2016 Global Sustainability Summit: Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of May 20, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Laura Abshire Director of Sustainability Policy and Government Affairs National Restaurant Association
Mary Adam Commercial Project Developer REC Solar
Neil Aeschliman Responsible Sourcing Manager
Jim Alvey Director, Corporate Development Good360
Coley Anderson Director, Industry and Government Relations Registrar Corp
Dianna Anderson Vice President, Strategic Sourcing Keystone Foods LLC
Katie Anderson Sustainable Sourcing Project Manager Environmental Defense Fund
Reese Antley VP of Operations Wood's Fisheries
Charlie Arnot Chief Executive Officer The Center for Food Integrity
Pete Artemenko Marketing Director Atlantic Packaging Corp.
Ricky Ashenfelter Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Spoiler Alert
Minos Athanassiadis Senior Director
Hannah Bakken Regulatory Affairs and Sustainability
Cheryl Baldwin Vice President, Sustainability Consulting, Marketing and Business Development Pure Strategies, Inc.
Ezgi Barcenas Global Director, Corporate Sustainability
Andrew Bartlett Senior Director, National Accounts Waste Management, Inc.
Brooke Barton Senior Program Director, Water & Food Program Ceres
Lindsay Bass Manager, Corporate Water Stewardship World Wildlife Fund
Kristen Baumer President Paul Piazza & Son, Inc.
John Beath Senior Technical Consultant and Environmental Coach John Beath Environmental, LLC
Helen Belmont Communications Manager World Wildlife Fund
David Bennell Director of Food & Capital Markets Ceres
Ryan Bennett Director, Government Relations National Milk Producers Federation
Barry Bergstein Business Development Manager T & S Brass and Bronze Works, Inc.
Samuel Blaine Client Services Manager, Grocery Waste Management, Inc.
Megan Bloomer Director of Sustainability The Cheesecake Factory
Julie Bogas Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Sheila Bonini Chief Executive Officer The Sustainability Consortium
Ryan Boudreaux Seafood Coordinator Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Allen Bowman National Account Executive Waste Management, Inc.
Lisa Boyd Director, Wellness and Food Social Responsibility
Jake Brashares Director of Sales & Revenue Agri-Cycle
Amy Braun Senior Sustainability Manager Kellanova
Dean Broadhead Chief Executive Officer broadhead
Samia Brogdon Project Manager Harvest Time International
Trae Brogdon Director, Product Sourcing
Doug Brokaw Director of Sales
Nichole Brown Sustainability Program Design and Assessment Specialist KCoe Isom
Laurel Bryant Chief, Office of Communications and External Affairs NOAA Fisheries
Joseph Bundrant Chief Executive Officer Trident Seafood Corporation
Robert Burmeister Digital Traceability Specialist Trace Register Inc.
Kathleen Cacciola Senior Director, Environmental Sustainability
Heather Cain Senior Manager, Meeting Services
Jim Cannon CEO and Founder
Matthew Carstens Senior Vice President, Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Richard Castle Director, Seafood Giant Eagle, Inc.
Annette Chalmers Director Retail North America Clearwater Seafoods LP
Chris Chinn Hog Farmer, Faces of Farming and Ranching Faces of Farming and Ranching
Doug Chipman Director of National Accounts
Shawn Claborn Senior Account Consultant, Food Chain Elanco
Joe Clancy Retail Education Associate International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
Jason Clay Senior Vice President World Wildlife Fund
Morgan Close Senior Program Manager Project Wet Foundation
Andrew Coffey Senior Manager, Member Value Creation
Taylor Cohen Senior Sales
Cheryl Coleman Director, Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Michelle Collier Chief Operating Officer
Challey Comer Sustainability Manager
Robin Connell Sr. Mgr, Internal Communications and CSR
Ryan Cooper Sustainability Specialist, Organics Recycling
Ronald Cotterman Vice President, Sustainability Sealed Air Corporation
Valencia Covington Senior Manager, Meeting Services FMI
Mitchell Crane Sustainability Intern
Jeff Crew Sr. Materials Buuer Trex
Shawn Cronin Business Outreach Manager
Drew Crowder Director of Business Development, Strategic Renewables Renewable Choice Energy
Rosanna D'Alessandro Specialist, Corporate Social Responsibility
Stu Dalheim Vice President, Governance and Advocacy Calvert Group
Megan Daum Vice President, Sustainability Can Manufacturers Institute
Jill Davies Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility Target Corporation
Jed Davis Director of Sustainability
Robert Demianew Vice President Control Union USA Inc.
