2012 Sustainable Packaging Symposium Featured Speakers

Highlights from this year's Symposium include keynoter Dr. Bill Flanagan from GE Global Research on eco-assessment and the supply chain, which was followed by a panel discussion featuring candid insights from Ahold, Kroger and Johnson & Johnson on the topic of leadership and sustainability.

Session Speakers include: 

• Lise Laurin, Director, EarthShift

• Laura Flanigan, Consultant, PE International, Inc.

• Nate Shepley-Streed, Sustainability Manager, Corp. Brands & Manufacturing, The Kroger Co.
• Harriet Hentges, VP Corp. Responsibility & Sustainability , Ahold (Ahold N.V)

• Renato Wakimoto, Regional Director Packaging, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies in NA
• Beth Beloff, Principal, Bridges to Sustainability

• Jeff Meyers, Sustainable Packaging Program Manager, Coca-Cola Refreshments

• Ryan L’Abbe, Vice President/General Manager, Ice River Springs - Blue Mountain Plastics Division
• Joan Pierce, Exec. Director, AMERIPEN; formerly VP Packaging Sustainability, Colgate- Palmolive
• Lisa Grice, CIH, NA Sustainability Practice Director, ENVIRON

• Tony Kingsbury, Executive in Residence, Univ. of California at Berkeley

• Jeanne von Zastrow, Senior Dir. of Sustainability and Industry Relations Food Marketing Institute (FMI)
• Robert Combs, Project Leader – Packaging Production Services, Burt’s Bees Inc.
• Bob Branham, Director of Customer Sustainability, General Mills

• Tom Mitchell, Senior Dir., Strategic Development & Operations, Save Food, Messe Dusseldorf 
• Meghan Stasz, Director, Sustainability, Grocery Manufacturers Assoc. (GMA)
• Darlene Schuster, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainability/AIChE
• Sandra Keil, VP Government Relations/Industry Affairs, Earth911
• Greg Wilkinson, President, Third Oak Associates
• Marco Castaldi, Asst. Prof., Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia Univ.
• Annie White, Director, Coalition for Resource Recovery/Global Green (CORR)
• Liz Shoch, Project Mgr., Sustainable Packaging Coalition/GreenBlue Institute
• Rachel Kagan, Senior Director, Environment & Sustainability Policy, Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC)