Kyle Bridgeforth
Zack Angelini
Zack Angelini is a recognized leader in sustainability combining passion, drive, scientific knowledge, and
business experience to strategically deliver positive impacts.
Zack formerly led global sustainability at Timberland, a VF company. In this role, Zack developed and
implemented Timberland’s product sustainability strategy, setting public-facing goals and driving internal
processes for success. This strategy led Timberland to achieve the 2020 Sustainability Leadership Award
from Footwear News.
Zack also established and led cross-functional working groups, embedding sustainability across the
organization and leveraging each function’s capabilities to bring sustainable solutions to market. With
Zack’s leadership, Timberland and parent company VF Corporation built new regenerative agriculture
supply chains for their top volume natural materials, including leather, cotton, and natural rubber.
During his time at Timberland, Zack participated in industry-wide organizations, such as the Textile
Exchange, the Outdoor Industry Association, the Savory Institute, and Regenerative Rising through which
he worked collaboratively to solve sustainability issues across the industry.
Prior to joining Timberland, Zack worked for international government and non-profit organizations focused
on marine plastic pollution, oil spill response, and sustainable energy development in the United States,
Australia, and Ghana.
In 2021, Zack was named to the GreenBiz 30 Under 30 List of emerging leaders in business sustainability
around the world, and Drapers 30 Under 30 List of rising stars in fashion retail. In 2022, Zack was recognized
as the Sustainability Alumni of the Last Decade by the University of New Hampshire, where he holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Civil
Engineering.
In his current capacity, Zack provides sustainability strategy consulting services for major brands across the
food, fashion, and outdoor industries, with a focus on regeneration.
Audrey Sheppard
Katie Capanna
Julie Morabito
Assistant Director, Division of Infection Control and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). (Plastic Surgery Skin and Wound Devices Team).
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Brian Wilson
Matthew Sheffer
Matt Sheffer is a farmer, designer, researcher, writer, and champion of the regenerative agricultural movement.
Matt has worked in production agriculture for over 10 years. He has extensive experience working in diverse
systems at varying scales, implementing large-scale regenerative transition, and developing regional
regenerative supply chains. For the past four years, Matt has been leading a non-profit research organization,
Hudson Carbon, working on advancing science and policy to support landscape-scale regenerative food system
transition across the globe.
Matt is a systems thinker who is passionate about food systems, ecology, and ecosystem regeneration. He is
dedicated to finding solutions that harmonize the produciton of food, feed, fiber, fuel, and medecine with the
complex interactions and cycles that define healthy ecosystems.
