"Recycle Anything Remaining" - Following the Roadmap to 2030 Webinar Series

Alejandro serves as ReFED’s Capital, Innovation, & Engagement Manager, working to spur investment in the food waste sector. In his position, he works to contribute to the Insights Engine and build relationships with solution providers. He brings six years of technology investment banking, equity research and sales, and trading experience, including time at TD Securities, CI Investments, and RBC Capital Markets.

Nora Goldstein is Editor/Publisher of BioCycle CONNECT ® and BioCycle.net, the Organics Recycling Authority. Nora is in her 5th decade of working at BioCycle. She received the US Composting Council’s Hi Kellogg Award for Outstanding Service to the Composting Industry, and the American Biogas Council’s Biogas Visionary Award.

Abhijeet Borole is a chemical engineer working in the area of waste to energy,
hydrogen production and biomass conversion over the last 25 years. Prior to launching Electro-Active, he was a Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 18 years developing biotech solutions for producing fuels and chemicals. He moved into the
startup world to transform inventions made in the past 10 years into products for a cleaner world. He also holds a position of Research Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Energy Science and Engineering at the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. He has published over 75 peer-reviewed papers, 5 patents and 8 books/chapters focused on multidisciplinary topics in clean tech, deep biotech and bioeconomy. He uses his expertise in biology, electrochemistry and engineering to
design solutions for the energy and environment issues we face today. His favorite subject is biofilms, which he harnesses to carry out efficient transformations for building refineries of the future.
 

Justin is a planet-forward entrepreneur who co-founded Do Good Foods with his brother Matthew to combat climate change by fighting food waste. The Kamine brothers’ company builds on the family’s 40-year heritage of solving macro-environmental problems through building large infrastructure solutions. Do Good Foods is yet another example of how Justin combines his passion for the planet with good business sense to build sustainable, scalable systems that can drive meaningful change. 

Lor Holmes leads venture development and capitalization strategies for CERO. She received her Master’s degree in community economic development from Southern New Hampshire University and has led economic development initiatives in Boston for over 20 years. Like all of the CERO worker-owners, Lor shares a passion for sustainable economic development and democratic models of community ownership.