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Alyssondra Campaigne
Alys Campaigne is a problem solver for public good. She is a Principal with Planet+Purpose Solutions, a boutique consulting practice that develops and manages corporate sustainability initiatives, helping clients minimize their environmental footprint, prioritize and manage complex regulatory and retailer requirements, and equip current and future leaders to be champions of change. Alys has helped clean beauty brands become B Corp Certified, expand philanthropic partnerships through 1% for the Planet, conduct carbon footprint assessments, and design and launch robust packaging stewardship programs. She is also a founding partner at Engage Strategies, a strategic services and community engagement consulting firm where she creates, evaluates and manages campaigns to achieve policy change in diverse fields such as juvenile justice, marine conservation, climate and energy, prescription drug abuse, food safety, and asset inequality. She has worked on strategic advocacy for over thirty years, advising congress, major environmental organizations, foundations, candidates, and companies.
Alys moved to Charleston, South Carolina after spending a decade in Washington, DC helping create and lead the External Affairs department of the Center for American Progress, working as legislative director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and as a legislative aide in the U.S. House and Senate, where worked on chemical safety and children’s health and served on the congressional delegation to the international climate change negotiations. She began her career at the National Audubon Society and Nathan Cummings Foundation in New York. Alys holds degrees with honors from Wesleyan University and New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. She serves as vice chair of Charleston Waterkeeper and as a volunteer guardian and litem for abused and neglected children.
Victor Penev
Victor Penev is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Edamam. He is also a mentor and investor in food technology startups and advises early stage entrepreneurs.
Previous to Edamam, Victor co-founded and sold Bulgaria’s largest Internet Company, NetInfo BG. Victor Penev also ran the international digital business of Playboy Enterprises, and was instrumental in starting the digital marketing efforts of BMG and in creating key e-commerce capability for Bertelsmann’s book clubs.
Victor holds a MBA from Stanford.
