Circularity 22 2022 | GreenBiz Group Inc. | 17 May 2022 | InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta, an IHG Hotel, 3315 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, USA

It’s time for transformative change — and the circular economy is key to a just, resilient and prosperous world. To meet this critical moment, forward-thinking leaders are embracing circular principles to spur innovation, confront climate change, respond to shifting customer demand and collaborate across the value chain.

This event is the leading convening of professionals building the circular economy.

2022 Speakers

Jane Abernethy
Chief Sustainability Officer, Humanscale

Asha Agrawal
Managing Director, Tin Shed Ventures, Patagonia

Nina Ahuja
Head of Business Development, Trove

Holli Alexander
Strategic Initiatives Manager, Sustainability, Eastman Chemical

Deonna Anderson
Senior Editor, GreenBiz Group

Sara Axelrod
Director of Sustainability, Beverage Packaging North and Central America, Ball Corporation

Kate Bailey
Policy Director, Eco-Cycle

Svanika Balasubramanian
Co-Founder & CEO, rePurpose Global

Elizabeth Balkan
Director, Americas, Reloop

Kellie Ballew
Vice President of Global Sustainability, Shaw Industries Group, Inc.

Rajiv Banavali
Senior Vice President of Science & Innovation, Westrock

Fahmida Bangert
Global Head of Circularity, ESG Lead for Asset Lifecycle Management, Iron Mountain

Todd Barenberg
Vice President, Global Sourcing, TUMI

Nicole Bassett
Circularity Lead, Bleckmann

Kathryn Beers
Leader, Circular Economy Program, NIST

Steve Bradley
Vice President, Cox Cleantech, Cox

Keri Browder
Cities Project Director, Ocean Conservancy

Boma Brown-West
Director, EDF+Business, Environmental Defense Fund

Nicole Camilleri
Packaging Sustainability Manager, Nestlé USA

Jenny Carney
Vice President, WSP USA

John Caturano
National Recycling Sustainability Manager, Caturano

Kristy Caylor
CEO & Co-Founder, For Days

Marian Chertow
Director of the Center for Industrial Ecology, Yale School of the Environment

Heather Clancy
Vice President and Editorial Director, GreenBiz Group

Jacqueline Claudia
CEO, Smarter Sorting

Alexandria Coari
VP of Capital, Innovation & Engagement, ReFED

Greg Corra
Worldwide Director, Global Packaging & Sustainability, Colgate Palmolive

Bridget Croke
Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners

April Crow
VP, External Affairs & Investor Relations, Circulate Capital

Sarah Curran
Manager of Strategic Packaging Initiatives, SC Johnson

Megan Daum
VP, Sustainability, American Beverage Association

John Davies
VP, Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Felicia Davis
Co-Founder, HBCU Green Fund

Mia Davis
VP, Sustainability & Impact, Credo Beauty, Pact Collective

Dylan de Thomas
VP of External Affairs, The Recycling Partnership

Sarah Dearman
VP of Circular Ventures, The Recycling Partnership

Danielle Decatur
Director of Datacenter Environmental Sustainability, Microsoft

Renaud des Rosiers
Senior Manager, Environmental Impact, Amy's Kitchen

Karin Dillie
VP of Partnerships, Recurate

Cash East
Director of Analytics, Higg

Chelsey Evans
Senior Manager, Sustainability, Etsy

Ashley Fahey
Sr. Manager, Global Product Sustainability, Kohler Co.

Eric Faurot
CEO, GreenBiz Group

Jordan Fengel
Sustainability Manager, US & Canada, Tetra Pak

Robert Flores
Vice President of Sustainability, Berry Global

Dave Ford
Founder, Ocean Plastics Leadership Network

Nell Fry
Director Sustainability, Sodexo Inc.

Ashish Gadnis
Co-founder & CEO, BanQu

Kim Gallagher
Director of Marketing & Customer Success, Nuuly

James George
Strategic Advisor, Pyxera Global

Jim Giles
Carbon Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Eva Gladek
Founder & CEO, Metabolic

Sarah Golden
Senior Energy Analyst & VERGE Energy Chair, GreenBiz Group

Rachel Goldstein
North America Policy Director, Mars, Incorporated

Alix Grabowski
Director, Plastic & Material Science, World Wildlife Fund

Trent Gross
Director of Marketing, Services & Solutions, Phillips Healthcare

Amy Hall
Social Consciousness Strategic Advisor, Eileen Fisher

Sydney Harris
Policy and Programs Manager, Product Stewardship Institute

Keefe Harrison
CEO, The Recycling Partnership

Joy Hicks
Senior Manager Sustainability, The Home Depot

David Hirschler
Senior Director of Sustainability & Legislative Compliance, ERI

John Hocevar
Oceans Campaign Director, Greenpeace USA

Lynn Hoffman
Co-President, Eureka Recycling

Jeffrey Hogue
Chief Sustainability Officer, Levi Strauss & Co.

