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• 9:00-9:30      Registration and Check In

• 9:30-9:50      Welcome - President:  Michelle Leonard

  • Annual Business Meeting

  • Board Slate Approval

  • New By-Laws Approval

• 9:50-10:15      Topic: SB 1383 Compliance Evaluations

  • Speaker:  Ashlee Yee, JACE Branch Chief, CalRecycle

• 10:15-10:45     Topic:  Student Speakers/Scholarships: 

  • Speaker:  Soraya Bernal, Raising Awareness about Soft Plastic Recycling and Promoting its Implementation at UCSD

  • Speaker:  Soraya Hajibashi, Defining Metrics that Matter: A Scorecard Approach to Sustainability in the Biotech and Pharma Industry

    • AWARD – celebrate students whose projects align with SWANA’s mission

• 10:45-11:15     Topic: Los Angeles’ Path to Plastic Source Reduction

  • Speaker:  Christine Batikian, Environmental Supervisor II, City of Los Angeles, L.A. Sanitation & Environment

• 11:15-11:45     Topic: Leadership - "If I Knew Then What I Know Now.                         My journey in SWANA and the World of Waste"

  • Speaker:  Michelle Leonard, Senior Vice President, SCS Engineers

• 11:45-1:15      Lunch & Raffles

• 12:45-1:15      Topic: Networking 

  • Activity

• 1:15-1:45        Topic: Cross Generational Mentoring"Mentor Magic: Tools and Tips                         for Making Impactful Connections and Elevating Others"

  • Speaker:  Haley Kunert, Senior Project Manager, HF&H Consultants

  • Speaker:  Colleen Foster, Project Manager, HF&H Consultants

• 1:45-2:15       Topic: Behind the Scenes at the MRF

  • Speaker:  Brent Perdue, Project Manager, Environmental Engineering\Burns & McDonnell