Bridget Lee, MD is an emergency physician, who is working to reduce plastics in healthcare and to help educate healthcare providers on the toxicity of plastics.

Ashley Craig is a life-long climate activist and a self-proclaimed plastic nag who’s spent her 30-year professional career working in finance and audit, with a brief stint in environmental policy.

Kristin is fondly known as “the Trash Talker” amongst her friends and family. She has spent 30+ years working in sales in the tech industry for startups and large companies like Google and VMware and holds an MBA from NYU.

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Celeste is a former college professor and a current full-time environmental activist.

Jacquelyn Casazza is the president and co-founder of Go Green Glen Ellyn, a community nonprofit with a mission to help residents and businesses be greener through education and serves as an Issue Specialist on Waste for the League of Women Voters Illinois.

Carol is a long-time activist on social issues who decided to become active on plastics after encountering mountains of trash on her frequent waterfront walks.

Deb is a retired Reference Librarian with a deep love and respect for the natural world. She previously served as Environmental Commissioner for the Town of Rosendale and is Vice President of the Board for the John Burroughs Natural History Society.

Jim is a retired Spanish teacher and long-time environmental advocate. Jim has an MA in Spanish from Middlebury College and remains active in both community and school organizations.

Deborah recently retired after a 30-year career as a book editor, where her focus was on nature, ecology, and the environment. She is a writer, historian, musician, and painter and has lived and traveled all over the world.

Andrea has been interested in trash and recycling for as long as she can remember. She has served on her town’s Waste Reduction Committee for the past 10 years and is active in community events promoting sustainability.

Rebekah Creshkoff is a wordsmith and former corporate communications expert who started the NYC Audubon project to reduce bird collisions known as Project Safe Flight in the late 90’s.

Kim Cameron holds a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology (2001) and has taught biology courses at SUNY Cortland and worked as a research scientist at Cornell University.

Dana Ripper is the Executive Director of the Missouri River Bird Observatory whose work includes a major focus on the systemic reduction of single-use plastics. She is located in Missouri.

David is a charter member of the Beyond Plastics Alum Network and maintains educational and activist resources on the Beyond Plastics wiki. 

Eileen is an activist who volunteers her time for climate and social justice causes. She helped to write and pass the single-use plastic ban in her city.

Since attending Judith Enck’s class on plastic pollution, Kathy is eager to educate people about the negative impact that plastic has on the environment and personal health, while encouraging citizens to take an active role in reducing plastic production and consumption.

Rachana is a Zero Waste Consultant at Aspire to Zero who is passionate about climate action, environmental justice and plastic pollution.

Youpa is a visual artist and concerned citizen who dedicates her art and advocacy work to the service of the care of the Earth.