Acknowledgements

The Food: Too Good to Waste pilot toolkit was prepared on behalf of the U.S. EPA Region 10 and the West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum with support from EcoPraxis and Colehour+Cohen under subcontract to Tetra Tech EMI. Special thanks to all of the EPA staff and Forum members from state and local governments who supported and contributed to this final product.  Specifically, we acknowledge the contributions of the Pilot Planning Team:

  • Dr. Viki Sonntag of EcoPraxis, the primary researcher for this project and implementation guide (subcontractor to Tetra Tech EMI under EPA contract)
  • Julie Colehour and Amanda Godwin from Colehour+ Cohen (subcontractors to Tetra Tech EMI under EPA contract)
  • Joanna Canepa and Tommie Jean from Tetra Tech EMI (under contract to EPA)
  • Project and Planning Team Lead
    • Ashley Zanolli from EPA Region 10
  • EPA Staff Support
    • Theresa Blaine, Christina Colt, Bill Dunbar, Lisa McArthur, Sandra Poulson, Viccy Salazar, and Melissa Winters from EPA Region 10 with former NNEMS fellow support from Daniel Brody, Megan Curtis-Murphy, McKenna Morrigan, and Veronica Pardo and intern support from Doré Mangan
    • Shannon Davis and Andre Villasenor from EPA Region 9
    • Linda Barr, John Cross, and Jean Schwab from EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
  • State Government Partners
    • MN Pollution Control Agency, Madalyn Cioci and Colleen Hetzel
    • OR Dept. of Environmental Quality, David Allaway and Leslie Kochan
    • WA Department of Agriculture, Chery Sullivan
    • WA Department of Ecology, Michelle Andrews and Mary Harrington
  • Local Government Partners
    • Boulder County (CO), Lisa Friend
    • City of Chula Vista (CA), David Didonato and Lynn France
    • City of Gresham (OR), Karen Guillen-Chapman and Tristen Whitehead
    • City of Oakland (CA), Mark Gigliardi and Wanda Redic
    • City of Portland (OR), Lauren Norris, Alicia Polacok, and Arianne Sperry
    • City of Redmond (WA), Stacy Auer
    • City of Santa Monica (CA), Shannon Parry
    • City of Seattle (WA), Jeanie Boawn and Sharon Lerman
    • City of Tacoma (WA), Jetta Antonakos
    • City of Vancouver (WA), Tanya Gray
    • King County (WA), Josh Marx and Karen May
    • Oregon Metro (OR), Jennifer Erikson and Meg Lynch
    • Palo Alto (CA), Wendy Hediger and Matt Krupp
    • San Benito County (CA), Lisa Jensema and Mandy Rose
    • Seattle Public Utilities (WA), Veronica Fincher and Carl Woestwin
    • Snohomish County (WA), Sego Jackson
    • Thurston County (WA), Brian Stafki
  • Other acknowledgements
    • Eureka Recycling (MN Grantee), Lynn Hoffman
    • FoodShift, Dana Frasz
    • Göteborgs Universitet, Gothenburg, Sweden, Alexandra Lavers
    • GRACE Communications Foundation, Chris Hunt
    • Green Cities CA, Carol Misseldine
    • ICLEI, Monica Gilchrist
    • Jonathan Bloom
    • Kupu, HI, Nichole Chatterson
    • Naropa University, Santiago Giraldo Anduaga
    • NRDC, Dana Gunders
    • UK WRAP, Andrew Parry