ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit 2024 | ReFED | 11 June 2024 | Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

Join us for three days of innovation, inspiration, and action at our annual in-person gathering. It's already promising to be our most dynamic event yet.

The Summit 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.

2024 Speakers

EMCEE:

Christina Gilyutin
Co-Creator, Strange Exchange

SPEAKERS:

Melissa Ackerman
Founder and CEO, Planet Harvest

Phil Acosta
Executive Director | Rockefeller-Acumen Food System Fellow, Hawaiian Mission Houses

John Aitken
Senior Social Scientist, MITRE

Alex Askew
President, BCA Global

John Bernardo
Sustainability Strategist, Albertsons

Ani Boyo
Associate Director, Toast and Toast.org

Linda Breggin
Senior Attorney, Environmental Law Institute

Jenn Burka
Investor, FTW Ventures

Yvette Cabrera
Director, Food Waste, NRDC

Kathy Cacciola
Global Sustainability Lead, Google, Food Program

Mike Capoferri
Owner, Thunderbolt LA

Jeff Clark
Director, Business Engagement, National Restaurant Association

Allison Colden, Ph.D
Maryland Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Ben Collier
Co-Founder, The Farmlink Project

Jill Conklin
Strategic Officer, Director, Food for Soul

Erika Covington
Supply Chain Sustainability Manager, Land O’ Lakes

Bradley Crepeau
CEO, Food Cycle Science

Sian Cuffy Young
Founder & CEO, Siel Environmental Services Limited

Nicolás Díaz
Senior Program Manager for Waste and Circular Economy, Global Methane Hub

Josh Domingues
Founder & Executive Chairman, Flashfood

Jenna Dowd
Senior Brand Manager for Hellmann’s Mayonnaise, Unilever

Linda Dunn
Faculty Director and Assistant Professor for the Master’s in Supply Chain Management (SCM) Program, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies

Evan Ehlers
Founder, Sharing Excess

Martin Flusberg
Partner, Clean Energy Venture Group

Chris Franke
Senior Manager, Global Sustainability, Walmart

Brian Fleury
Senior Vice President, Denali

Dr. Jillian Fry
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, Towson University

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

Seth Goodman
Co-Founder and CEO, Northstar Recycling

Daniela Guerrero
Manager, Latin America, Village Capital

Dr. Kaitlyn Harper
Assistant Scientist in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dominic Hand
Digital Leader, Thermo King and Trane Technologies

Asch Harwood
Vice President of Data & Insights, ReFED

Sophia Hosain
Zero Waste Manager, Baltimore City Department of Public Works

Jeremy Kaye
Co-Founder and CEO, The Spare Food Co.

Shannon Kenny
Senior Advisor, Food Loss and Food Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Dave Lampert
CEO, Food Rescue US

Dr. Steve Lapidge
Creator and CEO, End Food Waste Australia

Nora LaTorre
CEO, Eat Real

June Jo Lee
Founder, Food Ethnographer

Shiyang Li
Founder and General Manager, RARE Center for Behavior

Jennifer Louie
Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners

Paula Luu
Senior Project Director, Closed Loop Partners

Riana Lynn
CEO, Journey Foods

Emily Ma
Head, Food for Good | ReFED Board Member, Google

Dr. Andrew Magyar
Co-Founder and CTO, Capra Biosciences

Billy Marcus
Founder/CEO | Food System Innovator, Marcus Technologies

Monica McBride
Director of Global Partnerships for Environment and Landscapes, Bayer

Erin McCluskey
Senior Food Waste Specialist, WRAP

Shannon McDonald
Natural Resource Planner, Maryland Department of the Environment

Tara McNerney
Business Support Manager, World Wildlife Fund

Michelle Mullins
Director of Operations, Food Loss and Waste, Tyson Foods

Stephanie Pazzaglia
Business Development Manager, JJ McDonnell

Chellie Pingree
Congresswoman (D-Maine), U.S. House of Representatives

Brenda Platt
Director, Composting for Community Initiative, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Ida Posner
Founder & Managing Partner | Board Member at ReFED, Hawthorne Food Ventures

Dr. Lara Ramdin
Chief Innovation & Science Officer, Upcycled Foods Inc.

Abhi Ramesh
CEO and Founder, Misfits Market

Gwyneth Rampton
Vice President of Sustainability, Compass Group

Dawn Rhodes
Sr, Program Lead, Sustainability, Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Ava Richardson
Sustainability Director, Baltimore Office of Sustainability

Joe Robbins
Senior Product Manager, Food Rescue US

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

Dr. Bruce Roesenr
President and CTO, Green Life Tech

Gabriella Rosato
National Manager for Strategic Alliances, Red BAMX

Anne Rosenthal
Farm to School Specialist, Food and Nutrition Services Department, Baltimore City Public Schools District

Hannah Semler
Co-Founder and CEO, FarmDrop

Kim Severson
National Food Correspondent, The New York Times

Thor Sigfusson, PhD
Founder and Chairman, The Iceland Ocean Cluster

Jake Simon
Co-Founder and CEO, ConnectedFresh

Emma Sirois
National Director, Health Food in Health Care, Healthcare Without Harm

Wendelin Slusser, MD, MS
Associate Vice Provost of the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center & Clinical Professor, UCLA's Schools of Medicine and Public Health

Megan Stoffer
Director of Sustainability, Sysco Corporation

Sanne Stroosnijder
Program Manager Food Loss and Waste Prevention, Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

Jackie Suggitt
Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Director, ReFED

Jessica Synkoski
Head of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Sodexo

Harry Tannenbaum
President and Co-Founder, Mill

Erika Thiem
Chief Supply Chain Officer, Feeding America

Gabrielle Tiven
Senior Partner, LIDD

Natasha Tofil
Environmental Compliance Manager, Sprouts

Eve Turow-Paul
Executive Director, Food for Climate League

Hana Uman
Program Officer, Posner Foundation in Pittsburgh

Angel Veza
Capital, Innovation, & Engagement, Senior Manager, ReFED

Alex Nichols-Vinueza
Program Manager, Food Loss & Waste, World Wildlife Fund - US

Kristina Wyatt
Deputy General Counsel and Chief Sustainability Officer, Persefoni

Mike Wolf
Founder and Editor, The Spoon

Dr. Anika Warren Wood
Operating Partner and Chief Organizational Effectiveness Officer, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK)

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation
• Byrne and Pamela Murphy Family Foundation
• Lineage Foundation for Good
• Plus Brand Industries
• Hellmann's

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Amazon Fresh
• Flashfood
• Mill
• Northstar Recycling
• Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh
• The Tepper Foundation
• The Wonderful Company

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• CAVA
• Compass
• Food Cycle Science
• Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue
• Trane Technologies
• UNFI Foundation