Drew Derstein Pennsylvania Pork Producer
Jon Dettling Managing Director, U.S. Quantis International
Jonathan Deutsch Professor of Culinary Arts and Food Science Drexel University
Molly Devanney Executive Vice President
Timothy Devanney Co-President Highland Park Market, Inc.
Lisa DiMeo Engineer, Sustainability Conagra Brands
Rick Dineen Vice President, Operations DSC Logistics, Inc.
Natalie DiNicola, PhD Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Benson Hill
Josh Domingues Executive Chairman
Daniel Donatelli Senior Manager, Sustainability
Karen Doyle Healthy Eating and Green Mission Specialist Whole Foods Market - Florida
Matthew Duerr Manager, Business Development
CHRISTOPHER EDELMAN Project Development and Outreach Officer North America FRIEND OF THE SEA
craig edwards Sustainability & Innovation Mgr Aurora Organic Dairy
Joanna Ehrenreich Marketing Manager
Jason Ellsworth Organic Portfolio Manager Wilbur-Ellis Holdings, Inc.
Justin Evans Vice President, Sustainability and Government
Ryan Evans PE, MBA, LEED AP BD+C Sustainability Consultant, Building Science and Engineering
Claudia Fabiano Technical Lead for Sustainable Management of Food, RCSD
Carolyn Fairman Director of Strategic Initiatives United Farm Workers
Andrew Falcon CEO
John Fallon Assistant Director-G.U.L.F. Audubon Nature Institute Gulf United for Lasting Fisheries
Pamela Fann Executive Assistant
Ashley Faseler Sr. Sustainability Consultant Waste Management, Inc.
David Fikes Executive Director, FMI Foundation FMI
Sonya Fiorini Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility
Daniel Flores PA Manager H-E-B
Thomas Ford Vice President, Food Safety
Cynthia Forsch Program Manager Ecova Consulting
Niall Foster Senior Account Consultant Elanco
Eva Fowler Associate Director, Programs & Communications ReFED
Chad Frahm Senior Vice President, Sustainability Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Aaron French Director of National Sourcing and Sustainability Blue Apron
Kacey Fung Regional Environmental Sustainability Manager
Brittni Furrow Vice President Health and Sustainability Ahold Delhaize USA
Christine Gallagher Manager, Responsible Retailing Ahold Delhaize USA
Martin Gallagher Senior Principal Scientist McCormick & Company, Inc.
Robert Garfield Chief Food Safety Assessment Officer & Senior Vice President, SQFI
Jennifer Garrett PhD Senior Associate The Context Network
Lana Gee Account Executive REC Solar
Jake Geis Beef Producer and Veterinarian
Katie George Material Accounts Service Manager Trex
Julien Gervreau Director of Sustainability Jackson Family Wines
Susan Ghertner Consultant
Michael Gilbert Facilities Group Leader KAO USA
Alexander Gillett Chief Executive Officer HowGood, Inc.
Daryl Gillit Vice President, Operations
Deborah Ginsburg Founder and CEO Strategia Design LLC
Steve Glenning Digital Performance Marketing Director Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Eric Glerum Director of Sales APANA
Rachel Goldstein Global Sustainability Director, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Mars Snacking
Rich Goode Executive Director
Leonard Gossen Agricultural Marketing Specialist
SUSAN GRAFF Partner and Vice President RRS
Melissa Grande Senior Manager, Sustainability Initiatives American Cleaning Institute
Michael Griff Senior Commercial Manager, Americas Marine Stewardship Council
Leslie Griffith Director, Sustainable Solutions Covanta
Robert Guillemin Environmental Protection Specialist U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dexter Guillory President/owner Riceland Crawfish, Inc.
Dana Gunders Staff Scientist Natural Resources Defense Council
Kate Hall Managing Director Council for Biotechnology Information
Jeff Hanratty Applied Sustainability Manager General Mills, Inc.
