Alison Kinn Bennett
Senior Advisor, US Environmental Protection Agency
Alison Kinn Bennett is a Senior Advisor in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Alison has focused her 20+ year career on leveraging private sector innovation and billions in federal spending to support cleaner and greener supply chains for all. She co-founded two influential networks within EPA—the Green Building Workgroup and the Sustainable Products & Purchasing Network—which bring together policy and technical staff to advance comprehensive, market-based approaches to furthering EPA’s mission. Since 2001, Alison has served in EPA’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program, representing EPA in the development of private sector sustainability standards within the US Green Building Council, Sustainable Sites Initiative, ASTM, NSF, and UL, among others. Alison has also represented EPA on the advisory committees of the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council, Cradle to Cradle Product Innovations Institute, ISEAL, and the UN Sustainable Public Procurement Program. In 2016, Alison and her team released Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels—a game changer in bringing clarity to the sustainability marketplace. Alison earned Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Geography from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
My Sessions
Liana Alvarez
David Asiello
Jarrod Bridge
Sarah Church
Karen Cook
Mari-lou Dupont
Thomas Fecarotta
David Hughes
Ram Dhan Yadav Katamaraja
Alison Kinn Bennett
Claire Kells
Elizabeth Kennedy
Sanjay Kumar
Silvia Masi
Michelle McGinty
Anastasia O’Rourke
Sarah Packer
Allison Paradise
Melissa Peck
Daniel Perry
Jessica Slomka
Casey Shillito
Kristen Taddonio
Denise Taschereau
Elizabeth A. Vazquez
Liyang Wang
Alexander Wilkerson
Julia Wolfe
IAR 1: Training the Next Generation – A Sustainable Purchasing Video Karen Cook, Alameda County IAR 2: Total Resource Efficiency – Asset Management for a Circular Future Thomas Fecarotta, VP of External Affairs, Rheaply IAR 3: The Rise of the Zero Waste Entrepreneur Denise Taschereau, Co-Founder & CEO, Fairware IAR 4: Interagency Collaboration to Demonstrate … read more >>
Liana Alvarez
David Asiello
Jarrod Bridge
Karen Cook
Sarah Church
Mari-lou Dupont
Thomas Fecarotta
David Hughes
Sarah Packer
Ram Dhan Yadav Katamaraja
Elizabeth Kennedy
Claire Kells
Sanjay Kumar
Alison Kinn Bennett
Silvia Masi
Michelle McGinty
Anastasia O’Rourke
Melissa Peck
Daniel Perry
Casey Shillito
Jessica Slomka
Kristen Taddonio
Denise Taschereau
Elizabeth A. Vazquez
Liyang Wang
Alexander Wilkerson
Julia Wolfe
IAR 1: Training the Next Generation – A Sustainable Purchasing Video Karen Cook, Alameda County IAR 2: Total Resource Efficiency – Asset Management for a Circular Future Thomas Fecarotta, VP of External Affairs, Rheaply IAR 3: The Rise of the Zero Waste Entrepreneur Denise Taschereau, Co-Founder & CEO, Fairware IAR 4: Interagency Collaboration to Demonstrate … read more >>
Liana Alvarez
David Asiello
Jarrod Bridge
Sarah Church
Karen Cook
Mari-lou Dupont
Thomas Fecarotta
David Hughes
Alison Kinn Bennett
Ram Dhan Yadav Katamaraja
Claire Kells
Elizabeth Kennedy
Sanjay Kumar
Silvia Masi
Michelle McGinty
Anastasia O’Rourke
Sarah Packer
Allison Paradise
Melissa Peck
Daniel Perry
Casey Shillito
Jessica Slomka
Kristen Taddonio
Denise Taschereau
Elizabeth A. Vazquez
Julia Wolfe
Alexander Wilkerson
Liyang Wang
IAR 1: Training the Next Generation – A Sustainable Purchasing Video Karen Cook, Alameda County IAR 2: Total Resource Efficiency – Asset Management for a Circular Future Thomas Fecarotta, VP of External Affairs, Rheaply IAR 3: The Rise of the Zero Waste Entrepreneur Denise Taschereau, Co-Founder & CEO, Fairware IAR 4: Interagency Collaboration to Demonstrate … read more >>