The Recycling Partnership announced that Dune Ives, Ph.D., and Kate Davenport have joined the organization as chief marketing officer and chief policy officer, respectively. In addition, The Partnership also named five new members and one reelected member to its board of directors.
As chief marketing officer, Ives brings 20+ years of expertise as an experienced systems change advocate, keynote speaker and behavior change expert to The Recycling Partnership. As the former chief executive officer of Lonely Whale, she led award-winning, action oriented initiatives and campaigns like the TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize, NextWave Plastics, and the viral For A Strawless Ocean that shifted normative behavior and sparked a global discussion on single-use plastic waste. As the Partnership’s chief marketing officer, Ives will make recycling solutions more accessible and relatable through human-centered communications and campaigns, supporting The Partnership’s work to build a better recycling system, and building trust in the recycling system.
Before joining the Partnership to lead the policy advocacy and policy implementation teams, Davenport co-led Eureka Recycling, a nonprofit recycler and zero waste advocacy organization. Davenport was instrumental in the launch of The Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling. Davenport’s primary responsibilities include leading efforts to adopt Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) at the state and national levels while ensuring that the implementation of these policies result in expanded recycling access, delivery of proven education practices that increase and sustain participation, and address important environmental justice issues.
The Recycling Partnership is also adding the following key industry leadership to its board of directors as it works towards the goal of improving the residential recycling rate by 25 percent by 2026:
- Alex Schenck, Walmart’s director of Global Environmental Policy
- Brent Bell, vice president of recycling for Waste Management
- Ginger Spencer, City of Phoenix deputy city manager
- Robert Flores, global vice president of sustainability at Berry Global
- Scott Ballard, president of Eastman’s plastics division
- Scott DeFife, president of the Glass Packaging Institute
- Scott Breen, senior vice president of sustainability at the Can Manufacturers Institute, was elected chairman of the board, Haley Lowry, global sustainability director for Dow, and Stephanie Potter, director of environmental policy for PepsiCo, were elected as vice-chairs, and Robert Flores, vice president sustainability for Berry Global, was elected secretary. Scott Hemink, senior director of global knowledge and packaging solutions for General Mills, as treasurer.