Featured Speakers

Cindy Acab

Senior Manager, Waste to Resources Network
C40

Giselle Aris

Executive Vice President of Programs
The Global FoodBanking Network

David Baler

Distribution Manager, Relief Operations
World Central Kitchen

Kirstin Beardsley

Chief Executive Officer
Food Banks Canada

Carol Bellamy

Former Executive Director
UNICEF

Dave Blottner

Executive Director
Food Bank Society of Yukon

Emily Broad-Leib

Faculty Director, Clinical Professor of Law
Harvard Law and Policy Clinic

Eli Browne

Head of Sustainability, Canada
Brambles

Juan Carlos Buitrago

Executive Director
ABACO

Sara Burnett

Executive Director
ReFED

Lotilde Charpy

General Manager
FoodWise

Katie Clark Sieben

Cargill

Vicki Clarke

Vice President of Development
The Global FoodBanking Network

Nicolás Diaz

Senior Program Manager, Waste and Circular Economy Program
Global Methane Hub

Andy DuPlessis

Managing Director
Food Forward South Africa

Dina Esposito

Advisor
Aid on the Hill

Shenggen Fan, PhD

Chair Professor, China Agricultural University;
Dean, Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy

Danny Flores

Senior Manager, Hunger Relief Program
H-E-B

Chris Franke

Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs Strategic Initiatives
Walmart

Luis Manuel García Mendoza

Latin America Food Systems Partnerships Associate Director
The Global FoodBanking Network

John Gathungu

Executive Director
Food Banking Kenya

Erica Goldfinch

Chief Partnerships and Commercial Officer
Food Bank Australia

Jose Luis Guevara

Executive Director
Quito Food Bank

Craig Hanson

Managing Director and Executive Vice President
World Resources Institute

Laura Hayes

Chef Corps Director
World Central Kitchen

Alicia Hidalgo

General Manager
Red de Alimentos

Melissa Ho, PhD

Head of Advancement
TomorrowNow.org

Tawee Impoolsup

Country Manager
Scholars of Sustenance Thailand

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg

Managing Director, Africa
Alliance of Bioversity International - CIAT

Anthony Kitchen

Field & Knowledge Services Senior Director
The Global FoodBanking Network

Jennifer Kuchar

Senior Director, IT Data Analytics
Northern Illinois Food Bank

Brian Lipinski

Research Associate, Food Program
World Resources Institute

Ivonne Madrid

Executive Director
Alsea Foundation

Antoinette Marie

Director, Strategic Capital
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Nick McRoberts

Vice President, Advocacy and Research
Food Banks Canada

Lisa Moon

President and Chief Executive Officer
The Global FoodBanking Network

Gonzalo Muñoz

UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP25 Presidency;
Co-Founder, Ambition Loop

Aoibheann O'Brien

CEO & Co-Founder
FoodCloud

Catherine O'Brien

Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Regulatory, Government Relations and Sustainability
Nestlé Canada

Astrid Paramita

CEO & Co-Founder
Food Cycle Indonesia

Gustavo Porpino de Araujo

Analyst
Embrapa Foods and Territories

Hazel Quek

Asia-Pacific Regional Director
The Global FoodBanking Network

Chris Rebstock

Senior Advisor
The Global FoodBanking Network

Cathy Stahl

MD, Global Head of Marketing
PIMCO

Sarah Stern

Executive Director
Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security

Sara Stickler

President & CEO
Global Cold Chain Alliance

Michael Sunbola

Lagos Food Bank Initiative

Megan Sutor

Solution Engineer
ESRI

Ploy Thirapongphaiboon

APAC Food Systems Partnerships Associate Director
The Global Foodbanking Network

Vanina Ubino

Vice President, Board of Directors
Bancos de Alimentos Argentina

Bernard Valluis

President
FEBA

McKenna Walbeck

Commercial Senior Director
Cargill

Kimberly Zeuli

Founder and Managing Director
Feeding Cities Group

Erin McAllister

Director, National Food Acquisition
Food Banks Canada

Daniel Duguay

Senior Director | Sustainability
Canadian Produce Marketing Association

Louisalouie Weetaluktuk

President Board of Director
Sirivik Food Centre

Ariel Valade

Co-Director
Sirivik Food Centre

Elijah Amoo Addo

Executive Director
Food for All Africa

Jen Leff

Global Responsibility Lead
Starbucks

Gabrielle Kirstein

Founder & CEO
Feeding Hong Kong

Michelle Book

Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Food Banks Canada

Karen Coronel Guanes

Secretaria General
Fundación Banco de Alimentos Paraguay

Kignaman Soro

Président
Banque Alimentaire de Côte d’Ivoire

Maria Inés Olivares

Directora
Banco de Alimentos El Salvador

Jason Hatcher

Social Impact
Starbucks

Nancy Liu

Secretary-General
Taiwan People's Food Bank Association

Onome Ako

Chief Executive Officer
Action Against Hunger Canada

Kris Gibbon-Walsh

Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Felix

Ingrid Vivian Brown Prieto

Supply Chain Manager
Asociación de Bancos de Alimentos de Colombia
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Xavier Nhaule

CEO
Banco de Alimentos de Mocambique
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Ana Isabel Mendez

Directora Ejecutiva
Banco de Alimentos Panamá

Jomar Fleras

Executive Director
Rise Against Hunger, Philippines

Agnes Kalibata

Founder and Chair
C4Impact Advisory Group

Jason Stevens

Northern Network Manager
Food Banks Canada

Arthur Chin

Executive Director
The Food Bank Singapore

Camilla Fitzgerald

Head of Fundraising and Strategic Partnerships
European Food Banks Federation (FEBA)

Patrice Denis

Managing Director, Co Head, PIMCO Canada
PIMCO Canada Corp.

Jojo Avery

Manager of the Country food and the Reindeer Herd
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (ICEDO)

Juan Pablo Ruano

Director CEO
Desarrollo en Movimiento

Jérémie Bokongu

Board Member
Mapendo Banque Alimentaire, Democratic Republic of Congo

Lani Lindsey

Vice President, Central Operations
Walmart Canada

Hans Lennie

Manager - Inuvialuit Community Economic Development Organization
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation