Manager of Transportation & Sustainability

Climate Pledge Arena & the Seattle Kraken

Brianna Treat focuses on embedding environmental sustainability across both organizations. This consists of not only developing and implementing a multitude of sustainability initiatives onsite but tracking all operational carbon at the Arena and assisting in achieving the Arenas 95% waste diversion goal.

Graduating with a degree in Sustainability from the University of Oklahoma, Brianna as a waste reduction specialist. She then pivoted to the role of Residential Recycling Coordinator for the City of Frederick, MD. From there she moved to Dallas, TX where she was the lead Sustainability Consultant for JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM). She then took another leap to work for a small consulting firm out of Atlanta working on green building certifications. Here, Brianna was the lead consultant on certifying the first zero waste NBA game in the world, bringing her waste background in full circle.

Environmental Compliance Coordinator

City of Pasco

Michael has 10 years of experience working across the environmental spectrum in the municipal water and wastewater industry. Prior to Pasco, Michael worked as the General Manager of the Girty’s Run Joint Sewer Authority, a municipal agency that managed the conveyance of 4 boroughs outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Michael also worked for 4 years as a Senior Laboratory analyst for the City of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. During that time Michael performed microbiology and wet chemistry parameters for source water, potable water, industrial, and residential wastewater samples.

Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Lycoming College (one of the oldest schools in that nation) an holds an Environmental Laboratory Manager Certification for the State of Pennsylvania.

Founder

The Giving Room

Lux is a queer, white, non-binary community builder, abolitionist, conflict mediator, and connection coach. They are inspired by a vision of communities reclaiming the commons and allowing resources flow to where they’re needed.

The Giving Room Project: A new mutual aid initiative that helps neighbors easily give and receive gently-used clothing and household staples. Our primary goals are to reduce waste, facilitate resource sharing, and build community.

VP of Transactions and Fund Manager

Forterra Strong Communities Fund

The Transactions Team implemented the conservation acquisition of 21,000 acres of wild, working forest and farm lands over 71 transactions from 2018 through 2021, and the design and engineering of a prototype Cross Laminated Timber multifamily affordable housing unit. In 2022, the team will continue the deployment of Forterra’s Strong Communities Fund, a cutting edge approaches to Social Impact Capital. Focus projects include the Ancestral Lands Fund, the Darrington Wood Innovation Center and greenfield developments in Tukwila, Tacoma, Roslyn and Hamilton.

Sustainable Materials Management

US Environmental Protection Agency

Theresa Blaine serves on the Materials Management and Stewardship Team at EPA’s Region 10 which covers Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, and 271 tribes. The EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management program aspires to work in an upstream capacity through source reduction, waste prevention, and reuse. Advancing SMM has the potential to conserve resources, reduce waste, benefit local economies, enhance resiliency to natural and man-made disasters, and minimize the climate and environmental impacts of the materials we use. She has spent the last 5+ years working to support Sustainable Materials Management in the Built Environment in 3 main focus areas: deconstruction of buildings and reuse of building materials, embodied carbon, and disaster debris management. She’s also interested in reducing the impacts to climate from materials through upstream solutions such as sustainable purchasing, reuse, and repair. Theresa holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Seattle University.

Founder

Gearhouse

Evan Maynard started Gearhouse in 2021 - a Seattle company on a mission to prove sharing gear is a better experience than storing it in your closet through community, education, and an extensive gear library. Evan spent the first 8 years of his career lowering the cost of access to space before becoming inspired to solve nearer term challenges related to the climate crisis.

Climate Mitigation & Circular Economy Policy Advisor

Seattle Public Utilities

Ashima is the Climate Mitigation and Circular Economy Policy Advisor at Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), City of Seattle, driving the development of a circular economy in the Seattle region. In addition, she is managing SPU's sustainable energy management program as the utility works towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2030. Prior to this role, Ashima worked at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a global thought leader on the circular economy. Over her 6+ years there, Ashima managed the delivery of its programs in the U.S. and Canada, and led the Foundation's work on cities globally, engaging local governments in the transition towards a circular economy.

Public Works Director

City of Pasco

Steve has nearly 45 years of experience in the Public Works field. This work includes civil, transportation, planning, design, and construction management. Prior to Pasco, Steve worked for a short time with the City of Fife as their Deputy Public Works Director where he managed several major transportation projects for this bustling city adjacent to the third-largest cargo gateway in the U.S. Steve also worked fourteen years for the City of Spokane Valley as manager of the Capital Improvement Program overseeing the funding, design, and construction of capital projects including roads, bridges, parks, and buildings. He also spent eight years with Spokane County in the Stormwater Utility managing the study, design, and construction of regional stormwater facilities. Prior to moving to Spokane, Steve worked for a private engineering consultant in Monroe, WA and with the Corp of Engineers, Alaska District in Anchorage, AK.

Sustainable Business Development Director

Office of Economic Development & Competitiveness

Washington State Department of Commerce

Rob received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts in 1986 and a Master of Science degree in toxicology from the University of Washington in 1993. For serval years, Rob worked for state agencies to limit the impact of pollution on human health and the environment. From 2014 to 2019, Rob advised Governor Jay Inslee on issues including water resources, water quality, salmon recovery, Hanford Site cleanup and oil spill preparedness. Rob is currently the Sustainable Business Development Director at the Washington Department of Commerce where he is involved in stimulating markets for recycled materials and connecting businesses to reduce and utilize waste streams

Professor for the Biological Systems Engineering

Washington State University

He has been working for the last 20 years on projects related with the thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic materials for the production of bio-fuels and chemicals. Dr. Garcia-Perez has made contributions to the understanding of thermochemical reactions of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin as well as the characterization and uses of crude bio-oils and carbonaceous materials. He is currently working on the development of more selective pyrolysis and carbonization reactors, on new concepts to refine pyrolysis oils, on bio-oil hydrotreatment, on novel approaches to convert existing biomass processing industries into bio-refineries and on the development of engineered biochars for environmental services. Dr. Garcia-Perez is also developing new strategies for the production of jet fuels from lignocellulosic materials.

Resilient & Green Building Specialist

City of Tacoma

Beth Jarot came to the City of Tacoma in August 2019 to lead their sustainable building efforts with 30 years of experience in the environmental audit, waste management, community revitalization, project management and fundraising/development sectors. Her focus areas include: building decarbonization, healthy housing, climate adaptation, circular economy/industrial symbiosis, construction & demolition materials diversion and education/outreach.

Recycling Development Center

WA State Department of Ecology

Kara joined the Washington State Department of Ecology in 2006 and has worked in both the solid waste and hazardous waste programs. Currently, she is in the solid waste management program and is the coordinator for Washington’s Recycling Development Center. Prior to joining Ecology, Kara worked as a consultant on Superfund projects for the EPA and US Navy. She has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Washington State University.

Executive Director

Orcas Recycling Services/The Exchange

Born and raised in the Seattle area, Pete Moe spent several years working in journalism and marketing in New York and Boston before moving his family to Orcas Island, Washington in 2006.

Once on Orcas, his interest in environmental issues led to a volunteer board position at The Exchange, a much-loved community non-profit reuse center.

In 2013 he and his fellow board members led a successful campaign to take over management of the Orcas Island Transfer Station. That same year Moe was named director of Orcas Recycling Services/The Exchange.

Since taking over the transfer station, Moe has been committed to the development of a climate friendly, zero-waste business model focused on material separation and identifying the highest and best use for every part of the waste stream.

Director of Engineering and Partner

Lab 4 inc.,

Dr. Flint has worked for thirty years in hydrometallurgy, physical processing, and the development of materials. This includes cobalt, copper, iron, lithium, manganese, nickel, and many other metals with a specialty in graphite and graphene processing.

Lab 4 is a processing and materials consulting firm to battery industry suppliers as well as being a technology development and commercialization organization.

Recent Lab 4 projects include working with multiple manganese companies, metals traders, and graphite companies to improve their processes or to create added value products. The company also develops graphene-based products such as water filters.