Attendee List - Innovators Roundtable 2023

Company  Full Name  Job Title E-mail Ticket Type 
ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Adelina Voutchkova

Director of Sustainable Development

a_voutchkova@acs.org  

Virtual

Christiana Briddell 

Sustainability Communications Manager 

c_briddell@acs.org 

Virtual

David Laviska 

Portfolio Manager, Educational Initiatives 

D_Laviska@acs.org

In-Person 

Edmond Lam 

Assistant Director 

E_Lam@acs.org 

In-Person 

Isamir Martinez 

Scientific Alliances & Business Engagement Sr. Portfolio Manager 

i_martinez@acs.org 

In-Person 

actnano 

Cassandra Zentner

Vice President of Health and Environment 

cassandra.zentner@actnano.com 

Virtual 

Alliance to End Plastic Waste 

Natalie Stirling-Sanders 

Chief Advisor, Head of Americas 

natalie.stirling-sanders@endplasticwaste.org 

Virtual 

American Chemical Society 

Ian MacGregor 

Principal, Business Development 

imacgregor@cas.org 

In-Person 

Molly Strausbaugh 

Assistant Director 

mstrausbaugh@cas.org 

In-Person 

Apple, Inc.

Art Fong 

Technical Leader for Smarter Chemistry 

arthur_fong@apple.com 

In-Person 

Arrakis Materials 

Ioana Knopf

CEO & Founder 

ioana.knopf@arrakismaterials.com 

In-Person

Axine Water Technologies 

Louis LeBrun 

Vice President Sales

llebrun@axinewater.com 

In-Person 

Ayas Renewables 

David Malone  

CFO

dmalone@ayasrenewables.com 

In-Person

Joe McGrail

CEO

joemcgrail@ayasrenewables.com 

In-Person 

Ryan Long 

Advisor 

ryan.long@ayasrenewables.com 

In-Person 

BASF Corporation

Caroline (Carrie) Bales 

Manager Corporate Sustainability 

caroline.bales@basf.com 

In-Person 

Hanna Gevers Deynoot 

Sustainability Manager 

hanna.gevers-deynoot@basf.com 

In-Person 

Patrick Harmon 

lndustry Manager 

patrick.harmon@basf.com 

In-Person 

Wibke Loelsberg 

Corporate Sustainability Strategy 

wibke.loelsberg@basf.com 

Virtual 

Beyond Benign 

Amy Cannon 

Executive Director 

Amy_Cannon@beyondbenign.org 

In-Person 

Nicki Wiggins 

Chief Operating Officer 

Nicki_Wiggins@beyondbenign.org 

In-Person 

Boreal Bioproducts 

Antti Kamarainen 

Market Development Director 

antti.kamarainen@montinutra.com 

In-Person  

Boston Common Asset Management 

Constantina Bichta 

Associate Director of ESG Research 

cbichta@bostoncommonasset.com 

Virtual 

Bright Path Laboratories, Inc. 

Karl Painter 

R&D Chemist 

kpainter@brightpathlabs.com 

In-Person 

Cascade Biocatalysts 

Alex Rosay 

CEO 

alex@cascadebiocatalysts.com 

In-Person

Change Chemistry 

Anna Montgomery

Operations Director

 anna@changechemistry.org 

Virtual

Asli Tamer Vestlund 

 Sr. Special Projects Lead 

 asli@changechemistry.org 

In-Person

 Joel Tickner 

 Executive Director

 joel_tickner@uml.edu

In-Person

 Jennifer Landry

 Project Manager

 jennifer_landry@uml.edu 

In-Person

 Jenny MacKellar 

 Program Director

 jenny@changechemistry.org 

In-Person

 Rui Resendes 

Director of Partnerships & Business Development 

 rui@changechemistry.org 

In-Person

 Sally Edwards 

Director, Retailer Leadership Council 

 sally_edwards@uml.edu 

In-Person

Umama Mahmud

Program Manager

umama@changechemistry.org

In-Person

ChemFORWARD

Gabrielle Rigutto 

Research & Data Quality Specialist 

gabby@chemforward.org 

Virtual 

Chemical Angel Network 

Mark Vreeke 

Co-Founder  

mark.vreeke@transatlanticscience.com 

Virtual  

Circa Sustainable Chemicals Ltd (UK) 

Alessandro Napoli  

Vice President of Product Development  

alessandro.napoli@circa-group.com 

Virtual  

Clean Production Action 

Kayla Williams  

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lead 

kayla@cleanproduction.org 

In-Person 

Covestro 

Sascha Bloemhoff  

Director Marketing  

sascha.bloemhoff@covestro.com 

Virtual  

 DEFRA

 Kay Williams 

 Head of International Chemicals, Pesticides and Hazardous Waste hub 

 Kay.Williams@defra.gov.uk 

 Virtual

Dow

Melissa Schisler 

Global Director-Toxicology and Environmental Research and Consulting

MRSchisler@dow.com 

In-Person

Michael Delee 

Product Stewardship Director

mjdelee@dow.com 

In-Person

 Dunham Law & Policy PLLC

Ben Dunham 

Principal Attorney 

 ben.dunham@dunhamlawpolicy.com 

Virtual 

Eastman Chemical Company

Barclay Satterfield

External Innovation Technology Manager

bsatterfield@eastman.com 

Virtual

Elements EcoConsultancy LLC

Michelle Legatt

 Principal

michelle@elements-eco.com 

In-Person 

Environmental Working

Homer Swei 

SVP Healthy Living Science 

homer.swei@ewg.org 

In-Person 

Estee Lauder Companies 

 Divyesh (Div) Patel 

Research Fellow 

dpatel@estee.com  

Virtual 

European Commission

Kristin Schreiber 

 Director for Chemicals, Health, Retail and Agrifood, European Commission, DG GROW

 kristin.schreiber@ec.europa.eu 

Virtual 

ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company

 David Adenuga 

Product Stewardship & Fluids Regulatory Affairs Manager  

moyinoluwa.d.adenuga@exxonmobil.com 

In-Person 

Jennifer Foreman

Regulatory Affairs Advisor

jennifer.e.foreman@exxonmobil.com 

In-Person

FiberX Products

 David (Dave) Skibinski 

 President & CEO 

 dave.skibinski@Fiberxproducts.com 

In-Person 

Forsythia Foundation 

Sarah Kelley  

Senior Program Officer  

sarahk@commthreadsconsulting.com 

Virtual 

Genomatica 

 Ivanna Yang 

 Head of Government Affairs 

 iyang@genomatica.com

 In-Person

Green Rose Chemistry 

 Anna Zhenova

Founder & CEO at Green Rose Chemistry  

anna@greenrosechemistry.com  

 Virtual

Guiding Green

Julie Manley

Sustainability Consultant

juliemanley@guidinggreen.com 

In-Person

H&M - Hennes & Mauritz GBC AB

Ida Brolin

Project Manager

ida.brolin@hm.com 

In-Person

Hamilton Clark Sustainable Capital, Inc

John May 

Managing Director 

 john.may@hamiltonclark.com 

 In-Person

 Hazard Evaluations Ltd (HazEL) 

 Alex Cliff 

 Graduate Chemist 

 Alex@chemhazel.com

In-Person 

Kate Bromfield

CEO and Founder

kate@chemhazel.com 

In-Person

 Healthy Building Network 

 Teresa McGrath 

Chief Research Officer  

tmcgrath@healthybuilding.net 

In-Person 

Henkel Corporation

Brian Heindl

Director, Public Affairs & Government Relations

brian.heindl@henkel.com 

In-Person

Honda

Mark Thomson

Engineer

mthomson@na.honda.com

Virtual

Household & Commercial Products Association | HCPA

Molly Blessing

Director of Sustainability

mblessing@TheHCPA.org 

Virtual

 ICL Group

 Joel Tenney 

 Global Director of Advoacy 

joel.tenney@icl-group.com  

 In-Person

Industrial Economics, Incorporated

Eric Ruder

Principal

eruder@indecon.com 

Virtual

International Flavors and Fragrances Inc.


