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
Xavier Nhaule
CEO
Banco de Alimentos de Mocambique
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

