2019 Presentations

View and download presentations from the 2019 BizNGO Annual Conference

• Opening Remarks
  • Ken Geiser, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Professor Emeritus
• The Emerging Science of Specifying and Managing Chemical Classes
  • Veena Singla, Associate Director of Science & Policy, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at UCSF
  • Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen Program Manager, Clean Production Action
  • Teresa McGrath, Chief Research Officer, Healthy Building Network
• Eliminating Chemical Classes through Procurement & Regulations
  • Liz Harriman, Deputy Director, Toxic Use Reduction Institute at UMass Lowell
  • Joel Sigler, Senior Manager, National Environmental, Health & Safety, Kaiser Permanente
• Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey: Highlights from 4th Annual Report
  • Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action
  • Caroline Boden, Shareholder Advocacy Manager, Mercy Investment Services, Inc.
  • Mellissa Nguyen, Environmentally Preferred Sourcing Program Manager, Strategic Programs and Contract Services, Vizient, Inc.
• Safer Chemicals in the Circular Economy: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Case of PFAS Food Serviceware
  • Sue Chiang, Pollution Prevention Director, Center for Environmental Health
  • Jen Jackson, Toxics Reduction & Healthy Ecosystems Program Manager, San Francisco Department of the Environment
• Registration & Continental Breakfast: Regenerative Products Breakfast Roundtable
  • Martin Wolf, Director of Product Sustainability & Authenticity, Seventh Generation
• Chemical Footprinting: Integration into Business Strategy & Practice
  • Cheri Peele, Senior Research Associate, Clean Production Action
• Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs) and Informed Decision-Making
  • ​​​​​​​Nicole Acevedo, Founder and CEO, Elavo Mundi Solutions
  • Margaret Whittaker, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist, ToxServices
  • Paul Ashford, Managing Director, Anthesis Group
  • Laura Vandenberg, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst