pete Chism-Winfield \| City of Portland At the City of Portland, Pete works with a team within the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and is responsible for clean and safe collection services, administrative rule and code development, recovery rate calculation, and a liaison to recycling and composting markets. Pete currently serves as the Board Chair for the Association of Oregon Recyclers (AOR), a 501 c(6) focused on development and maintenance of a system of sustainable materials management in Oregon. AOR is a state recycling organization that provides education, networking, and legislative opportunities for members to engage and participate.
	Chelsea Clinton \| City of Eugene Chelsea Clinton has Masters Degrees in Economics and Public Administration from the University of Oregon. Prior to joining the City, she worked for the Oregon Department of Education where she did research focused on equitable outcomes for students. At the City, Chelsea’s work focuses on implementing the City of Eugene’s Climate Recovery Ordinance with a strong emphasis on incorporating all aspects of the tripe bottom line (social equity, environmental health, and economic prosperity) into her projects.
	Emily Coven \| The Recyclist Emily is the founder of Recyclist, creators of cloud-based solutions that make solid waste program management easy. Recyclist harnesses smart technology and data to generate better results in outreach, diversion, contamination, and compliance. Recyclist’s online software is used by both municipalities and haulers in areas with a combined reach of more than 3.5 million people. A veteran technology innovator, Emily ran her own digital agency for 10 years before founding Recyclist in 2014.
	Claire Cummings \| Bon Appétit Claire is the first-ever Waste Programs Manager for Bon Appétit Management Company, the food service pioneer that operates more than 1,000-plus cafés in 33 states for universities, corporations, and museums. Claire helped double Bon Appétit’s food-recovery programs, supported the development of a new kitchen-waste-tracking system, and has helped launch Imperfectly Delicious Produce, a program that has rescued over 3 million pounds of produce from going to waste. Claire has been named one of Food Tank’s 30 Women Under 30 Changing Food; she’s a recipient of Saveur’s “Activist” Good Taste Award; and her work has been featured in Bloomberg News, Sunset Magazine, and the New York Times.
	Dylan de Thomas \| The Recycling Partnership Dylan is Vice President of Industry Collaboration for The Recycling Partnership, working with the team there to increase the quantity and quality of the curbside collected recyclables across the U.S. Previous to joining the Partnership, he worked for Resource Recycling, Inc. for a decade, directing and producing editorial content for three publications and three conferences covering various aspects of the recycling industry.
	Alexandria K. Dreher, MSW \| Lane County Department of Health and Human Services Alexandria is the Human Services Supervisor for the Human Services Division. Her duties include staff supervision and oversight for Lane County’s programs to end poverty and homelessness. She manages the Continuum of Care grant and staffs the Poverty and Homelessness Board, as well as the Human Services Commission. Alexandria is a native Arizonan. She served in the United States Peace Corps in Azerbaijan, where she worked with the local community teaching English and spearheading community development projects. She is a macro social worker, and is passionate about making systems-level changes to provide human dignity and equity for our most vulnerable community members. She has extensive experience in human services and has worked for the State of Arizona in the Division of Behavioral Health Services and Medicaid (AHCCCS). Prior to moving to Eugene, she was a professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University where she taught macro social work concepts such as community organizing, public policy analysis, advocacy, and LGBTQ studies.
	Doug Drennen \| JR Miller & Assoc. Doug has worked in the solid waste industry for over 40 years, having witnessed and participated in the evolution of technology for processing recyclables and mixed waste streams. With this background he provides technical, financial, and facility design consulting services helping clients implement strategies to achieve better management of waste resources. His most recent experience includes designing and assisting with procurement of advanced mixed waste and commingled processing systems for several projects including the Monterey Regional Waste Management District and the LA County Sanitary District, and completing several feasibility studies for several clients in the Pacific Northwest.
	Beth Vargas Duncan \| ORRA Beth is the Regional Director at Oregon Refuse and Recycling Association. Previously, as the Executive Director of Oregon Municipal Electric Utilities Association, she represented members on state and federal legislative issues. Beth advocated for local jurisdictions during her tenure at ODOT and the League of Oregon Cities. As Franchise and Revenue Administrator she helped introduce curbside recycling in Salem. When Beth lived in Illinois for graduate school, she knocked on doors to promote a new proposal - curbside recycling. Beth has a J.D. & MPA from SIU and a B.A. from Evergreen.
	Juri Freeman \| Resource Recycling Systems Juri is a senior consultant at RRS. He utilizes over 10 years of solid waste and recycling experience to provide technical, strategic, and communications client support. Juri draws from his former experience as a recycling program manager in the public sector including overseeing and growing residential recycling and composting programs, public school/K-12 collections and education, facility operations, and employee engagement - all within the confines of limited budgets. Past consulting projects put Juri at the forefront of zero waste planning, forecasting and modeling, outreach campaigns, sustainability program evaluation, and stakeholder and public process engagement. Juri has previously served as the president for the Colorado Association for Recycling and the chairman of the National Recycling Coalition.
	Rosalynn Greene \| Metro Rosalynn has been working in this field for 14 years and is very passionate about her focus on research, program evaluation, and data collection. Her career began as an employee at DEQ where she administered the statewide 2004 Recycling Composition Study. After completing the project, Rosalynn was hired by Clackamas County’s Office of Sustainability to coordinate and track outcomes for waste reduction outreach programs. In September 2013 she joined Metro as a Senior Waste Reduction Planner where her current focus is developing indicators and a measurement strategy for the 2030 Regional Waste Plan.
	Gregg Hayward \| City of Gresham Gregg unexpectantly discovered his love of waste reduction when a friend asked him if he wanted to drive a tractor for the summer. That was the beginning of a budding college compost program at the University of New Hampshire. Fast forward a bunch of years, and Gregg is currently the Business Sustainability Coordinator at the City of Gresham. There he coordinates a program called GREAT, which provides waste reduction and sustainability outreach to businesses. He also oversees the work of their compost and schools outreach staff. Gregg has spent the past 15 years working with various aspects of waste reduction, from working with farmers in Zambia teaching composting as a Peace Corps volunteer, to coordinating one of the largest school compost outreach programs in the Northwest, Clark County’s Save Organic Scraps program. Gregg currently serves as the Association of Oregon Recycler’s Education Chair where a team of volunteers recently helped update Recycling 101, a waste reduction and sustainability online course that has been taken by many educators in Oregon, as well as by peers all over the world.
	Holly Jeffryes \| Linn County Holly has worked for Linn County Environmental Health Program since 1988. She has worked in a wide range of environmental health areas including waste water disposal, safe drinking water, food and lodging, and community health and disease prevention. She has recently started working in the solid waste and recycling program. Her current assignments include facilitating the Linn County Solid Waste Advisory Committee and coordinating with local haulers and the Department of Environmental Quality to ensure the waste shed meets the requirements of the Opportunity to Recycle Act.
	Scott Klag \| Metro Scott works as a Senior Planner for Metro, a directly elected regional government serving 1.6 million people in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Scott has worked at Metro for many years developing and implementing a wide range of recycling and solid waste policies and programs. Over the past 15 years, Scott has been very active in product stewardship, currently serving on both the board of the Product Stewardship Institute and as co-chair of the Northwest Product Stewardship Council. He has helped successfully pass product stewardship legislation in Oregon for e-scrap (Oregon E-Cycles) and the country’s first stewardship legislation for paint (PaintCare). He is currently working on statewide legislation for producer responsibility for a broad range of hazardous household wastes beyond paint. Other stewardship legislative efforts have included initiatives on rechargeable batteries and mercury lighting. He also helped with the successful modernization of Oregon’s Bottle Bill that raised the deposit and expanded coverage to include almost all consumer beverages.
	Allen Langdon \| Recycle BC As the Managing Director for Recycle BC, Allen oversees the first 100% extended producer responsibility (EPR) program in North America where industry has assumed full financial and managerial responsibility for the residential recycling system. Allen has extensive experience in sustainability and extended producer responsibility, and previously served as the VP of Sustainability for the Retail Council of Canada and the VP of Environment for the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, advancing those industries’ responses to a range of complex sustainability issues including climate change, sustainable packaging, EPR programs, and animal welfare.
	Bernie Lee \| ISRI Bernie is the Research Analyst for Commodities at the Institute Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI). Bernie’s work for ISRI has been primarily to bring more market-focused content and analysis on the markets for non-metallic recyclables and the international trade of scrap recyclable commodities. He has recently spoken on recovered paper markets for the NJ Paper Recycling Association, using policy and regulations to drive markets at RISI’s International Recycled Fiber and Containerboard Conference in Chengdu, China, and as a panelist on the future of recycling markets in light of a coming trade war at RISI’s Asian Conference in Shanghai, China. He produced a database project tracking international scrap trade flows and currently working on a tool to improve scrap trade in the global market.
	Laura Leebrick \| Rogue Disposal & Recycling Laura is the Community & Governmental Affairs Manager for the Rogue Waste family of companies based in Medford, Oregon, which is comprised of solid waste and recycling collection and transfer operations, as well as a regional landfill, a landfill gas-to-energy facility, CNG fueling station, and commercial composting operations. Laura has 20 years of experience in the private sector solid waste and recycling realm, in roles ranging from recycling education and outreach, operations management, and public affairs. She also spent some of those years as an industry lobbyist in Salem, for the Oregon Refuse & Recycling Association, before coming to Rogue Waste in 2014. Through her work, Laura has had the opportunity to be engaged in alternative energy and fuel, environmental and transportation policy development at the state and local levels, and has participated in various policy workgroups, rulemaking advisory committees, and stakeholder efforts. Laura currently sits on the Rogue Valley Clean Cities Coalition Board and serves as Treasurer for the Association of Oregon Recyclers Board.
	Angie Marzano \| Lane County Angie works as the Waste Reduction Specialist for Lane County Waste Management. Angie oversees solid waste contracts, enforcement, and policy drafting for Lane County’s Solid Waste Management Plan. Before coming to Lane County, she worked as Director of Business Development at BRING Recycling helping clients implement strategies that reduced energy use, managed carbon emissions, and improved business operations. Additionally, she worked with BRING to expand business services that included the City of Eugene’s Single Family Weight Study, Residential Food Waste, and internal Zero Waste Initiatives.
	Terrance R. (Terry) McDonald \| St. Vincent de Paul Terry became the executive director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. (SVdP) on June 14, 1984 and is a hands-on visionary leader of the agency. With degrees in political science and history and a Masters of Education from the University of Oregon, Terry’s energies are focused on affordable housing and economic development projects that create jobs while improving the environment and the community. In recognition of his accomplishments, Terry was named 2013 First Citizen by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce. Terry’s passion is creating avenues out of poverty through a unique kind of reclamation: finding new uses for consumers’ “useless” discards, creating new strategies and community coalitions to deal with old problems, and giving low-income and homeless people a chance to reclaim their dignity through employment and self-sufficiency.
	Michelle Metzler \| Waste Management Michelle is the Recycling Education and Outreach Manager for Waste Management of the Pacific Northwest. In this role, Michelle leads a team of recycling education coordinators in working businesses, municipalities, and communities to develop new programs and improve materials management practices. She has worked in the waste industry for nearly a decade and has extensive experience creating comprehensive recycling and composting education programs. Prior to joining Waste Management, Michelle worked for the Multnomah County Sustainability Program where she helped government facilities improve recycling programs. She holds a bachelor's degree in environmental economics from Western Washington University.
	Julie Miller \| Oregon DEQ Julie is the Communications Specialist at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and supports the materials management program. She’s worked on several waste prevention outreach campaigns at DEQ, including Make Every Thread Count and Wasted Food Wasted Money. Prior to joining DEQ, Julie worked in several communication roles for nonprofits, including disaster response communications for the American Red Cross and as the Communications Director at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon. She’s a Florida native and has a master’s degree in public affairs from Indiana University.
	Minal Mistry \| Oregon DEQ Minal is the business initiatives lead with the Oregon DEQ. He works with a wide range of entities to implement strategies for Oregon’s 2050 Vision for Materials Management. His primary focus is on helping businesses produce and consume materials in more sustainable ways. Minal supports research, planning, and implementation for Vision-related strategies. Minal’s professional experiences include life cycle assessment, environmental testing, IT, and technical training. Prior to DEQ, Minal worked with the Sustainable Packaging Coalition where he provided technical assistance and consulting for implementing Design for Environment (DfE) strategies for consumer packaged goods.
	Teresa Montgomery \| South San Francisco Scavenger Company/Blue Line Transfer Teresa started her career in 1996 with Waste Management of Los Angeles but has worked mostly with smaller, privately-held waste hauling and processing companies. She currently works for South San Francisco Scavenger Company and is responsible for increasing and improving customer participation in their organics recycling program. South San Francisco Scavenger’s program turns food to fuel and compost via anaerobic digestion. Teresa is an active member of the California Refuse Recycling Council and spends her spare time chasing after her triplets.
	McKenna Morrigan \| Cascadia Consulting Group McKenna is a senior associate at Cascadia Consulting Group, where she provides clients with in-depth research, analysis, program design, implementation, and evaluation services. Passionate about helping communities use data to improve recycling and composting programs and achieve their program goals, McKenna has led Cascadia’s work designing and conducting innovative household recycling/composting behavior studies on behalf of clients around the country. She has also overseen extensive research and program work related to best practices for waste diversion programs in multifamily settings. A native of Eugene, McKenna returned from a decade of East Coast living to complete a master’s degree in environmental policy from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2009 and has been picking through trash ever since.
	Emily Murkland \| PSU CES Emily currently manages the Port of Portland Technical Assistance Project, the City of Portland's Multifamily, Single-family, and Events Recycling projects, and various private solid waste assessment contracts. Emily has a background in sustainability program development, working with organizations such as ROSE CDC, SPI Industries, and SOLVE. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her dog, gallivanting around Portland with coffee in hand, and traveling. She holds a Bachelor of Science in community development from Portland State University, and is currently pursuing her PMP and ISSP certificates.
	Deveron Musgrave \| City of Eugene Deveron has been a small business owner, worked in the nonprofit sector in sustainability and reuse, and in 2015 shifted into a role as a public employee for the City of Eugene. Currently an acting Waste Prevention and Green Building Program Analyst, she works on the City’s Sustainable Events program, Green Building program, the Love Food Not Waste commercial composting program, and is the Internal Zero Waste program lead. Deveron was the co-chair and City of Eugene liaison for the 2016 US Olympic Track and Field Trials Sustainability Committee, and is the City’s lead on developing the Water Station Project, a water refilling station loan program for events. She regularly presents on sustainable event topics on to various community groups and at conferences and events, most recently at the 2018 Oregon Sports Summit in February on the City’s successful and collaborative USDN responsible Event Framework project. Recently she performed on-site sustainability certification auditing for GEO Certification pursued by the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Deveron has previously served as a Whilamut Citizen Planning Committee member and vice-chair, as a board member of the Eugene Springfield ToolBox Project, and completed the Chinook Institute Leadership program in May of 2018. She is currently the Programming Committee chair for Cascadia Green Building Council’s Eugene Collaborative.
	Rob Nathan \| Metro (RID) Rob joined Metro last year in a newly created position as the Community Engagement Specialist for Metro’s Regional Illegal Dumping Program (RID). Prior to Metro, Rob has worked for organizations like Northwest Earth Institute and the Coalition of Communities of Color developing programs focused on sustainability education, behavior change, racial equity, and leadership development. Rob has an M.S. in educational leadership and policy from Portland State University and a B.A. in political economy from Prescott College.
	Roy Nelson \| NextStep Recycling Roy is currently Executive Director at Eugene’s NextStep Recycling. Prior to coming on board with NextStep in 2011 Nelson had over 30 years of management experience in the for-profit world with focus on project management, customer service, problem solving, community, team building, safety, and productivity! Nelson says the thing he misses most about working for a large corporation is using those massive resources for doing good stuff in the community. Over the past two years Nelson has utilized many of those learned management techniques to bring financial stability, increased donations, higher wages, and more charitable giving at NextStep! Nelson says, “It is all about improving NextStep’s ability to execute the mission established by founder Lorraine Kerwood and her team in 2003: Provide technology and training to children and adults who have barriers to education and employment while protecting our community and environment from hazardous waste” and taking care of our employees and the community as a whole!
	Mark Nystrom \| Lane County/New Stream Strategies Mark is a consultant and owner of New Stream Strategies specializing in materials management, environment, and land use issues. He spent the past seven years working as a policy manager for the Association of Oregon Counties. During the 2017 legislative session Mark helped draft and advocated for the pharmaceutical extended producer responsibility legislation in Oregon. He is also an instructor in the School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon and proudly calls Eugene his home.
	Susan Palmer \| St. Vincent de Paul Susan is the Economic Development Director of St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County. The agency’s social enterprises include retail thrift stores, a glass foundry, a fashion upcycling department, and mattress recycling. They generate more than half of St. Vinnie’s annual revenue and they all have one thing in common. They divert material that would otherwise be headed to a landfill. Palmer oversees a grant-funded project that allows the agency to mentor other groups interested in developing similar businesses. These efforts require close cooperation and collaboration with local, regional and state governments. For the past five years, Susan has worked on creating an easy to follow tool-kit for materials management focused on the highest best use of the stuff that comes through the agency’s doors.
	Veronica Pardo \| California Refuse Recycling Council Veronica has served the California Refuse Recycling Council’s regulatory affairs program since 2013 where she monitors and responds to the numerous regulatory agencies that impact the waste and recycling industry. In this capacity, Ms. Pardo ensures that industry needs are communicated and recognized during regulatory rulemakings and state policy development. She is proud to serve the members of CRRC. Ms. Pardo holds two B.A. degrees from UCLA and a M.S. in community development from UCD.
	Pam Peck \| Metro Pam is the Resource Conservation and Recycling Manager at Metro where she oversees regional waste reduction policy and planning projects. Prior to her current position she managed communications and marketing for Metro’s waste reduction and sustainable behavior change programs. Pam is a graduate of the University of Vermont where she studied political science and communications.
	Alan Pennington \| Marion County Alan is an Arkansas escapee who, prior to moving to Salem, was a science and math teacher in three foreign countries—Indonesia, Spain, and North Carolina. He earned a master’s degree in environmental health in 1999 from OSU and was employed by the City of Salem to work on water quality and salmon issues. In 2008, he joined Marion County as a waste reduction coordinator and heads up the EarthWISE business assistance program.
	Zahra Pike \| Home Forward Zahra has been working with people struggling with housing, mental health, and addiction since the late 1990s. Her initial sustainability efforts centered on implementing new clothing recycling practices in the shelters and pantries that she worked at. She has been working for Home Forward for seven years. As a Community Service Coordinator, Zahra assists with housing stability, case management, and community outreach. In this role, Zahra focuses on early childhood supports that incorporate sustainability, STEM, and arts activities that engage youth with opportunities to learn best practices and build pro-social skills. Zahra has a commitment to producing minimal waste in creating a functional space and facilitating activities.
	Jerry Powell \| Resource Recycling Jerry is the owner of three magazines (Resource Recycling, Plastics Recycling Update, and E-Scrap News). He edits Resource Recycling. In addition, he aids in the management of three annual conferences, The E-Scrap Conference, The Plastics Recycling Conference, and The Resource Recycling Conference, several of which are the world’s largest in their fields. Previously Jerry founded and managed a recycling consulting firm for a decade and founded and managed a recycling business in Portland, Oregon for more than eight years. He is a past three-time chair of the board of the National Recycling Coalition and the three-time chair of the board of a state recycling association. He has spoken on waste management and recycling issues in 48 states, five Canadian provinces, and seven foreign countries.
	Jim Quinn \| Metro Jim has worked in the hazardous waste management field since 1984, and has been with Metro since 1991. Jim manages Metro’s Hazardous Waste Program, including HHW collection operations and the MetroPaint facility. Jim was involved with the paint product stewardship dialogue process, and is actively involved in pursuing product stewardship legislation for a variety of HHW products in Oregon. Jim is also Vice President and Policy Committee chair with NAHMMA, the North American Hazardous Materials Management Association.
	Rich Reardon \| Bulk Handling Systems Rich has more than a decade of leadership experience with Bulk Handling Systems (BHS). As Vice President of Sales and Marketing, he leads both internal and external sales and marketing groups for the BHS Group which includes BHS, NRT, Nihot, Zero Waste Energy, and Max-AI. Rich has played a lead role in conceptualizing and realizing some of the largest and most innovative MRFs in the country. He is a foremost expert in the strategic development of single stream, mixed waste, plastics, C&D, and organics material processing systems. Rich received his BA from California State University, Sacramento and his MBA from the University of Oregon.
	Paul Relis \| CR&R Inc. Paul is Senior Vice President of CR&R Incorporated. CR&R has developed the largest anaerobic digestion facility in North America. Paul oversaw the state’s solid waste system and implementation of California’s comprehensive recycling laws from 1991-1998. From 1970-1990 he was Executive Director of the Community Environmental Council of Santa Barbara, one of the nation’s recycling pioneers. Paul is author of Out of the Wasteland: Stories From the Environmental Frontier (2015) that predicted the current recycling crisis.
	Heather Robinson \| Washington County Heather has been the Recycling Project Specialist with Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling for more than 10 years. Her experiences include work in residential and multifamily program development, outreach and education, event recycling, community clean-up projects, and data projects. She is interested in the potential of electronics tools that empower people to find answers to help them better manage their waste. Heather graduated from Portland State University with degrees in botany and environmental science. In her free time, she coordinates pop-up repair events and attempts home remodeling projects.
	Emily Shelton \| BRING Recycling Emily is the Waste Prevention Education and Events Manager at BRING, Eugene’s oldest recycling and reuse nonprofit organization. A former marketing director at Eugene Science Center (formerly the Science Factory), Emily has an extensive background in STEM education, event planning, and promotions, and is comfortable wearing many hats. At BRING, Emily provides waste prevention education to K-12 students and community groups in Lane County, leads waste management facility tours, coordinates annual events including the annual Home and Garden Tour and Product Design Challenge, manages BRING’s Instagram page (@bringrecycling), and indulges her reused shopping habit.
	rabia (ruby) shirazi (she/her/hers) \| (re)solution lab rabia has a deep and layered background centered around redistributing power and dismantling systems of oppression; she has 20+ years' experience in community organizing, movement building, law/public policy, advocacy, campaign strategy and management, grants administration, organizational development and management, facilitation, education, and program development in the public and social sectors - and a lifetime’s experience operating outside social "norms" as a bi-racial, multi-cultural, first-generation, single mother and cancer survivor living with lupus. rabia (ruby) is also a frequent speaker, facili-trainer, and presenter, leading sessions on equity and social justice; power, privilege, and oppression; campaign strategy; strategic communications; and community engagement for clients as well as the Communications Leadership Institute, the Hunger-Free Leadership Institute, and at leadership development clinics for grantees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Hewlett Foundation among others. She's had the privilege to receive formal education and holds a B.A. in English, an M.A. in journalism, an Australian Graduate Diploma (American M.A.) in international law and policy, and is currently pursuing post-graduate work in social justice pedagogy, organizational behavior, participatory public policy development, and program evaluation; she also takes pride in being a law school drop out, having left just a few credits shy of her J.D. to have and raise her daughter. rabia (ruby) also sits on the board of directors for Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon and YNPN Portland as Equity Officer, and holds those organizations accountable to their equity commitments while implementing equity-informed programs for rising leaders in the social and public sectors. Outside of the lab, rabia (ruby) promotes poetry and books written by underrepresented voices, supports students historically underrepresented in higher education in accessing college, codes for fun, and maintains balance as a reiki master and teacher. But mostly, she’s just a coffee-fueled mom who’s happiest hanging out with her kiddos and taking in all the wonderful life lessons they teach her.
	Vinod Singh \| Far West Recycling Vinod is the Outreach Manager at Far West Recycling. Vinod has been working with the Far West Recycling team for 25+ years. Over the years, he has worked at and managed multiple Far West Recycling locations, learning company operations from the ground up; as well as observing the industry and company from various perspectives. He serves on the Association of Oregon Recyclers Board as the Markets Chair. Far West Recycling operates four facilities in Oregon, two processing facilities and two facilities focusing on metals and electronics recycling.
	Dr. Lisa Skumatz \| SERA Lisa is a nationally-known economist and Principal of Skumatz Economic Research Associates (SERA). She is best known for her highly quantitative work in solid waste, including work on PAYT, source reduction, program and policy analysis, and metrics. Her 20 years of work in metrics covers HHW, energy, tracking/performance, and Triple Bottom Line/TBL analyses – quantifying social as well as economic and environmental impacts. Lisa developed a new three-part performance metric called Percent Recoverables Remaining (PRR), and will discuss that metric in today’s speech.
	Sonja Snyder \| Wild Oaks HOA in Eugene Sonja is a resident and board member at Wild Oaks, a community of 52 townhouses in South Eugene, and a longtime recycler and composter. Now retired, Sonja worked for 12 years at BRING as director of fundraising and communications, following a 20-year stint as publisher of Eugene Weekly. Along with former colleagues Deveron Musgrave and Stephanie Scafa, Sonja helped initiate the composting program at Wild Oaks as a pilot project for multi-family dwellings.
	Brian Stafki \| Oregon DEQ Brian is a materials recovery specialist for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Materials Management program. Brian works to ensure the opportunity to recycle is extended to tenants who share collection service at commercial and residential properties. Previously, he was with Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling and Thurston County Solid Waste Division for six years. He has a Master's of Education in environmental education from Western Washington University and Bachelor of Science in biology from New Mexico State University.
	Carolyn Stein \| BRING Recycling Carolyn began her work at BRING in 2008. As the Interim Community Education Program Manager, a temporary role did not suit her so she set out to create BRING’s RE:think Business program. Launched in 2010, RE:think is a free, hands- on assistance program that helps businesses reduce waste and increase efficiency through low-cost upgrades and conservation. Carolyn became BRING’s Executive Director in 2015. She is a former City of Eugene Sustainability Commissioner and has worked internationally with students and governments to create recycling and waste prevention programs.
