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Ruth coordinates waste work for the global team and contributes to projects on plastics, procurement, chemicals, and climate. She has worked in over 40 countries, investigating hazardous waste, fixing hospital waste systems, and advising on pollution prevention policies. Her background is in biochemistry and chemistry, followed by over 15 years in academia researching environmental pollution. When she is not traveling, she loves growing fruit, flowers, and vegetables.
Type: Staff
Betsy is committed to creating sustainable food systems to improve community health and build local economies. Her experience includes research, policy and advocacy, nonprofit management, and cooking in restaurants on both coasts. Betsy lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her husband and children. Outside of work, she can be found running, cooking, and spending as much time outdoors as possible.
Type: Staff
Amy is an emergency medicine physician and passionate advocate for sustainable health care and planetary health. Inspired by her son, she led her hospital green team for many years and now supports and inspires physicians interested in promoting climate-smart health care. She believes strongly that physicians and the health care sector can lead the way toward a healthy, sustainable future. Amy enjoys travel, plant-based cooking, a good workout, and long walks in the woods with her dogs.
Type: Staff
Amber is a dietitian with a master’s in food policy from the Tufts Friedman School. She has worked for over a decade in food and nutrition with diverse experience in policy, education, and clinical care. She works in the Southwest and Oregon to support the health care sector in purchasing more local, sustainable food and investing in upstream interventions to build a healthier food system. Amber is also a mom, runner, and fan of bad puns.
Type: Staff
Erwin is a data enthusiast who has worked in the nonprofit sector for almost 20 years. He has worked mostly with data, from processing and analyzing to managing the AMS application. Originally from Indonesia, Erwin enjoys family time with his wife and daughter.
Type: Staff
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Stacia sees both food and health as personal. As a registered dietitian, she started out in clinical nutrition and food service in health care but quickly realized the need for reform to return food to its rightful role as a social and cultural connector. She relishes time spent with family and building the values of her grandkids as part of our next generation through home-cooked meals, gardening, and walks in the woods.
Type: Staff
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John loves food and spends most of his day thinking about what he will make for dinner. When he isn’t meal planning, John is working with health care in New England to engage them in regional and national efforts to build food systems that are equitable and health promoting. He has worked in environmental health for over a decade and is passionate about the power of health care to build healthy, resilient communities.
Type: Staff
Scott has over 20 years of experience in consulting, relationship management, and nonprofit leadership, and brings a unique perspective to craft strategies, forge partnerships, and drive change. He earned an MBA with a sustainable enterprise emphasis from Willamette University's Atkinson Graduate School of Management and a bachelor’s from Utah State University. Outside of work, he serves on the board of The Wetlands Conservancy, and enjoys Oregon wine country, travel, and king salmon fishing in Alaska.
Type: Staff
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Lindsey has happily spent the last couple decades writing, editing, leading projects, and helping nonprofits share the inspiring stories of those they serve. She first became aware of and interested in protecting the environment through her small hometown's recycling campaign for which her mom served as the mascot. Lindsey enjoys life in the Midwest and spends as much time as possible with those who call her "aunt."
Type: Staff
Christopher has been working in health care sustainability since he graduated from college. His focus is measuring sustainability in the health care sector through data and building expertise in all content areas. He also owns a circular economy consulting firm and was named to GreenBiz's 30 Under 30 list for 2018.
Type: Staff
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