Featured Speakers
Cindy Acab
Senior Manager, Waste to Resources Network
C40
Elijah Amoo Addo
Executive Director
Food for All Africa
Onome Ako
Chief Executive Officer
Action Against Hunger Canada
Pablo Algrain
Director Ejecutivo
Bancos de Alimentos Argentina
Norma Alonso
Cooperation Manager
Asociación de Bancos de Alimentos de Colombia
José Eduardo Andrade Laínez
Jefe de Alianzas Estratégicas y Programas
Banco de Alimentos de Honduras
Giselle Aris
Executive Vice President of Programs
The Global FoodBanking Network
Tom Arnold
GFN Board of Directors and Chair
Ireland Africa Rural Development Committee
Jojo Avery
Manager of the Country food and the Reindeer Herd
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (ICEDO)
David Baler
Distribution Manager, Relief Operations
World Central Kitchen
Jennifer Barbazza
Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives – Sustainability
Walmart Canada
Kirstin Beardsley
Chief Executive Officer
Food Banks Canada
Carol Bellamy
GFN Board of Directors and Former Executive Director
UNICEF
Dave Blottner
Executive Director
Food Bank Society of Yukon
Jérémie Bokungu
Board Member
Mapendo Banque Alimentaire
Michelle Book
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Food Banks Canada
Emily Broad-Leib
Faculty Director, Clinical Professor of Law
Harvard Law and Policy Clinic
Ingrid Vivian Brown Prieto
Supply Chain Manager
Asociación de Bancos de Alimentos de Colombia
Eli Browne
Head of Sustainability, Canada
Brambles
Juan Carlos Buitrago
Executive Director
ABACO
Sara Burnett
Executive Director
ReFED
Martín Burt
GFN Board of Directors and CEO
Fundación Paraguaya and Poverty Stoplight
Lotilde Charpy
General Manager
FoodWise
Justin Cheah
General Manager
Kechara Soup Kitchen Society
Arthur Chin
Executive Director
The Food Bank Singapore
Katie Clark Sieben
Cargill
Vicki Clarke
Vice President of Development
The Global FoodBanking Network
Karen Coronel Guanes
Secretaria General
Fundación Banco de Alimentos Paraguay
Carol Criner
Former Chair
GFN Board of Directors (2023-2024)
Chris Deal
Account Manager for Nonprofit Organizations
Esri
Patrice Denis
Managing Director, Co Head, PIMCO Canada
PIMCO Canada Corp.
Nicolás Diaz
Senior Program Manager, Waste and Circular Economy Program
Global Methane Hub
Anabel Diaz
Director de Desarrollo Institucional
Alimento Para Todos
Shane Dorsett
Chief Operating Officer
Felix UK
Daniel Duguay
Senior Director | Sustainability
Canadian Produce Marketing Association
Andy DuPlessis
Managing Director
Food Forward South Africa
Dina Esposito
Advisor
Aid on the Hill
Prof. Shenggen Fan
GFN Board of Directors and Chair ProfessorCollege of Economics and Management
China Agricultural University (CAU)
Yolanda Fernandez
Executive Director
Banco de Alimentos de Costa Rica
Erin Filey-Wronecki
Chief Development and Partnerships Officer
Chief Development Officer
Trevor Findley
Clinical Instructor
Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
Camilla Fitzgerald
Head of Fundraising and Strategic Partnerships
European Food Banks Federation (FEBA)
Jomar Fleras
Executive Director
Rise Against Hunger, Philippines
Danny Flores
Senior Manager, Hunger Relief Program
H-E-B
Chris Franke
Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs Strategic Initiatives
Walmart
James Fredrick
Media Relations and Strategy Associate Director
The Global FoodBanking Network
Juan José (JJ) Freijo
GFN Board of Directors and Chief Sustainability and Product Innovation Officer
Brambles
Monica Gadkari
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Director
The Global FoodBanking Network
Begoña Galindez
President
Banco de Alimentos Buenos Aires
Gabriela Galindo Montoya
Directora Administrativa
Banco de Alimentos de Bolivia
