Circularity 2023 | GreenBiz | 5 June 2023 | Hyatt Regency , 808 Howell St, Seattle, WA 98101, United States

The event offers thought-provoking keynotes, actionable breakouts, a solutions-oriented expo and unparalleled networking opportunities. Join the growing community of visionaries and practitioners to move beyond incremental action, catalyze systems change and accelerate the circular economy. Hear from innovative thought leaders and practitioners, participate in engaging sessions and form new connections, leaving you with the knowledge and resources to accelerate the circular economy.

2023 Speakers

2023 Speakers

Aditi Gogineni
Lead, Sustainability, L’Oréal USA Research & Innovation

Agustina Mir
Co-Founder & COO, Sortile

Alessandra Pistoia
Senior Program Manager, Zero Waste and Circular Economy, Microsoft

Alessia Falsarone
Executive in Residence, Adjunct Instructor, Circular Economy and Sustainable Business, University of Chicago

Alice Hartley
Director of Circularity, Under Armor

Aly Bryan
Investor, Ventures Group. Closed Loop Partners

Alyssa Macy
Chief Executive Officer, Washington Conservation Action

Andrew Howley
Chief Editor, Ask Nature

Andrew Telfer
Lead, Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad (COIL) and Development, City Of Guelph

Andrew McCue
Commercial & Partnerships Lead - Agriculture, Land Use & Biodiversity, Metabolic

Andy Ruben
Founder & Executive Chairman, Trove

Anita Schwartz
Vice President, WSP USA

Asha Agrawal
Managing Director, Tin Shed Ventures, Patagonia

Ashima Sukhdev
Climate Mitigation & Circular Economy Policy Advisor, City of Seattle

Bethany Edwards
Manager, Partnership Development, Circular Economy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Bridget Croke
Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners

Bruce Harrell
Mayor of Seattle, City of Seattle

Bryan Lewis
Program Manager I, GreenBiz Group

Bryce Hesterman
Senior Consultant, Resource Recycling Systems

Bryony Clear Hill
Manager Standards, Reporting and Circular Economy, International Council on Mining and Metals

Caitlyn Holt
Director, Product and Business Innovation, Cone Denim, Elevate Textiles

Carmen Gama
Director of Circular Design, Eileen Fisher Inc.

Carol Shu
Senior Manager, Global Sustainability, The North Face

Carolien Van Brunschot
Manager and Lead Secretariat, Circular Electronics Partnership, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Cassandra Palmer
Associate Director, Sustainable Production & Consumption, Anthesis

Chad Bolick
Vice President, Brand Sales, UNIFI

Chantal Emmanuel
CTO, Co-Founder, LimeLoop

Charlie Schwarze
Board Chair, Circular Action Alliance

Chastity McLeod
VP, Sustainability, Nestle

Chris Bross
VP Business Development, iFixit

Christina Binkley
Writer, Editor-at Large, The Wall Street Journal

Christina Boyd
Product Stewardship Engineer, Printpack

Cody Marshall
Chief of System Optimization, The Recycling Partnership

Crystal Bayliss
Director, Strategy & Engagement, U.S. Plastics Pact

Cynthia Power
Former Director, EILEEN FISHER Renew

Dave Bennink
Director, Building Deconstruction InstitutePassword1234!

David Cutler
Co-founder and CEO, Nutshell Coolers

David Hirschler
Senior Director of Sustainability & Legislative Compliance, ERI

Dennis Wilson
VP, ESG & Managing Director, Saint-Gobain Circular Economy Solutions NA

Destana Herring
Associate, Regeneration.VC

Devin Giles
Manager, Renewable Solutions, International Paper

Doug Paulin
Chief Financial Officer, Camston Wrather

Doug Pilgrim
National Business Development Manager, Davies Office

Dylan de Thomas
VP of Public Policy & Government Affairs, The Recycling Partnership

Elizabeth Chamberlain
Director of Sustainability, iFixit

Elizabeth Bridges
Co Founder, OurCarbon

Elizabeth Start
Founder, Start Consulting Group

Emily McGarvey
Director Of Sustainability, Room & Board

Emily Tipaldo
Executive Director, U.S. Plastics Pact

Emma Stone
Director of Evidence and Engagement, Good Things Foundation

Erin Gately
Circular Economy Manager, Iron Mountain

Erin Simon
Vice President, Plastic Waste and Business, World Wildlife Fund

Eva Gladek
Founder & CEO, Metabolic

Gabriella Smith
Founder, Upcycle Project

Gayatri Keskar, PhD
Vice President, Research, Material ConneXion

Gene Eidelman
Co-founder, Azure Printed Homes, Inc.

