Expert Contributors - Shoe Sustainability Training Center

Expert Contributors

Victor Almeida

Technical Customer Service Manager, Americas, Lenzing Fibers Inc.

Antonio Battaglia

Director and Sustainability Leader, Silvateam

Fernando Bellese

Chief Sustainability Officer,
PrimeAsia Leather Company

Jess Bensley

Product and Sustainability Leader, Teva

Kelly Beskin

Attorney, Stoel Rives

Thomas Bogle

CEO, Solum

Vanessa Brain

Traceability Project Manager, Leather Working Group

Federico Brugnoli

CEO, SPIN 360

Kelly Burton

Chief Sustainability Officer,
Material Exchange

Jim Chi

Sustainability & Circularity,
Silvateam

Meta Cunder

Design Assistant, Nicholas Kirkwood Ltd

Gonçalo Cruz

Co-Founder and CEO, Platform E

Chris Enlow

Sustainability Lead, Oboz Footwear

Paul Foulkes-Arellano

CEO, Circuthon Consulting

Ryan Gaither

Global Packaging Specialist, Managed Packaging Division, BillerudKorsnäs

Míriam Prat Gutiérrez

Business Development Associate, Colorifix

Keith Hill

Vice President of Sustainable Business Development, ISA Tan Tec

Dr. Andrew Hudson

Managing Director, Eurofins BLC

Peter Hughes

Lead Sustainability Consultant & Business Development, Eurofins

Ryan Hunt

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer,
ALGIX | BLOOM

Edoardo Ianuzzi

CSO and Creative Director,
ACBC

Nicholas Kirkwood

Luxury Shoe Designer, Founder, Nicholas Kirkwood Ltd

Candice Lawton

Associate Director,
Americas Brand Partnerships, TerraCycle

Alan Lugo

Product Strategy Manager, Natural Fiber Welding

Krishna Manda

Co-Lead, Global Sustainability, Lenzing Group

Georgina Mawer

Head of Chem-MAP Consulting, Eurofins BLC

Marco Meneghetti

Global TPE T&I Leader,
Trinseo

Sean Murphy

Chief Marketing Officer,
L&E

Sidnei Nasser

CEO, Proquitec

Mattias Nordin

Product Manager, Coloreel

Katie O'Hara

Director, Account Management, Dynamic Foam

Maria Osborne

Key Account Manager, Jones & Vining

Himanshu Patel

Director, Materials Development, KEEN

Jean-Marc Pedeboy

Partner, Stratégies: Romans CAD Software

Andy Polk

Senior Vice President,
FDRA

Tad Radzinski

Chief Certification Officer, Green Circle Certified

Jason Robinson

CEO, Evoco

Chuck Rogers

Director, Technical Consulting & Supply Chain Solutions, Inspections, Audits and Assessments,
Bureau Veritas Consumer Product Services, Inc.

Jens Schmidt

CEO, Footwear Innovation Lab

Birgit Schnetzlinger

Head of Global BD Functional Wear,
Lenzing

Dave Smith

Product Line Director, INSITE^® Insole

Benjamin Smits

Founder, Effekt Footwear

Carolyn Swenson

Senior Materials Manager, Footwear, Reformation

Johan van Dijk

Global Polyurethanes Elastomers Application Manager, Huntsman

Nicoline Van Enter

Founder, The Footwearists

Ashton Zeller

Chief Scientist, BLOOM Sustainable Materials