SPL Summit + Connect 2019 | Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council | 20 May 2019 | Hilton Portland Downtown, 921 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, USA

SPLC’s annual Summit brings together 500 purchasing and sustainability professionals, suppliers, and NGO experts from diverse sectors and regions to share and promote sustainable purchasing best practices for organizations. The Summit’s expert-led sessions, networking, tradeshow, and buyer-supplier matchmaking are open to both members and non-members.

Who attends?
SPLC’s Summit attracts professionals in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors who are working to advance sustainable purchasing by organizations. Here are just a few of the titles of participants in the 2018 Summit:

• AVP, Sustainability, Risk & Compliance
• Procurement Professional
• Chief Procurement Officer
• Global Mgr, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity
• Principal Certification Officer
• Standards & Quality Control Manager
• Senior Policy Advisor
• Senior Regulatory Counsel
• VP, Value Chain Outreach
• VP, Sales & Marketing
• VP, Strategic Partnerships
• VP, Global Accounts
• Chief Product Officer
• President & CEO
• Global Chief Procurement Officer
• VP Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
• VP Supply Chain
• Senior Director, Finance
• Director, Contract Administration
• Director, Strategic Sourcing
• Director, Supplier Diversity & Sustainability
• Associate Director, Purchasing
• Sustainability Leader, Supply Chain
• Global Sustainable Procurement Manager Buyer
• Acquisition Management Specialist

2019 Speakers

PRESENTERS:

Natalie Adams
Sustainable Procurement Coordinator, City of Mississauga

Deborah Albers
Vice President, Responsible Business Alliance

Sue Allchurch
Chief, Outreach and Engagement, UN Global Compact

Liana Alvarez
Procurement Sustainability Advisor, ExxonMobil

David Asiello
Program Manager, US Department of Defense

Lauren Asplen
Director, Healthy Sustainability Programs, BlueGreen Alliance

Dr. Alexis Bateman
Director MIT Sustainable Supply Chains, MIT

Alexis Bateman
Director MIT Sustainable Supply Chains, MIT

Cate Berard
Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy

Emily Bishop
Global Sustainability Supply Chain Specialist, Cushman & Wakefield

Leonardo Bonanni
CEO/Founder, Sourcemap

Amy Bourne
Senior Manager of Sustainability & Supplier Diversity, Marriott International

Sarah Church
Sustainability Project Manager, Alameda County GSA-Sustainability

Nadine Cino
CEO/Co-Inventor, TygaTrax

James Connelly
Vice President, Products + Strategic Growth, International Living Future Institute

Lisa Conway
VP Sustainability, Americas, Interface

Karen Cook
Sustainability Project Manager, County of Alameda

William M. (Bill) Cooper
Associate Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, University of California

Matt Cyr
Assistant Director, Building Contract Services and Supply Chain, The Ohio State University

Mikhail Davis
Director, Restorative Enterprise, Interface

Annukka Dickens
Human Rights/Supply Chain Responsibility Director, HP Inc

Patricia Dillon
Director, EPEAT Category Development, Green Electronics Council

Tim Dombeck
Business Process Specialist, City of Austin Purchasing Office

Cassandra Dorrington
President & CEO, Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council

Rebecca Eaton
Owner, Eaton Synergies LLC

Fadi El Mouallem
Director of Strategic Sourcing, Salesforce

Holly Elwood
Senior Advisor - Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program, US Environmental Protection Agency

Sören Enholm
CEO, TCO Development

Chris Enlow
Director of Corporate Responsibility, Keen

Chris Erickson
President, Climate Earth

Barb Everdene
MCSP Coordinator, Municipal Collaborative for Sustainable Procurement

Charleen Fain-keslar
Standards and Quality Control Manager, California Department of General Services (DGS)

Claire Fitch
Director of Outreach, Farm Forward

Lee Fleming
Supplier Diversity Officer, Multnomah County

Stacey Foreman
Sustainable Procurement Coordinator, City of Portland, Oregon

Eric Corey Freed
Sustainability Disruptor, Morrison Hershfield

Jeff Frost
Project Manager & Healthy Materials Specialist, Brightworks Sustainability

Cuno Van Geet
Senior Policy Advisor SCP, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Netherlands

Suzanne Greene
Program Manager MIT Sustainable Supply Chains, MIT

Brian Goldberg
Sustainability Project Manager, MIT

Maggie Grey
Dining Commodity Manager - Senior Buyer CPSM, UC San Diego

Marisa Guber
Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute

KAREN HAMILTON
Sustainable Purchasing Program Manager, King County, Washington

Elizabeth Hardee
Conformity Assurance Manager, Green Electronics Council

Betsy Hayes
Chief Procurement Officer, State of Minnesota

Kealy Herman
Senior Consultant, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP

Clare Hobby
Director, Purchaser Engagement, Global, TCO Development

Tim Hopper
Responsible Sourcing Manager, Microsoft

Jim Howard
IT Procurement Manager, City of Austin

Del Hudson
Head of US & North America Operations, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, USA Inc.

Emma Hughes
Project Manager, LEED, U.S. Green Building Council

Cristina Indiveri
Senior Director, Vizient

Ellen Jackowski
Global Head of Sustainability Strategy & Innovation, HP Inc.

Kevin Kampschroer
Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings and GSA Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration

Alison Kinn Bennett
Senior Advisor, US EPA

Kimberly Kipin-mcdonald
Head of Sustainable Development North America, Covestro

Celia Landesberg
Account Executive, EcoVadis

Mary Leciejewski
Senior Sustainability Coordinator, The Ohio State University

Judy Levin
Pollution Prevention Director, Center for Environmental Health

William Linstead Goldsmith
Director, Fair Trade Campaigns

Bjorn-erik Lonn
Board Chairman, Global Ecolabelling Network

Stephanie Lopez
Special Programs Manager, UC Procurement Services

Alexis Ludwig-vogen
Director of Environmental Sustainability and Compliance, Best Buy

Matt Lyon
Manager, Supply Chain, Environmental Defense Fund

Eliot Metzger
Director of Sustainable Business & Innovation, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Mary Ellen Mika
Director, Global Compliance and Sustainability, Steelcase

Brad Miller
Director of Advocacy and Sustainability, Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association

Minal Mistry
Business Initiatives Lead, Oregon DEQ

Monica Nakielski
Director, Sustainability & Environmental Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Mellissa Nguyen
Program Services Manager, Vizient

Josh Nothwang
Practice Leader, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP

Sarah O’brien
Director of Programs, SPLC

Anastasia O’rourke
Senior Technical Consultant, Industrial Economics Inc

Judy Panayos
Sr. Director, Sustainablity, Supply Mgt, Sodexo

Renee Paris
Associate Category Manager, Sonoco Products

Melissa Peck
Environmental Specialist, Sustainable Materials Management, State of Minnesota

Rachel Perlman
PhD Student, MIT Institute of Data, Systems, and Society

Anne Pernick
Reducing Consumption Coordinator, Environmental Paper Network North America

Heather Perry
Procurement Services, University of California at Santa Barbara

David Phillips
Associate Vice President, Energy and Sustainability, University of California, Office of the President

Douglas Pilgrim
National Business Development Manager, Davies Office

Shawn Postera
Sustainable Purchasing Coordinator and Functional Lead for ERP Supplier Support, Multnomah County

Mona Powell
Wellness and Engagement Manager, UC San Diego

Tim Reeve
President, Reeve Consulting

Kirsten Ritchie
Principal, Director of Sustainable Design, Gensler

Jonathan Rivin
Material Evaluation Specialist, Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality

Mark Rossolo
Public Affairs Director, UL

Adam Rubinfield
Sustainable Procurement Manager, The World Bank Group

Tara Sanders
Assistant Director for Nutrition & Sustainability for Oregon State University Housing and Dining Services

Stephen Schulman
Senior Vice President, Lacas Coffee

Paul Shahriari
CEO/Founder, Ecomedes

Leith Sharp
Director & Lead Faculty, Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership, Harvard University

Angela Shell
Chief Procurement Officer, State of California

Yalmaz Siddiqui
Vice President of Corporate Sustainability, MGM Resorts International

Stacy Smedley
Director of Sustainability, Skanska

Lauren Sparandara
REWS Sustainability Program Manager, Google, Inc.

Lester Spitler
Chief Procurement Officer, City of Portland, Oregon

Kris Spriano
SPLC Program Manager, SPLC

Kendall Starkman
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Lonely Whale

Robert Stumberg
Professor of Law; Director, Harrison Institute for Public Law, Georgetown Law

Jake Swenson
Director of Sustainability, Staples

Trisha Taneja
Product Manager, Sustainalytics

Pierre-francois Thaler
Co-CEO, EcoVadis

Sapna Thottathil
Associate Director of Sustainability, Office of the President, University of California, Office of the President

Mike Wallace
Interim Executive Director, Social & Human Capital Coalition

Chloe Waterman
Senior Food Campaigner, Friends of the Earth

Brian Werner
Account Director, ESG, Trucost, part of S&P Global

Chip Wood
Director of Strategic Partnerships, CRS

Athanasia Xeros
Global Sustainability Manager, Mastercard

Farid Yaker
Programme Officer, UN Environment

Shelley Zimmer
Sustainability Program Manager, HP Inc.

Barry Zimmerman
Deputy Purchasing Manager/ERP PMO Team Lead, Multnomah County

Lauren Zimmerman
Procurement Sustainability Lead, ExxonMobil

2019 Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• hp

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Interface
• ecovadis

SILVER SPONSOR"
• JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• ECOLAB
• Borrego Solar

SPECIALTY SPONSORS:
• Davies Office
• PG&E

MEDIA SPONSOR:
• UL

KEYNOTE SPONSOR:
• Lockheed Martin

REGISTRATION SPONSORS:
• FedEx

INNOVATION ACCELERATOR SPONSOR:
• AptoSolutions

MOBILE APP:
• Wells Fargo

RECHARGE LOUNGE SPONSOR:
• Bank of America

CLEAN ENERGY SPONSOR:
• Apex

PARTY CO-SPONSORS:
• Staples
• Rose International

WIFI SPONSOR:
• Shaw

COFFE SPONSOR:
• LACAS

GROUP RUN SPONSOR:
• VEREGO

ZERO WASTE SPONSOR:
• Green Circle Certified

EVENT SPONSOR:
• BIFMA

EXHIBITORS:
• Apto Solutions
• Borrego Solar
• Center for Resource Solutions
• Climate Earth
• Davies Office
• Ecolab
• Ecovadis
• Fairware
• FedEx
• GEN, Global Ecolabelling Network
• GreenCircle Certified
• Greenstone
• Hewlett Packard
• Lacas Coffee
• The Prestwick Group
• Rheaply, Inc
• TCO Certified
• UN Global Compact
• United Soybean Board
• Verego

PARTNERS:
• aashe
• American Sustainable Business Council
• Local PDX
• Brown Flynn
• CRS
• EDF+ Business
• Fair Trade Certified
• mcsp
• NASPO
• NPI
• RPN
• The Sustainability Consortium
• Sustainable Food Trade Association
• UN Environment