Food Waste Solutions Summit 2023 | ReFED | 16 May 2023 | Hyatt Regency St. Louis At The Arch, 315 Chestnut St, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA

This events is the premier food waste event of the year bringing together food businesses, funders, solution providers, innovators, policymakers, nonprofits, and more to drive the adoption of food waste solutions.

It is a problem that can be solved, and that’s what this events is all about. Featuring two full days of programming panels, working sessions, field trips, networking events, innovator demos, and more this is our chance to align efforts and get motivated for the work ahead.

2023 Speakers

Eric J. Adams
Founder and CEO, Dog & Whistle

Caroline Barry
Program Manager, Closed Loop Partners

Karina Bautista
Senior Program Officer, Food Systems Innovation, Verra

Gregory Belt
Founder & CEO, EverGrain

John Bernardo
Albertsons

Anne Bijur
Materials Management Supervisor, Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation

Ben Collier
Co-Founder and CEO, The Farmlink Project

Andrea Collins
Sustainable Food Systems Senior Specialist, NRDC

Ryan Cooper
VP of Circular Economy Solutions, Rubicon

Benjamin Crook
Country Category Business GM, Dressings & Condiments (North America), Unilever

Angie Crone
CEO, Upcycled Food Association

Patrick Crowley
Chief Executive Officer, Chapul Farms

Hayden Danksky
Executive Director, Boulder Food Rescue

Dr. Aurora Dawn Benton
Founder and Chief Change Maker, Astrapto LLC

Victoria Della Rocca RD,LDN
National Strategic Partnership Lead, Food Rescue Hero

Katherine Dolan
Customer Success Lead, Reskued

Dr. Sara Elnakib
Associate Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Family & Community Health Sciences, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Rutgers University

Claudia Fabiano
Sustainable Management of Food Team, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Elaine Fiore
Environmental Educator and Founder, Food Conservation Alliance

Steven M. Finn
Vice President of Sustainability and Public Affairs, Leanpath

Christopher Franke
Senior Manager, Global Sustainability, Walmart

Sarah Freed
Global Sustainability & Social Impact Leader, Starbucks

Kristen Fulmer
Senior Director, Sustainability, Oak View Group

Kate Gaertner
Founder, CEO & Author, TripleWin Advisory

Nora Goldstein
Editor/Publisher, BioCycle CONNECT ® and BioCycle.net

Brian Halweil
Strategic Associate, Astanor

Andrew Harig
Vice President - Tax, Trade, Sustainability & Policy Development, FMI – the Food Industry Association

Kaitlyn Harper
Postdoctoral Researcher, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Marvin Hayes
Program Manager, Baltimore Compost Collective Program

Ivan Jimenez
Senior Program Manager, Hole Food Rescue

Michael Jones
International Partnerships Manager, WRAP

Samantha Kenny
Senior Program Officer, Global Food Loss & Waste, World Wildlife Fund

Cyrus Kharas
Senior Director, Head of Impact Investing, Arabella Advisors

Maggie Kraft
Waste Programs Manager, Bon Appetit Management Company

Ben Kuethe
Vice President of Customer Solutions & Success, Divert Inc.

Dan Kurzrock
Founder & CEO, Upcycled Foods Inc.

Lindsey Loberg
Co-Director | 2023 Bertha Challenge Fellow, Boulder Food Rescue

Suzanne Long
Chief Sustainability and Transformation Officer, Albertsons Companies

Adam Lowy
Founder & Executive Director, Move for Hunger

Emily Ma
Head, Food for Good, Google

Jude Medeiros
Manager, Sustainable Operations, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Sodexo

Rajesh Mirchandani
Chief Communications & Community Engagement Officer, Feeding America

Rachelle McCray
CEO, Co-Founder, and Co-Inventor, Wisely Inc.

Roxanne Moore
Executive Director, Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation

Dr. Roni Neff
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Alexander Nichols-Vinueza
Program Manager, Food Loss and Waste, WWF

Clementine O'Connor
Sustainable Food Systems Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme

Cassie Olovsson
Director of Development, Food Recovery Network

Tori Oto
Clinical Fellow, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic

Leigh Prezkop
Senior Program Specialist for Food Waste, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Kai Robertson
Senior Corporate Sustainability Advisor, Independent Consultant (KOR Consulting)

Dr. Brian E. Roe
Van Buren Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University

Rosa Rolle
Senior Enterprise Development Officer and Team Leader, Food Losses and Waste, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Stephen Satterfield
Founder and CEO, Whetstone Media

Hallie Shoffner
Crop Farmer and CEO, SFR Seed

Danielle Todd
Founder and Executive Director, Make Food Not Waste

Harry Tannenbaum
President and Co-Founder, Mill

Bruce Taylor
President, Enviro-Stewards

Jessica Toth
Executive Director, Solana Center for Environmental Innovation

Eric Turner
General Partner, Drawdown Fund

Sandra Vijn
Managing Director, Kipster

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation
• Hellmanns

GOLD:
• Amazon Fresh
• Chick fil
• The Kroger Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation
• Metafoodx
• MIll
• Posner Foundation
• The Tepper Foundation
• Thermoking Trane
• The Wonderful Company

SILVER:
• Compass
• Flashfood
• Rubicon
• Skip Shapiro
• Spoiler Alert

BRONZE:
• Brightfeeds
• Careot
• Core Zero
• Industrious Labs
• Saving Grace
• Sodexo
• Trade Cafe
• Winnow