Karen Cook
Sustainability Project Manager, County of Alameda
Karen Cook has led Alameda County, California’s green purchasing program for the last decade, greening tens of millions of dollars of bids for this 9500-employee organization. Karen works to accelerate market transformation by collaborating locally, regionally and nationally on green purchasing efforts. Prior to that, she spent nearly a decade advancing green building operations, waste reduction, and recycling for local government and in the private sector.
My Sessions
Chris Castro
Karen Cook
Alicia Culver
Emily Soontornsaratool
In this session, you’ll hear how a city, county, and state undertook targeted sustainable purchasing initiatives that are helping them meet their jurisdiction’s sustainability goals and how they took steps to increase the impact of their sustainable purchasing programs. This panel will share on-the-ground experiences about how they engaged staff, identified strategic opportunities, developed new … read more >>
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 >>