Luis Manuel Garcia Mendoza
Latin America Food Systems Partnerships Associate Director
The Global FoodBanking Network
Luis Manuel García Mendoza
Latin America Food Systems Partnerships Associate Director
The Global FoodBanking Network
María Teresa García Plata
Latin America Regional Director
The Global FoodBanking Network
Anne Geraghty Helms
Director and Counsel for US Pro Bono Programs
DLA Piper
Beatriz Giacomini Cruz
Sesc Mesa Brasil Manager
SESC Brazil
Kris Gibbon-Walsh
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Felix
Alan Gilbertson
Former Chair
GFN Board of Directors (2017-2019)
Erica Goldfinch
Chief Partnerships and Commercial Officer
Food Bank Australia
Enrique Gomez
Engineer
Banco de Alimentos de Mexico (BAMX)
Padmanaban Gopalan
Co-Founder & Executive Director
No Food Waste
Sarah Grasset
Vice President, Founding Member
The Lost Food Project
Jose Luis Guevara
Executive Director
Quito Food Bank
Naomi Gunnell
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Walmart
Sachin Gupta
Chair and Head of Global Portfolio Management Desk
GFN Board of Directors and PIMCO
Vanessa Gutierrez
Chief Financial Officer
The Global FoodBanking Network
Matt Habash
President & CEO
Mid-Ohio Food Collective
Craig Hanson
Managing Director and Executive Vice President
World Resources Institute
Jason Hatcher
Social Impact
Starbucks
Laura Hayes
Chef Corps Director
World Central Kitchen
Leah Heck
Corporate Partnerships Associate Director
The Global FoodBanking Network
Alicia Hidalgo
General Manager
Red de Alimentos
Hannah Hoskins
Executive Director
Lineage Foundation for Good
Dr. Melissa Ho
GFN Board of Directors and Head of Advancement
TomorrowNow.org
Kim Hyun-hoon
President
Korea National Council on Social Welfare
Tawee Impoolsup
Country Manager
Scholars of Sustenance Thailand
Maria Inés Olivares
Directora
Banco de Alimentos El Salvador
Mariana Jiménez Cárdenas
CEO
Red BAMX
Kari Johnston
Chief Executive Officer
Sha Shaw Corporation
Gabriela Kafarhire
Europe, Middle East & Africa Regional Director
The Global FoodBanking Network
Agnes Kalibata
Founder and Chair
C4Impact Advisory Group
Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
GFN Board of Directors and Regional Managing Director for Africa
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Gabrielle Kirstein
Founder & CEO
Feeding Hong Kong
Anthony Kitchen
Field & Knowledge Services Senior Director
The Global FoodBanking Network
Jennifer Kuchar
Senior Director, IT Data Analytics
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Jen Leff
Global Responsibility Lead
Starbucks
Hans Lennie
Manager - Inuvialuit Community Economic Development Organization
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
Lani Lindsey
Vice President, Central Operations
Walmart Canada
Brian Lipinski
Research Associate, Food Program
World Resources Institute
Nancy Liu
Secretary-General
Taiwan People's Food Bank Association
Ivonne Madrid
Executive Director
Alsea Foundation
Antoinette Marie
Director, Strategic Capital
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Erin McAllister
Director, National Food Acquisition
Food Banks Canada
Drew McDonald
President
Bank of America
Kristen McEnroe
Senior Clinical Fellow
Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
Nick McRoberts
Vice President, Advocacy and Research
Food Banks Canada
Ana Isabel Mendez
Directora Ejecutiva
Banco de Alimentos Panamá
Lisa Moon
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Global FoodBanking Network
Gonzalo Muñoz
GFN Board of Directors, UN COP25 High Level Climate Champion and Co-Founder
Ambition Loop
Linda Nageotte
GFN Board of Directors and President and Chief Operation Officer
Feeding America, National Office
Jolie Nguyen
CEO
Foodbank Việt Nam