COMPOST2024 - USCC Compost Conference 2024 | US Composting Council | 23 January 2024 | Ocean Center, 101 N Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32118, USA

This events advances compost manufacturing, compost utilization, and organics recycling to benefit our members, society, and the environment.

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Massimo Centemero
General Manager, Italian Consortium of Composters

Didi Pershouse
Founder, Land and Leadership Initiative

Marco Ricci
Manager, Altereko sas

SPEAKERS:

Shiva L. Ahrens
Principal Research Scientist, Florida Crystals

Ron Alexander
President, R.Alexander Associates, Inc.

Bobbie Armstrong
Managing Director, Stratium

Janet Armstrong
Compost Manufacturing Alliance

Caroline Barry
Program Manager, Center for the Circular Economy

Sashti Balasundaram
WeRadiate

Jean Bonhotal
Associate Director, Cornell University

Sally Brown
Research Professor, University of Washington

Regina Cagle Irr
Environmental Engineer and Project Manager, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc

Alexia Cooper
Graduate Research Fellow, University of California, Merced

Ryan Cooper
Vice President of Circular Economy Solutions - Organics Recycling Lead, Rubicon

Matt Cotton
Owner, Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC

Jim Davis
Director of Origination, Generate Upcycle

Charles Duprey
Founding President, Naturcycle

Neil Edgar
Executive Director, California Compost Coalition

Kristine Ellsworth
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Scott Gamble
Organics Specialist, Waste Management

Patrick Geraty
President, St. Louis Composting, Inc.

Dominique Hadad
Founder & CEO, Green Scope Consulting

Monica Hampton, Ph.D.
National and International Agricultural Consultant, TerraNutri

Corey Hayes
Principal, Get Back Here Dog

Diane Hazard
Active Community Volunteer, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Tom Herlihy
Senior Engineer & Composting Consultant, Synagro

Susan Higgins
Northeastern University

Ayodeji Idowu
Clemson University

Sophia Jones
Policy Lead and Individual Giving Coordinator, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Laura Kavanaugh
Workshop Instructor, Genome Insights LLC

Kathy Kellogg Johnson
Co-Owner, Kellogg Garden Products

Rik Langendoen
Workshop Instructor, Green Mountain Technologies Inc.

Ame LeCocq
Regional Environmental Manager, Recology

Tera Lewandowski
Biology Scientist, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

Suzanne Longacre
Marketing Champion, Laurel Valley Soils

Chuck Magee
Public Works Manager, Kern County

Chris Margraves
Garden-Ville

Jennifer Mastalerz
Co-Owner, Bennett Compost

Mary Matava
President & Agronomist, Agri Service Inc

Greg McCarron
Vice President, SCS Engineers

Darren Midlane
Chief Technical Officer, Harvest Quest

Robert Miller
President, Foundations for Winning

John Morgan
Viably

Heather Lane
Founder, W.e Are Planning

Lauren O'Connor
Planner I, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Tim O'Neill
President, Engineered Compost Systems

Steve Richardson
Unless Collective

Michael Robinson
Co-Founder, Rust Belt Riders

Randy Rudd
Senior Consultant, Kessler Consulting, Inc.

Clinton Sander
Marketing Manager, A1 Organics

Elliot Schneider
Manager of Environmental & Fleet Services, City of St. Peters

Kurt Schoppe
Director of Operations - Western US, Komptech Americas

Justin Senkbeil
CEO, CompostNow Inc.

Jimmy Slaughter
Trial Lawyer and Environmental Litigator, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

Shalene Thomas
Senior Emerging Contaminants Program Manager, Battelle

Alex Truelove
Legislation & Advocacy, BPI

David Alexander Velez
Founder, TAWA Compost Food Rescue

Andrew Voodre
Dirt Hugger LLC

Reneé V. Wallace
ReMark Composting Solutions

Todd Williams
Senior Pricipal Technologist, Jacobs

Jesse Wiser
Marketing & Outreach, Hiwassee Products

Rhodes Yepsen
Executive Director, Biodegradable Products Institute

Susan Alexander
Board Director, Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Maryam Saffari Aman
Student, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Idowu Atoloye
Research Associate, Utah State University

Jason Browne
General Manager- North Region, Denali Water Solutions

Lauren Click
Founder, Executive Director, Let's Go Compost

Thomas Ducey
USDA-ARS

Andrew J Erickson
Research Manager, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory

Melissa (Cameron) Filiaggi
Division Chief, Operations, Maryland Environmental Service

Allison Lee Forstmann
Founder, CEO, ReCultivateNY, Inc.

David Gavlick
Vice President Operations, St. Louis Composting

Dave Harding
Owner/President, Agresource Inc.

Mike Houseman
Waste Connections

Pierce Jones
Director, Program for Resource Efficient Communities, University of Florida

Dhanush Kenchanna
Graduate Research Assistant, Texas State University

Mark King
Organic Management Specialist-Division of Materials Management, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Richard Levey
Managing Director, Levey Consulting, LLC

Paula Luu
Senior Project Director, Closed Loop Partners

Emily McGill
Program Director, Compostable Field Testing Program

Brooke Moffis
UF/IFAS Extension

Dustin Montey
Assistant Manager, SMSC Organics Recycling Facility

Emily O'Mahoney
President Elect of the American Society of Landscape Architects, American Society of Landscape Architects

Alston Sandzen
Generate Upcycle

Rahul Shankar
Polymer Applications Scientist, Eastman

Erin Skelly
CCOM, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

NISHA THAKKER
Speaker

Christi Turner
Founder/CEO, Scraps

Zachary Villaverde
Engineering Consultant, Indianhead Soil

2024 Sponsors

HEADLINE SPONSOR:
• Ecoverse

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Astec
• Bandit
• BPI
• Terex Ecotec
• Eco Products
• Edge Innovation at Work
• McGill
• Roto Chopper Inc.
• Vermeer
• Viably

RUBY SPONSORS:
• Close Loop Partners
• Kellog
• Morbark

EMERALD SPONSORS:
• Ecosafe
• O-Town Compost
• Republic Services
• SCS Engineers
• WM

TURQUOISE SPONSORS:
• A1 Organics
• American Society of Landscape
• Architects
• Beyond Green
• Natur Tec
• RRS
• Rubicon
• St.louis Composting
• Veransa

MEDIA SPONSORS:
• American Recycler
• Bio Mass Magazine
• Recycling Product News
• Swana
• Waste Advantage