	Willie Tiffany \| ORRA Willie is in his fourth year as Governmental Affairs Director for the Oregon Refuse and Recycling Association. In this role, he leads the association’s state and federal policy and political programs. Prior to working with ORRA, Willie was the Intergovernmental Affairs Director for the City of Hillsboro’s Water Department where he led the governmental and public outreach efforts for the Joint Water Commission’s future water supply development effort. From 1998 to 2008, Willie represented the League of Oregon Cities on community infrastructure issues including water, wastewater, transportation, and solid waste. Willie began his government relations career in 1992 working for several state representatives, senators, legislative committees, and a U.S. Congressman. A native of Corvallis, Willie graduated from the University of Oregon in 1992 with a degree in political science.
	Laura Kutner Tokarski \| Trash for Peace Laura is the founder and Executive Director of Trash for Peace. She is a Peace Corps alumna and native of Portland, Oregon. She holds a B.A. in anthropology and Spanish from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree in public administration from Portland State University. She is fluent in Spanish and has over 10 years of experience in sustainable community development, especially as it relates to providing hands-on, sustainability education to youth and families in multi-family, affordable housing sites through Trash for Peace's Sustainability Education Program. She is also an instructor at Mt. Hood Community College and was distinguished as an Outstanding Faculty in 2016.
	Aaron Toneys \| Good Company Aaron, Senior Associate, provides Good Company clients with technical research, sustainability and greenhouse gas assessments, and tool development. He has worked on over 150 greenhouse gas inventories that include renewable energy facilities, waste conversion technologies, alternative fuels technologies, construction projects, municipal government operations, and entire communities. His current work includes development of operational and community climate action plans for the Cities of Beaverton, Milwaukie, and Eugene. Over his 10 years at Good Company, Aaron has presented at a wide range of professional organizations and has taught classes on Energy and Climate Accounting, Sustainability Indicators, and Clean Energy Finance as an adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon.
	Alfredo Gonzalez Valenzuela \| City of Portland Alfredo is part of the solid waste and recycling team at the City of Portland. He coordinates the expansion of the public trash program, by increasing community accessibility and ownership of the program. Alfredo’s prior experience includes community engagement on urban planning projects, investment policies for university foundations, building green career pipelines for diverse youth, and dismantling the prison industrial complex. Originally from Cusco, Peru, Alfredo earned his environmental science degree from Portland State University.
	Peter Van Houten \| Bob's Metals Peter is currently the President of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and sits on the ISRI’s National Board of Directors. He is also the General Manager of Bob’s Metals Inc., a scrap metal processor in Portland. As President of the Pacific Northwest Chapter, Peter has been actively involved in advocacy and lobbying efforts on behalf of the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia) with both state and federal legislators. Married with three adult children and four grandchildren, Peter has been a lifelong resident of Oregon, graduating with a B.A. from Concordia University and an MBA from University of Portland.
	Bruce Walker \| The City of Portland Bruce is the City of Portland Solid Waste & Recycling Program Manager. He has served on the AOR Board in several positions, including Chair. He believes that AOR has made a significant difference in shaping recycling programs in Oregon and will continue to do so in the future.
	Dan Wood \| Lane County Public Works Dan has been a Lane County employee for almost 19 years. He started his career with Lane County as a Park Ranger in August of 1999, where he trained in code enforcement for a wide array of topics including illegal camping. In his current position as the Nuisance Abatement Specialist for Lane County, Dan’s primary role is to deal with the clean-up and code enforcement of illegal dumping on Lane County right of ways. Many of these clean-ups are the direct result of illegal camping.
	Ashley Zanolli \| Oregon DEQ Ashley is a senior policy and program advisor in Oregon DEQ’s Materials Management Program with over 11 years of experience developing climate, energy, and sustainable materials management programs. Ashley is considered a national expert on wasted food prevention and measurement. She is currently on assignment from the US EPA to the Oregon DEQ Materials Management Program. Her focus at DEQ includes implementing Oregon’s statewide strategy to prevent the wasting of food, conducting foundational research, and engaging businesses on best practices that reduce wasted food. She holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University and serves on various national advisory councils, including the advisory group for ReFED and the Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA).