Geoffrey Inch
Circular Economy and Sustainability Director, Braskem

Harry Tannenbaum
Founder and President, Mill

Heather Clancy
Editorial Director, GreenBiz Group

Holli Alexander
Strategic Initiatives Manager, Global Sustainability, Eastman

Irene Martinetti
Manager, Circular Economy, WBCSD

Jake Mitchell
Startup Programs Manager, GreenBiz Group

Jason Brown
Director, Design for Service & Repair, Microsoft

Jay Inslee
Governor of Washington, Washington

Jeff Caroll
CEO, Urban Wood Economy Inc.

Jeffrey Hogue
Chief Sustainability Officer & Board Member, C&A Foundation, Levi Strauss & Co.

Jennifer Carrigan
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives, Pyxera Global

Jesse Simons
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, SOLARCYCLE Inc.

Jesse Klein
Jesse Klein, GreenBiz Group

Jo Banner
Founder and Director, The Descendants Project

Joan Gibbons
Associate Sustainability Manager, Lendlease

Joanne Brasch, PhD
Special Project Manager, California Product Stewardship Council

Joe Riconosciuto
Director, Materials Marketing & Recycling, Republic Services

Joe Macleod
Founder & Head of Endineering, and End.

Joel Makower
Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group

John Holm
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, PYXERA Global

John Shegerian
Co-Founder and CEO, Electronic Recyclers International

Joy Banner, PhD
Founder and Director, The Descendants Project

Julia Marsh
Co-Founder & CEO, Sway

Kai Erickson
Traversal, Free Geek

Kamal Patel
Civic Designer and Co-Founder, Traversal

Karen Hagerman
Director, How2Recycle

Karla Magruder
Founder, Accelerating Circularity

Kate Walker
Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Materials Management

Kate Kurtz
Organics Program Lead, Seattle Public Utilities

Kate Daly
Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners

Kate Davenport
Co-President, Eureka Recycling

Katherine Huded
Vice President, Recyclability Solutions, The Recycling Partnership

Kathleen Fiehrer
Client Computing Group: Sustainability Technologist, Intel Corporation

Katie Kennedy
Waste Diversion Lead, Seattle Public Utilities

Katy Bolan
Lead for Environmental Sustainability, Google TV, Google

Keiko Niccolini
Standards Integration - Cities & Consumer Goods, PR3

Ken Voeller
Divisional Vice President, Circular Commerce, REI

Kristy Drutman
Founder, Brown Girl Green

Kenny Arnold
Senior Manager, Service Design (North America), EMF

Lauren Phipps
Master of Environmental Management Candidate, Yale School of the Environment

Lindsay Brewer
Associate, Covington & Burling LLP

Lindsey Hermes
Global Commercial Director, Digital Solutions, Avery Dennison

Lindsey Boyle
Market Strategist & Founder, Circular Citizen Consulting

Liz Berry
State Representative, Washington State House of Representatives

Liz Fikejs
Senior Waste Prevention Program Manager, Seattle Public Utilities

Liz Lipton-McCombie
Head of CSR and Sustainability, Nordstrom

Marcu Alexander
R&I Manager, Packaging SustainabilityDanone, Danone

Marisa Adler
Senior Consultant, RRS

Mark Marchioli
Vice President of Business Development, Goodwill

Mary Holt
Chief Design Strategist, Carnegie

Matt Prindiville
CEO and Chief Solutioneer, Upstream

Maura Dilley
Partner, Cascade Circular

McKenna Morrigan
Policy, Product Stewardship, & Waste Prevention Strategic Advisor, City of Seattle

Megan Daum
VP, Sustainability, American Beverage Association

Melodie Reynolds
Founder and CEO, Elate Beauty

Michael Martin
Founder & CEO, r.Cup

Michael Smith
General Partner, Regeneration.VC

Michelle Lee
Partner and Managing Director, IDEO

Mike Werner
Head of Circular Economy, Google

Moji Igun
Founder, Blue Daisi Consulting

Nasim Shomali
Sustainability Strategy Senior Manager, Accenture

Natasha Scotnicki
Program Manager, Circular Economy, Cisco

Natasha Franck
Founder & CEO, EON

Nethra Rajendran
Manager, Sustainability, GreenBiz Group

Nicole Bassett
Circularity Lead, Bleckmann

Nina Goodrich
Director Former Executive Director, GreenBlue.org

Nirav Patel
Founder, Framework

Patrick Keenan
R&D Principal Engineer, General Mills

Phil Brown
VP Business Development & Strategy, Circularise

Priscilla Johnson
Chief Strategy Officer, Upstream

Rachel Taplinger
Head of Sustainability, Maybelline New York, L'Oreal

Rachel Zipperian
Sustainability & Citizenship, P&G Responsible Beauty

Rachel Kibbe
Founder and CEO, Circular Services Group

Rachelo Palopoli
Director, Circular Economy, Tarkett

Ramona Liberoff
Executive Director, Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE)

