2018 Speakers

  • Council member Deborah Fudge – Opening address and Presentation
  • Leslie Lukacs – Director of Zero Waste, SCS Engineers: Introduction to Zero Waste Global and Local
  • Paul Lowenthal -Debris Task Force Leader, City of Santa Rosa Fire Recovery Operations, Assistant Fire Marshal: How Debris Was Managed After the Fires
  • Chris Gabrill – Conservation Action and Board of Public Utilities: The Missing Links: Holistic Community Response and Preparedness
  • Will Bakx – President, Sonoma Compost: Soil Health and BioRemedation of Fire Effected Land
  • Chris Brokate – Clean River Alliance, Protecting Sonoma County’s Watershed
  • Celia Furber – Zero Waste Manager, Recology: Bringing Recology’s Waste Zero Philosophy to Sonoma & Marin Counties
  • Justin Wilcock – Manager, Sonoma County Resource Recovery: Keeping the Town Green, a Discussion on Dual Stream Recycling
  • Sara Bixby – Deputy Executive Director, Solid Waste Association of North America: China’s National Sword and What it Means for Recycling in the USA
  • Suzi Grady – Program Director, Petaluma Bounty: Gleaning and Community Resiliency Through Food
  • Felicia Smith – Waste Management Specialist, Sonoma County Waste Management Agency: Food Waste: Problem and Solution
  • Guy Tillotson – Waste Diversion Technician, Santa Rosa Junior College: Engaging Students and Leading the Way Towards a Zero Waste Campus
  • Sunny Galbraith – Teacher, Apple Blossom High School and 350 Sonoma Board Member: Analy High School Food Waste Composting
  • Rihanna Frank – Program Coordinator, Santa Rosa Water: Engaging the Community for Santa Rosa  Zero Waste Earth Day 2018
  • Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp – Sustainability Specialist, Jackson Family Wines: Zero Waste Wineries, Good to the Last Drop
  • Joseph Button – Sustainability Director, Strauss Family Creamery: Straus Family Creamery: Exploring the Circular Material Economy and Striving for Zero Waste
  • Jordan Wells – Project Manager, California Product Stewardship Council: Extended Producer Responsibility Locally and Nationally
  • Courtney Scott –  Sonoma County Waste Management Agency: Refuel Your Fun
  • Nicole Tai – President, Greenlynx: Deconstruction and Reuse at GreenLynx
  • Marty Bennet – Co-Chair North Bay Jobs:  Good Jobs and Zero Waste

Leslie Lukacs

Leslie Lukacs

Director of Zero Waste
SCS Engineers
Ms. Lukacs is the Director of Zero Waste at SCS Engineers. She has over 20 years of experience providing sound ...
Chris Brokate

Chris Brokate

founder/director
Clean River Alliance
I started my own cleaning business in 1990 and have been a green janitor for over 25 years. In 2013, ...
Martin Bennett

Martin Bennett

Co-Chair
North Bay Jobs with Justice
Martin Bennett is Instructor Emeritus of American History at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) where he has taught for twenty-five ...
Amina Rand-McNeil

Amina Rand-McNeil

Student
Global Student Embassy/Analy High School
I am very passionate about environmental justice and have made it one of my main focus in my daily life ...
Rhianna Frank

Rhianna Frank

Research and Program Coordinator
Santa Rosa Water
Rhianna Frank is the Research and Program Coordinator for the Energy and Sustainability division of Santa Rosa Water. She is ...
Jordan Wells

Jordan Wells

Project Manager
California Product Stewardship Council
Jordan received a Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability from San Diego State University (SDSU) in May 2014 and joined the ...
Paul Lowenthal

Paul Lowenthal

Assistant Fire Marshal
Santa Rosa Fire Department
Paul Lowenthal is the Assistant Fire Marshal with Santa Rosa Fire Department, he’s the CUPA program manager, public information officer ...
Will Bakx

Will Bakx

Soil Scientist
Sonoma Compost/West Marin Compost
Will Bakx started composting in 1982 at Sonoma State University as student manager of the Ecological Food Production Garden. In ...
Courtney Scott

Courtney Scott

Household Hazardous Waste Program Manager
Sonoma County Waste Management Agency
Courtney Scott is a Waste Management Specialist for the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency where she manages the household hazardous ...
Sunny Galbraith

Sunny Galbraith

Zero Waste organizer, teacher
350 Sonoma
Sunny Galbraith is an activist with local climate action group 350 Sonoma and a high school science and math teacher ...
Felicia Smith

Felicia Smith

Food Waste: the problem and the solutions
Sonoma County Waste Management Agency
Felicia Smith is a Waste Management Specialist at the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency, where she focuses on landfill diversion ...
Annabelle Lampson

Annabelle Lampson

Student Leader
Analy High School
Believing in the importance of balance, Annabelle values living in a way that aligns our minds, bodies, and spirits with ...
Joey Hejnowicz

Joey Hejnowicz

Administrative Analyst
City of Santa Rosa
Mr. Hejnowicz works in the Santa Rosa City Manager’s Office as an Administrative Analyst. He has worked for the City ...
Aaron Stainthorp

Aaron Stainthorp

Sustainability Specialist
Jackson Family Wines
Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp is the Sustainability Specialist at Jackson Family Wines. When not looking for innovative ways to reduce energy, water, ...
Guy Tillotson

Guy Tillotson

In-Your-Face Education, Hand-Holding...and Other Methods of Semi-Effectiveness
Santa Rosa Junior College
Previously a local elementary school teacher for 20 years, Guy brings knowledge of engagement, visual arts, and community building strategies ...
Sara Bixby

Sara Bixby

Deputy Executive Director
Solid Waste Association of North America
In almost 30 years in the solid waste industry, Sara Bixby has been a recycling coordinator, consultant, and solid waste ...
Nicole Tai

Nicole Tai

CEO
GreenLynx
Nicole Tai is currently the CEO of GreenLynx, reclaimed building materials company based in Santa Rosa, CA. Nicole has been ...
Celia Furber

Celia Furber

Waste Zero Manager
Recology
Celia has built her career around designing, strategizing, and implementing large scale sustainability programs. Prior to working for Recology, she ...
Suzi Grady

Suzi Grady

Director
Petaluma Bounty
Suzi Grady is the Program Director of Petaluma Bounty. Previously the Bounty Farm Manager, she has 13 years of experience ...
Justin Wilcock

Justin Wilcock

Business Development and Outreach Manager
Sonoma County Resource Recovery
Justin has been in the waste industry since 2008. He spent most of his time with Waste Management in Alameda ...
Joseph Button

Joseph Button

Director of Sustainability
Straus Family Creamery
Joseph has been the the Sustainability Director at Straus Family Creamery since 2016. He has an MBA in sustainable management ...
Jared Blumenfeld

Jared Blumenfeld

Jared has spent the last two decades fighting to create tangible benefits for communities and ecosystems alike. He has been ...
Heidi Sanborn

Heidi Sanborn

Executive Director
California Product Stewardship Council
Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director Biography Heidi has been a trailblazer in the solid waste industry in California for over 25 ...
Captain Charles Moore

Captain Charles Moore

A third generation resident of Long Beach, California, Captain Charles Moore grew up in and on the Pacific Ocean. His ...