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Sapna E. Thottathil, MSc, Keynote Speaker - Morning
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Sapna E. Thottathil, PhD, MSc is a first generation Indian American that is passionate about finding solutions to global environmental problems. Sapna recently joined the University of California’s Center for Climate, Health and Equity as its Managing Director. Prior to this, she was an Associate Director of Sustainability in the University of California’s Office of the President. She has worked on environmental policy for multiple organizations, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Health Care Without Harm, and has taught courses on global environmental politics for graduate and undergraduate students. |
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Dave Newport, Keynote Speaker - Afternoon
Dave Newport is the Director, Environmental Center, University of Colorado-Boulder. Dave’s background is in environmental and sustainability research, teaching, publishing, and public service. He is a veteran sustainability professional with executive leadership experience in education, business, government, and entrepreneurship.
Previously, as the University of Florida’s first Director of the Office of Sustainability, he researched and published higher educations’ first sustainability report compiled to global business standards, led global efforts aimed at unifying sustainability reporting in higher education, sheparded a plan to make the nation’s fourth largest university “a global leader in sustainability,” launched a zero-waste program that has since become UF’s 2025 target for all operations, and published carbon-neutrality research and planning designed to make the university climate-neutral. Dave was also a founding member of the Board of AASHE. |
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Justin Ahearne, Panelist
Panel #1: Voices of the Supply Chain
BBC Distributing
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Hunt Briggs, Panelist
 Panel #2: Measuring Impact
Senior Consultant & Oganics Practice Lead
RRS (Resource Recycling Systems) |
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Sam Buck, Panelist
 Panel #2: Measuring Impact
Senior Manager of Development
ReFED |
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Jonathan Deutsch, Panelist
 Panel #3: Time for Action
Professor, Dept of Food and Hospitality Management and Director Drexel Food Core Lab
Drexel University |
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Patrick Dixon, Panelist
 Panel #3: Time for Action
Research Analyst Managing Editor at LABOR Studies in Working-Class History
Georgetown University |
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Amy Gautraud, Panelist
Panel #1: Voices of the Supply Chain
North American Stewardship Manager
Gordon Food Service |
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Jenna Goins, Moderator
 Panel #1: Voices of the Supply Chain
Director of Membership & Marketing
NACUFS (National Association of College & University Food Services) |
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Sarah Hoverter, Panelist
 Panel #3: Time for Action
Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Harrison Institute of Public Law
Georgetown University Law Center |
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Andy Jones, Panelist
 Panel #3: Time for Action
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences, Associate Chair, University of Michigan School of Public Health |
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Liz Kennedy, Panelist
 Panel #3: Time For Action
Director of Ethical Labor and Sustainability
UCLA Trademarks & Licensing |
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Haley Kerner, Panelist
 Panel #1: Voices of the Supply Chain
Program Manager; University of Michigan Campus Farm |
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Colleen Matts, Panelist
 Panel #2: Measuring Impact
Director, Farm to Institution Programs Coordinator, Michigan Farm to Institution Network
Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems |
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Shelie Miller, Panelist
 Panel #2: Measuring Impact
Professor, Director, Program in the Environment; Jonathan W. Bulkley Collegiate Professor of Sustainable Systems; U-M Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Sustainability - University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability |
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Will Moyer, Panelist
Panel #1: Voices of the Supply Chain
Argus Farm Stop, Ann Arbor, MI |
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Michiko Shima, Panelist
 Panel #2: Measuring Impact
Technical Director; Fair Labor Association |
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Montana Stevenson, Panelist
 Panel #2: Measuring Impact
Principal, Montana Stevenson Consulting LLC |
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Sarah Weishaar, Panelist
Panel #1: Voices of the Supply Chain
Chief Executive Officer
Impact Collective Group |
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Bruce-Michael Wilson, Panelist
 Panel #1: Voices of the Supply Chain
Owner & Farmer: Groundswell Farm |