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2018 Conference Bios

Keynote Speaker

Paul Hawken | Project Drawdown

Session Speakers & Moderators

Caitlin Ahearn | City of Beaverton

David Allaway | Oregon DEQ

Denise Barnes | Jackson County

Lee Barrett

Nicole Bassett | The Renewal Workshop

Sue Beets-Atkinson | SBM Management

Tracie Onstad Bills | SCS Engineers

Allie Breyer | City of Eugene

Reed Broderson | PSU CES

Martin Brown | Oregon DEQ

Peter Canepa | Oregon DEQ

Shandy Carroll | GloryBee Foods

Mitra Chester | St. Vincent de Paul

Pete Chism-Winfield | City of Portland

Chelsea Clinton | City of Eugene

Emily Coven | The Recyclist

Claire Cummings | Bon Appétit

Dylan de Thomas | The Recycling Partnership

Alexandria K. Dreher, MSW | Lane County Department of Health and Human Services

Doug Drennen | JR Miller & Assoc.

Beth Vargas Duncan | ORRA

Juri Freeman | Resource Recycling Systems

Rosalynn Greene | Metro

Gregg Hayward | City of Gresham

Holly Jeffryes | Linn County

Scott Klag | Metro

Allen Langdon | Recycle BC

Bernie Lee | ISRI

Laura Leebrick | Rogue Disposal & Recycling

Angie Marzano | Lane County

Terrance R. (Terry) McDonald | St. Vincent de Paul

Michelle Metzler | Waste Management

Julie Miller | Oregon DEQ

Minal Mistry | Oregon DEQ

Teresa Montgomery | South San Francisco Scavenger Company/Blue Line Transfer

McKenna Morrigan | Cascadia Consulting Group

Emily Murkland | PSU CES

Deveron Musgrave | City of Eugene

Rob Nathan | Metro (RID)

Roy Nelson | NextStep Recycling

Mark Nystrom | Lane County/New Stream Strategies

Susan Palmer | St. Vincent de Paul

Veronica Pardo | California Refuse Recycling Council

Pam Peck | Metro

Alan Pennington | Marion County

Zahra Pike | Home Forward

Jerry Powell | Resource Recycling

Jim Quinn | Metro

Rich Reardon | Bulk Handling Systems

Paul Relis | CR&R Inc.

Heather Robinson | Washington County

Emily Shelton | BRING Recycling

rabia (ruby) shirazi (she/her/hers) | (re)solution lab

Vinod Singh | Far West Recycling

Dr. Lisa Skumatz | SERA

Sonja Snyder | Wild Oaks HOA in Eugene

Brian Stafki | Oregon DEQ

Carolyn Stein | BRING Recycling

Willie Tiffany | ORRA

Laura Kutner Tokarski | Trash for Peace

Aaron Toneys | Good Company

Alfredo Gonzalez Valenzuela | City of Portland

Peter Van Houten | Bob's Metals

Bruce Walker | The City of Portland

Dan Wood | Lane County Public Works

Ashley Zanolli | Oregon DEQ