Ashley Zanolli co-leads the West Coast Climate & Materials Management Forum, a partnership of western communities working together to drive climate action through materials management. With the help of more than 25 EPA, state, and local government partners over the past three years, Ashley led development of Food: Too Good to Waste, a community food waste prevention toolkit. She also implements EPA's Sustainable Food Management Program with commercial businesses in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and grocers throughout the U.S. through her current role as a national strategic advisor to the Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA), which includes 26 of the largest brand manufacturers, grocers, and restaurants in the U.S.

Ashley is considered a national expert and “thought leader” on consumer food waste prevention. In 2015, Ashley’s work was featured in Grist, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, BioCycle Magazine, and the Huffington Post. Ashley has received the 2014 National James C. Craig Pollution Prevention Award, one EPA silver medal and three EPA bronze medals. She received King County’s 2015 Green Globe Award for her leadership in confronting climate change. Beyond her work with EPA, Ashley volunteers her time building a new tool library in Capitol Hill, starting a fixer collective to help bring back repair and maintenance skills while building community, and mentoring middle school age girls on S.T.E.M. education and careers. Ashley currently serves on the Sustainable Capitol Hill Board of Directors, the Pacific Northwest Social Marketing Association Board of Directors to help build capacity for behavior change programs. Ashley has worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Seattle office on air toxics, biofuels, environmental justice, and climate programs since 2006. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a graduate certificate in Decision Making for Climate Change.

Marie is a member of a large multigenerational dairy farm family, who own and operate Blue Spruce Farm and Audet's Cow Power located in Vermont's Champlain Valley. They milk 1350 cows and crop 3,000 acres to feed them. Their milk supplies the nearby Cabot Cheese plant where they proudly boast award winning cheddar cheese. In 2005 the dairy started generating electricity from cow manure, currently producing 2.4 million kWh of renewable electricity per year. Marie received the 2012 award for Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability from the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. Most recently, the dairy added a Wind Turbine in collaboration with Green Mountain Power as part of their renewable portfolio producing 176,000 kWh per year, a 132 ton annual carbon offset.