Dana Gunders

Brainstormer, Business adviser, Concerned citizen, Connector, Environmentalist, Foodie, Global soul, Parent, Scientist

Dana Gunders is the President of ReFED, a nonprofit focused on advancing data-driven solutions to U.S. food waste. Deemed "the woman who helped start the waste-free movement" by Consumer Reports, Dana is a national expert who has dedicated her career to helping industry, policymakers, and consumers activate solutions to reduce food waste. Her landmark 2012 report Wasted: How America is Losing Up to 40% of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill sparked a national dialogue about the consequences of food waste, and since then, she has continued to bring the issue to a wider audience through testimony before Congress, her Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook, and appearances in media such as HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Fox News, Teen Vogue, PBS Newshour, and hundreds of other outlets. When not worrying about it professionally, she spends far too much time convincing her two young kids to eat broccoli stalks and reinventing their uneaten lunches as family dinner.

Seeing food go to its highest and best use--feeding people--and using data, common sense, and a get-er-done attitude to make that happen.