Dana Gunders
Executive Director, ReFED
Dana Gunders is a national expert on food systems and was one of the first people to raise the alarm about how much food is wasted across the country and the subsequent impacts on our environment, food security, and the economy.
Dana serves as the Executive Director – and was a founding board member – of ReFED, a national nonprofit working to advance data-driven solutions to reduce the 35% of food that goes unsold or uneaten throughout our food system. Prior to that, she served as a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where she wrote the landmark Wasted report about food waste and testified before Congress on the topic.
Dana is the author of the popular Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook. She also launched the "Save The Food" campaign with the Ad Council, providing consumers with easy-to-use strategies to reduce the amount of food that goes uneaten in their homes.
She has made a number of appearances in the media – including on ""PBS NewsHour,"" ""Last Week Tonight"" with John Oliver, CNBC and FOX News – and was called “the woman who helped start the waste-free movement” by Consumer Reports.
Dana serves as the Executive Director – and was a founding board member – of ReFED, a national nonprofit working to advance data-driven solutions to reduce the 35% of food that goes unsold or uneaten throughout our food system. Prior to that, she served as a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where she wrote the landmark Wasted report about food waste and testified before Congress on the topic.
Dana is the author of the popular Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook. She also launched the "Save The Food" campaign with the Ad Council, providing consumers with easy-to-use strategies to reduce the amount of food that goes uneaten in their homes.
She has made a number of appearances in the media – including on ""PBS NewsHour,"" ""Last Week Tonight"" with John Oliver, CNBC and FOX News – and was called “the woman who helped start the waste-free movement” by Consumer Reports.