 

Michael Hershkowitz

Director, Global Sustainable Innovation

Michael.Hershkowitz@IFF.com 

In-Person

Xiao Huang

Sr. Lead Toxicologist

xiao.huang@iff.com 

In-Person

International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre - ISC3

Thomas Wanner

Managing Director

thomas.wanner@giz.de 

Virtual

Kalion, Inc.

Darcy Prather

CEO

darcy@kalioninc.com 

In-Person

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Chris Cassell

Vice President of Corporate Sustainability

chris.l.cassell@lowes.com 

In-Person

Lygos

Chantal Bergeron 

Chief Sustainability Officer

cbergeron@lygos.com 

In-Person

Merck Group


 

Jane Murray

Global Head of Green Chemistry

jane.murray@merckgroup.com

Virtual

Shaun Russel

Strategy Manager, Social Sustainability and Business Innovation

shaun.russell@merckgroup.com 

Virtual

 Mercy Investment Services, Inc.

Caroline Boden

 Director of Shareholder Advocacy 

cboden@mercyinvestments.org  

Virtual 

MilliporeSigma 

Jeffrey Whitford

Head of Sustainability & Social Business Innovation

jeffrey.whitford@sial.com 

In-Person

Joey Wise

Intern

Joseph.wise@external.milliporesigma.com

In-Person

Karen Madden

CTO

Karen.Madden@milliporesigma.com 

Virtual

Kayla Zagieboylo

Communications Professional

kayla.zagieboylo@milliporesigma.com 

Virtual

Samy (Ettigounder) Ponnusamy

Fellow & Global Manager - Green Chemistry

ettigounder.ponnusamy@sial.com 

In-Person

Modern Meadow

Ann Lee-Jeffs

Senior Director, Corporate Sustainability

alee-jeffs@modernmeadow.com

In-Person

 Nike, Inc.


 

Josh Goebel  

Project Manager 

 josh.goebel@nike.com 

Virtual 

Will Mbiya

Chemistry Manager

Will.Mbiya@nike.com 

Virtual

Noblis


 

Braxton Lewis

Sustainable Technologies Manager 

braxton.lewis@noblis.org

In-Person

Michael Bruckner 

Principal, Program Manager, Sustainability

michael.bruckner@noblis.org 

In-Person

Omni Tech International, Ltd

 

Kris Weigal

Biobased Business Development Sr Consultant

kweigal@omnitechintl.com 

Virtual

Steve Block

Senior Consultant, Biobased Business Development

sblock@omnitechintl.com 

In-Person

Origin Materials

Karl Stuen

Sr. Research Manager

kstuen@originmaterials.com 

In-Person

Ryan Smith

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer 

rsmith@originmaterials.com

In-Person

Ourobio (Transfoam LLC) 

Kobe Rogers

COO

krogers@ourobio.com 

In-Person

P2 Science, Inc.

Patrick Foley

President

patrick@p2science.com

In-Person

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 

Karthikeyan Ramasamy

Chief Engineer/ Relationship Manager

karthi@pnnl.gov 

In-Person

Patagonia

Laura Hoch 

Sr. Material Innovation Engineer at Patagonia 

laura.hoch@patagonia.com  

In-Person 

Performance BioFilaments Inc.

Gurminder Minhas  

 Managing Director 

 gminhas@performancebiofilaments.com 

In-Person 

PPG Industries 

Bill Schillinger

Corporate Fellow

schillinger@ppg.com

In-Person

Ed Rakiewicz

Corporate Fellow

rakiewicz@ppg.com 

In-Person

Procter & Gamble 

Karuna Karan Narasimhan

Research Fellow

narasimhan.k@pg.com 

In-Person

Todd Cline

Sr Director Sustainability, North America Fabric Care

cline.te@pg.com 

In-Person

William Shearouse

Group Scientist

shearouse.wc@pg.com 

In-Person

Pure Strategies, Inc.

Bob Kerr

Principal & Co-Founder

rkerr@purestrategies.com 

In-Person

Renewable Green Composites, LLC

Scott Loethen

Founder

 scott.loethen@chemist.com

In-Person 

Ruby Bio

Morgan Loflin

VP Business Development & Sales

 loflin@rubybio.com

 In-Person

S.C. Johnson & Son

Sandra Tschantz 

Principal Scientist

SDTschan@scj.com 

In-Person