Andy Harig Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development FMI
Eric Harris Manager, Sustainability SCS Global Services
David Heckman Consultant Global Scientific Affairs
Matt Hedrick Chief Commercial Officer
Dag Heggelund Executive Vice President and CTO Trace Register Inc.
Margaret Henry Program Director, Strategy
Maggie Hernandez Environmental Program Manager H-E-B
Diane Herndon Senior Manager, Sustainability Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Vince Herran Global Recycling Director
Pablo Herrera Customer Experience Manager Localize
Laura Hershey Vice President FoodMinds, LLC
Michael Hewett Director of Environmental and Sustainability Programs Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Joslyn Higginson Vice President, Public Affairs & Regulatory Affairs Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada
Jaclyn Hill Associate Patriot Organics
Mark Hobbs Director, Environmental Affairs Seneca Foods Corporation
Judith Hochhauser Schneider Deputy Director, Private Sector Engagement World Wildlife Fund
Jennie Hodgen PhD Senior Account Manager Merck Animal Health
Mark Holland Principal
Buster Houston Vice President National Merchandising Center of Store Albertsons Companies
Steven Howell Director, Business Development Solutions 4 Retail Brands
Karimah Hudda Global Sustainability Lead, Associate Director - Procurement Mondelez International
Surina Ismail Group Head of Sustainability IOI Corporation
Amit Jain CSR & Sustainability Manager Head of Sales Consulting Inc.
Anne Johnson Principal, Vice President, Global Corporate Sustainability
Laura Johnson Co-Founder & COO Salty Girl Seafood
Lindsey Jones Customer Sustainability Program Coordinator Dawn Food Products, Inc.
Allison Jordan Executive Director California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
Andrew Jordan Sustainability Advisor
Jessica Karpowicz Director of Sales HowGood, Inc.
Jacqueline Kazimer Director, Corporate Relations & Procurement United Against Poverty
Rebecca Kenow Director, Sustainability Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Jessica Kinchen National Account Sales Georgia-Pacific
Elizabeth Kiniorski Manager, Product Development
Michael Knutzen Global Program Director, PlantBottle
Cort Koenig Zero Landfill Expert Northstar Recycling
Meaghen Kraft Sales Assistant
Mike Kraft Vice President, CSR
Shellie Kramer Marketing Manager IOI Loders Croklaan
Jeremy Kranowitz President and Executive Director Sustainable America
Walter Kraus Vice President, Environment, Energy & Corporate Sustainability
Karissa Kruse President, Sonoma County Winegrape Commission Sonoma County Winegrape Commission
Jennifer Lambert Senior Manager, Sustainability
Rosemary Lapka Director, Supply Chain Solutions Axiom Technology Group
Peter Larkins Vice President, Integration Trace Register Inc.
Thor Lassen President Ocean Trust
John Laughead Sustainable Packaging Advisor Albertsons Own Brands, LLC (Pleasanton, CA)
Ric Lee Stretch Film Program Director Atlantic Packaging Corp.
Dennis Leikam Environmental Manager Musco Family Olive Co.
Mark Lejeune Associate
Dirk Leuenberger President and CEO Aqua Star
Kendra Levine U.S. Supply Chain Sustainability Manager McDonald's Corporation
Katherine Lewis BioPreferred USDA Bangkok Office
Alana Libow Senior Manager, Sustainable Development
Lisa Linnell Food Social Responsibility Specialist II Target Corporation
Annie Lobel Chief of Staff Food Recovery Network
Beth Lowell Senior Campaign Director
Andrew MacIntosh Director, National Account Program Management Waste Management, Inc.
Terry Maik Sales and Partnerships Manager Localize
Sarah Malenich Director, SQFI Sales & Marketing
Emily Malina Chief Product Officer
Jennifer Maloney Food Chain Sustainability Manager Bayer CropScience Global
Sarah Mandlebaum Life Cycle Analyst Quantis International
Margaret Ann Marsh Director of Sustainability
David Martin Director of Sustainability Aqua Star
Joe Martinez Executive Director CIERTO
Toni Mascaro Vice President, Meeting Services FMI
Jonathan Mayes Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer
Richard McDonald Director, Environmental Affairs H-E-B
Sean McGee Regional ESS Manager
Brianna McGuire Associate Foodfully, Inc
James McKeown Director, Environment and Energy
Joe McMahan Director Sustainability Partnerships
Emily McNamara Director of Marketing California Safe Soil
Karol Mejia Global Integration Team, Professional Services XumaK
Renee Mellican PhD, PMP Director, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Winland Foods, Inc.