John Holm
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, PYXERA Global

Kim Holmes
Principal Consultant, 4R Sustainability, Inc.

Mike Hower
Head of Client Engagement, thinkPARALLAX

Katherine Huded
Director of Circular Ventures, The Recycling Partnership

Carol Hunter
Executive Director, Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture

Dave Hutchins
Program Manager, Biomimicry Institute

Jenna Jambeck
Professor, University of Georgia

Danielle Jezienicki
Senior Director, Sustainability, Grove Collaborative

Ben Jordan
Senior Director, Environmental Policy, The Coca Cola Company

Kristin Kagetsu
Co-Founder, CEO, Saathi

Jayant Kairam
Director, Global Public Policy, Walmart

Anita Kedia Schwartz
Senior Project Director, WSP USA

Rachel Kibbe
Founder, Circular Services Group

Eric King
Director of Sustainable Innovation, Nike

Suzanne Klatt
Director, ESG Programs and Strategy, IBM

Antoinette Klatzky
VP of Programs and Partnerships, Eileen Fisher Foundation

Katrina Knauer
CTO, The BOTTLE Consortium

Michael Kobori
VP, Chief Sustainability Officer, Starbucks

Matt Kopac
Associate Director, Health & Beauty Sustainability, Burt's Bees

Irys Kornbluth
Co-CEO, EVERYWHERE

Marcus Krembs
Head of Sustainability, USA & Canada, Enel North America

Alex Kremer
Head of Strategy & Operations, Archive Resale

Suzanne Kuiper
Manager Circular Economy | Co-author CTI, KPMG

Amy Larkin
Founder/Director, PR3

Theresa Lieb
Food Systems Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Tiana Lightfoot Svendsen
Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives & Communications, U.S. Plastics Pact

Suzanne Lindsay-Walker
Vice President, Sustainability, Novelis

Uvini Lokuge
Senior Design Lead, IDEO

Vivien Luk
Executive Director, Work

Paula Luu
Senior Project Director, Closed Loop Partners

Alyssa Macy
Chief Executive Officer, Washington Environmental Council / Washington Conservation Voters

Sean Magann
Chief Commercial Officer, Sims Lifecycle Services

Matteo Magnani
Project Manager, Fashion Initiative, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Karla Magruder
Founder + President, Accelerating Circularity

Joel Makower
Chairman and Co-founder, GreenBiz Group

José Manuel Moller
CEO & Founder, Algramo

Jim Marcinko
Southern Tier Recycling Director, WM

Joaquin Mariel
Chief Commercial Officer, Balcones Resources

Michael Martin
Founder & CEO, r.Cup

Cecily Martinez-Caloca
Web Content Coordinator, GreenBiz Group

Erin McCluskey
Managing Director, Ocean Plastics Leadership Network

Sarah McInerney
Program Manger, Ray of Hope Prize, Biomimicry Institute

Thomas McKay
Senior Program Manager - Circular Economy Solutions, BASF Corporation

Caren McNamara
Founder & CEO, Conscious Container

Christoph Meinrenken
Interim Program Director, M.S. in Information and Knowledge Strategy, Columbia University

Ali Mize
Director of ESG, Belonging, & Corporate Philanthropy, Neiman Marcus Group

Judy Moon
SVP of Sales I Global Lead for Apparel, Beauty & Luxury, Digimarc

Page Motes
Head of Global Sustainability, Dell Technologies

Amy Musanti
Director of Sustainable Building Solutions, Assa Abloy

Danielle Nkojo
Sustainability Lead, Product and Circularity, Ralph Lauren

Ikenna Nlebedim
Research Scientist and Group Leader, Ames Laboratory, U.S. DOE

Sandra Noonan
Chief Sustainability Officer, Just Salad LLC

Erica Nunez
Program Officer, Plastics Initiative, The Ocean Foundation

Amanda Nusz
Senior Vice President-Corporate Responsibility/ President-Target Foundation, Target

Megan O'Connor
CEO, Nth Cycle Inc.

Suz Okie
Circular Economy Associate Analyst, GreenBiz Group

Michael Overcash
CEO, Environmental Clarity

William Paddock
Co-Founder and Managing Director, WAP Consulting

Eunji Park
Strategic Design Lead, INDEED Innovation

Jennifer Patrick
Global Packaging and Branding Director, Patagonia

Lauren Phipps
VP & Senior Analyst, Circular Economy, GreenBiz Group

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

Taylor Price
Manager, Global Sustainability, AptarGroup, Inc.

Matt Prindiville
Chief Solutioneer & CEO, UPSTREAM

Garr Punnett
Chief Strategy Officer, Rheaply

Christina Raab
President & CEO, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute

Nicole Ray
Senior Manager, EY

Jeannie Renne-Malone
Vice President, Global Sustainability, VF Corporation

Joe Riconosciuto
Director, Materials Marketing & Recycling, Republic Services

Leslie Rodgers
Director of Sales and Marketing, Atlas Organics

Ian Rosenberger
CEO, Day Owl & First Mile

Casey Rowland
Network Development, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Katie Schindall
Director, Circular Economy, Cisco

Steve Schmida
Chief Innovation Officer, Founder, Resonance

Axelle Schmit
Global Senior Director Nike Direct & Marketplace Partners Sustainability, Nike

Charlie Schwarze
Director of Sustainable Packaging, Keurig Dr. Pepper

Tony Sciarrotta
Executive Director, The Reverse Logistics Association

Satyakam Sharma
Design for Sustainability Professor, Savannah College of Art & Design

Suzanne Shelton
President & CEO, Shelton Group

Dylan Siegler
Vice President, Senior Analyst, Sustainability, GreenBiz Group

Jennifer Silberman
VP, Environmental, Social and Governance, YETI

Erin Simon
Head, Plastic Waste and Business, World Wildlife Fund

Bill Sisson
Executive Director, North America, WBCSD

Jon Smieja
VP, Circularity & Sr Analyst, GreenBiz

Keiran Smith
CEO & Co-founder, Mr. Green Africa

Wesley Spindler
Program Director, The Circulars Accelerator

Ilma Stankeviciute
Learning Programme Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Kabira Stokes
CEO, Retrievr

Ashima Sukhdev
Climate Mitigation & Circular Economy Policy Advisor, Seattle Public Utilities

James Sullivan
Head of Project Management, SAP Sustainability

Lauren Sweeney
Co-founder & CEO, DeliverZero

Tom Szaky
Founder & CEO, TerraCycle

Stephanie Thomas
Vice President, Cascadia Consulting Group

Emily Tipaldo
Executive Director, U.S. Plastics Pact

Isabella Tonaco
Vice President, Strategy Execution & Marketing, Neste

Sherrie Totoki
Director of Startup Programs, GreenBiz Group

Michelle Tulac
Senior Project Manager, North America, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Natalia Vasquez
Senior Design Lead, IDEO

Rakesh Vazirani
Head of Sustainability Services, Consumer Products, TUV Rheinland

Sinclair Vincent
Director of Sustainable Development Programs and Markets, Verra

Ken Voeller
Director, Circular Commerce & New Business Development, REI

Paul Walker
Senior Director, NA office of Customer Satisfaction, Samsung

John Warner
SVP Chemistry, Dist. Res. Fel. Sus. & GC, Zymergen, Inc.

John Warner
CEO, InnoVenture LLC

Mike Werner
Lead for Circular Economy, Google

Peter Whitcomb
President, TERSUS Solutions

Francesca Whitehead
Investor, G2VP

Kyle Wiens
CEO, iFixit

Michelle Wiseman
Director of Waste Diversion & Outreach, City of Atlanta - Office of Resilience

Jared Yarnall-Schane
Director of Innovation, Biomimicry Institute

Rhodes Yepsen
Executive Director, Biodegradable Products Institute

Julie Zaniewski
NA Sustainability Director, Dow, Inc.

Molun Zhang
R&D Experimentation and External Technology, The Coca-Cola Company

Rachel Zipperian
Scientific Communications Director, P&G

Chris Zwicke
Chief Executive Officer, Home Boy Electronics Recycling

2022 Sponsors and Partners

FOUNDATIONAL SPONSOR:
• Novelis

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• American Chemistry Council | Plastic Division
• Eastman
• Nike
• SC Johnson

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Amazon
• Cisco
• Coca-Cola
• Cox Enterprises
• DevvESG
• Dow
• INDEED Innovation
• Keurig Dr Pepper
• Tetra Pak
• WM
• WestRock

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• P&G Beauty
• The Recycling Partnership
• rePurpose Global
• Rubicon
• Target
• WAP Sustainability
• Watershed
• American Beverage Association
• Ball Corporation
• BASF
• Berry Global
• EY
• IBM
• Iron Mountain
• Neste

PARTICIPATING SPONSORS:
• American Chemistry Council
• Amplo Global
• Aqua ChemPacs
• Anthesis
• Davies Office
• ERI
• Recycled Paperboard Alliance
• Rheaply
• RTI Innovation Advisors
• Sonoco
Yupo

PRINCIPAL PARTNER:
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• The Recycling Partnership
• US Plastics Pact
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
• Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
• Biomimicry Institute
• CDP
• 3BL Media
• Metabolic
• Textile Exchange
• Pyxera Global
• Renewable Matter
• Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC)
• Product Stewardship Institute
• BSR
• Reverse Logistics Association
• Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
• Future 500
• The Sustainability Consortium
• Association for Supply Chain Management
• Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Reusable Packaging Association
• PACE
• Ocean Plastics Leadership Network

ACCELERATE PARTNERS:
• Fashion for Good
• Gener8tor
• ReFED
• Greentown Labs
• The Circulars Accelerator
• Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
• Climax VC
• Plug and Play
• Elemental Excelerator
• Unreasonable Group
• On Deck
• Circulate Capital
• Third Derivative
• Clean Energy Ventures
• Closed Loop Partners
• OpenGrants