Director of Corporate Development
Ripple Glass
Lydia Gibson is the Director of Corporate Development for Ripple Glass who seeks opportunities to share Rippleās unique model outside of the Midwest. After being active in the waste reduction and recycling communities of the Kansas City Metro and Lawrence, Kansas for the past ten years; Lydia knows the value of resilient, source-separated collection programs. She currently sits on the boards of the Missouri Recycling Association and the social enterprise, KC Can Compost. Before joining Ripple in 2017 she previously worked as a Waste Reduction and Recycling Specialist for the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and as a Program Manager for Missouri Organic Recycling. At Missouri Organic she established and supported comprehensive waste reduction plans for special events and special venues in Kansas City. She holds her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Environmental Studies, Spanish, and Political Science and her Master of Urban Planning Degree from the University of Kansas with a special emphasis in environmental planning.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
4:00pm – 6:00pm US EDT