Emily Meredith Chief of Staff National Milk Producers Federation
Cher Mereweather Executive Director Provision Coalition
Wessley Merten Wessley Merten Oceana Inc
John Metzger Director, Global Food Industry Dairy Elanco
Alex Miller Vice President, Business Development Trace Register Inc.
Robin Miller Supervisor
Shannon Miller Consultant, Global Food Industry Team Elanco
Dean Mix National Accounts Manager Waste Management, Inc.
John Monaghan Business Development Specialist Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Mike Monthey Professional Engineer Henderson Engineers
Maria Morckel National Accounts Manager Waste Management, Inc.
Stefanie Moreland Executive Vice President of Public Affairs Trident Seafood Corporation
Damon Morris Program Director La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries
John Mulcahy Vice President, Sustainability Georgia-Pacific
Kristin Musulin Associate Editor, Waste Dive
Shannon Mutschler Vice President, Sustainability SYSCO Corporation
Roxanne Nanninga Senior Specialist, Seafood Markets Environmental Defense Fund
Dennis Nelson President and CEO
Marissa Nelson Senior Vice President, Sustainable Retailing
Brigitta Nemes Market Development UTZ Sustainability & Traceability Program
Joy Nicholas Principal JN Retail Connections, LLC
Erik Nicholson National Vice President United Farm Workers
Shira Norman Sustainability Specialist Red Bull North America
Kathryn Novak Programs Division Director Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
Denise O'Handley Managing Director Gibbs-rbb Strategic Communications
Jonathan Oakley Commercial Sales Representative
Thomas ODonnell Sustainability Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Okoroafor Vice President, Packaging Innovation McCormick & Company, Inc.
Ian Olson Director, Sustainability McDonald's Corporation
Sheila Ongie Sustainability Manager
Lauren Palumbo COO Lovin' Spoonfuls
George Parmenter Sustainable Retailing Manager
Camila Pascual Director of Operations and Innovation
Pete Pearson Director, Food Waste World Wildlife Fund
Eric Pehle Executive Vice President/General Manager Weber Shandwick
David Pelzer President, Pelzer Communications Resources Inc. Pelzer Communications Resources Inc.
Kevin Peshkin Account Development Representative HowGood, Inc.
Jeff Peters Director, Sustainability and Partnerships Agrible, Inc.
Michael Petrone National Accounts Revolution Bag
Brad Pettinger Director Oregon Trawl Commission
Laura Phillips Senior Vice President, Global Sustainability Walmart Inc.
Laura Picariello G.U.L.F., Technical Programs Manager Audubon Nature Institute
Eric Pierce Vice President, Business Insights
Jordan Pilsch Director, Customer Success Rubicon Global Holdings LLC
Tinia Pina Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Will Polese Media Lux Research Inc.
Ross Polk Project Manager
Peter Radford President
Sarah Radosevich Manager, Government Affairs General Mills, Inc.
Thomas Raymond Director, Environmental Sustainability Hormel Foods Corporation
Thomas Redick Prinipal Attourney Global Environmental Ethics Counsel
John Reilly Senior Director, Global Quality Assurance Daymon
Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak MS, RDN President and CEO International Food Information Council
Kendrick Repko Sustainability Brand Lead Ahold Delhaize USA
Lisa Roberts Sustainability Manager Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Kai Robertson Senior Corporate Sustainability Advisor World Resources Institute
Linda Rogers Director, Corporate Partnerships Heifer International
Jessica Rosen Associate Manager, Sustainability Yum! Brands, Inc.