Randi Marshall
Head of Government Relations & Public Affairs, U.S., H&M

Ranjani Theregowda
Environmental Data Scientist, Material Innovation Initiative

Ravi Sharma
Vice President, Research & Development, Digimarc

Ren DeCherney
Lead, Built Environment, North America & Australasia, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute

Rhodes Yepsen
Executive Director, Biodegradable Products Institute

Rosemary Cooper
Project Director, Share Reuse Repair Initiative

Sandra Gonza, Impact Strategist & Consultant

Sara Osborne
Government and Public Affairs Director, Albertsons

Sarah Coulter
Director of Operations and Special Projects, Accelerating Circularity

Sarah Burkhart
Director, Software and Experiences Product Management, Dell

Sarah Dearman
Chief Innovation Officer, The Recycling Partnership

Sarah Golden
VP, Energy | VERGE Electrify, GreenBiz Group

Scott Burr, PhD
President and CEO, Accelerated Filtration Inc.

Shannon Parker
Sustainability and Brands, Circ

Shela Gobertina von Trapp
Director, Global Relations, Global Electronics Council

Shilla Kim-Parker
CEO, Thrilling

Shyaam Ramkumar
Lead Business Developer & Strategy for North America, Circularise

Sofia Rivas Herrera
Supply Chain Network Design and Optimization Manager, HP

Stacy Flynn
CEO & Co-Founder, Evrnu

Stephanie Phillips
Deconstruction & Circular Economy Program Manager, City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation

Stephanie Baker
Director of Market Development, KW Plastics Recycling Division

Stephen Jamieson
Global Head of Circular Economy Solutions, SAP

Steven Bethell
Co-Founder, Bank & Vogue

Suraya Souidi, Emerging Leader, Circularity 23

Suzanne Shelton
CEO, Shelton Group, an ERM Group Company

Suzanne Kuiper
Senior Manager, KPMG

Sydney Harris
Policy Director, Upstream

Tara Jacola
Senior Director, Regulatory Consulting, 3E

Terry Campbell
VP of Sustainable Impact, Sustainable Northwest Wood

Tim Dunn
Head of Sustainability, Best Buy

Tom Jackson
Director of Supply Chain, Cloud and Compute, Cisco

Uvini Lokuge
Director, Climate, IDEO

Veena Singla, PhD
Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council

Wesley Spindler
Global Circular Economy Lead, Accenture

Xenia Dolovova
Waste Reduction Programs Director, Zero Waste Washington

Yinka Bode-George
Founder & CEO, Sustain Our Future Foundation

Zosia Brown, PhD
Vice President, Sustainability Nexii Building Solutions

2023 Sponsors

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Amazon
• Eastman
• The Recycling Partnership

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Cisco
• Dow
• Loreal
• Lyondellbasell
• Seattle Office of Ecocnomic Development
• Seattle Public Affairs
• Tetra Pak
• We Dont Have Time
• Walmart

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• American Beverage
• Arkema
• Aura
• O-Basf
• Coca Cola
• Dell
• Eri
• Ey
• Herbal Essences
• International Paper
• Nordstorm
• Pointb
• Republic Services
• Repurpose
• Rubicon
• Watershed
• WestRock

PARTICIPATING SPONSORS:
• Anthesis
• Aqua Chempacs
• Aucto
• BetterPackaging
• Brooks
• CircularRise
• Orbis
• Daves Office
• Deloitte
• FiscalNote ESG Solutions
• Good Filling
• Manifest Climate
• Reverse Logistic Group
• Samsara
• Seri
• Sonoco
• Wap Sustainability Consulting
• Washington Recycling Development Center
• Washington State Department of Commerce
• Department of Ecology
• Wsp

PRINCIPAL PARTNER:
• Ellen Macarthur Foundation

COVENING PARTNERS:
• Upstream
• Retail Industry Leaders Association
• Vancouver Economic Commission
• Pace

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• US Plastics Pact
• Pyxera Global
• Metabolic
• Bsr
• Biomimicry Institute
• Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
• Verra
• Sustainable Packaging
• Post Script Media
• Ascm
• MrRm
• Antenna Group

ACCELERATE PARTNERS:
• Clean Energy Ventures
• Gener8tor
• Third Derivative
• The Circulars
• Closed Loop Partners
• GreentownLabs
• Raise Green
• 4ward.Vc