Joan Ruskamp Feedyard Operator
Meghan Ryan Manager
Matthew Salois Director, Global Scientific Affairs Elanco
Alejandra Sanchez Sustainability Manager Olam Spices & Vegetable Ingredients (Olam SVI)
Andrew Sargent General Manager Hanns R. Neumann Foundation
Danielle Sarmir Senior Program Associate, Grocery Stewardship Certification
Edward Sawchuk President & General Counsel
Nova Sayers Business Development Manager NSF | The Public Health and Safety Organization
Elizabeth Schaub Social Media Engagement Manager
Keith Schoettmer Pig Farm from Indiana and Recipient of the 2015 America's Pig Farmer of the Year Award National Pork Board
Michael Schooler Conference Exhibitor
Brad Scott Partner Scott Brothers Dairy Farm
Chris Seeber Risk Management
Howard Shapiro Chief Agricultural Officer Mars, Incorporated
Nathan Shepley Streed Sustainability Manager, Corporate Brands The Kroger Co.
Jordan Simmons Strategic Planning Lead Nestle USA, Inc.
Erin Simon Deputy Director, PSE, Sustainability R&D World Wildlife Fund World Wildlife Fund
John Simone Director, Global Sustainability and Social Responsibility
Jim Slanina President Enviropure Systems, Inc.
Christy Slay Director of Research The Sustainability Consortium
Bob Smith Beef Producer, Veterinarian, Veterinary Research and Consulting Services, Beef Quality Assurance Advisory Board Member
Nathan Smith Director, Sustainability - Food and Agriculture Division SCS Global Services
Nicole Smith Sustainability Manager, Customer Collaborations The Coca-Cola Company
Marianne Smith Edge Senior Associate
Rod Snyder President
Daniel Sonke Director, Sustainable Agriculture
Cole Squiers Vice President, Sales
SHANKAR SRINIVASAN Industrial Specialist
Ashley Stanley Executive Director
David Stanton Head of North America Brands and Retail NatureWorks LLC
Meghan Stasz Senior Director, Sustainability
Jane Stautz Global Sustainability Leader
Rick Stein Vice President, Fresh Foods
Nick Sterling Sustainable Purchasing Manager The Cheesecake Factory
Crystel Stewart Assistant, Meeting Planning Services
Ryan Stover Seafood Coordinator Whole Foods Market - Midwest
Alison Sutter Manager, Corporate Responsibility
Jarrod Sutton Chief Strategy Officer
Steven Swartz Partner
Steven Swartz Associate Principal
Nelson Switzer Chief Sustainability Officer
Bryan Szeliga Buyer Engagement Program Manager
Jonathan Tan Principal J. Vidal Associates
Gail Tavill Vice President, Sustainable Development
Howard Tenen Quality Assurance and Compliance Quirch Foods LLC
Mari Triplett Senior Director of Business Development, Packaged Goods Fair Trade USA
Mark Troxel Senior National Account Manager Smurfit Westrock
Bill Troy COO Loders Croklaan
Mike Troy Editorial Director, Progressive Grocer and Retail Leader Progressive Grocer
Scott Tudor Director, Sustainability
Jennifer Turner Director, China Environment Forum Woodrow Wilson Center
Ron Vance Chief of the Materials Conservation and Recovery Branch, Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division (RCSD) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Darren Vanstone Corporate Engagement Manager, North America World Animal Protection
Steve Vilnit Director, Marketing and Business Development J.J. McDonnell & Co., Inc.
Leah Voors Conference Manager, Global Conference & Tradeshow Services Meetings & Incentives Worldwide
Tim Wackenreuter MBA Student
Jason Wadsworth Sustainability Priority Owner Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Dave Wagner National Vice President, Merchandising
Phil Werdal Chief Executive Officer Trace Register Inc.
Kraig Westerbeek Vice President, Environment and Support Operations, Smithfield Food's Hog Production Division National Pork Board
Andrew Whitman Director Grocery Stewardship Certification
Tina Williams Environmental Manager Keystone Foods LLC
Alissa Wilson Commercial Representative, U.S. Marine Stewardship Council
Herman Wisse Program Director
Marty Wooldridge Beef Producer Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Jeff Wooster Global Sustainability Manager
Steve Woullard Director, Quality and Regulatory Compliance
Jason Wykoff Senior Director, Strategic Renewables Renewable Choice Energy
Kristine Young Sustainability Manager Darden Restaurants
Luke Zwilling Sustainability Projects and Integration Manager