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Advisory Board Members
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Bob Houghton
Co-founder,
The Coalition for American Electronics Recycling
Niels Verbaan
Independent Critical Minerals Expert
Roger Miksad
President and Executive Director,
Battery Council International
Tracy Hughes
Executive Director,
Critical Minerals Institute
2026 Speakers
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Ali Haji
CEO,
American Tungsten
Bill Vasquez
Chief Operating Officer,
Paladin EnviroTech
Caitlin D'Onofrio
Senior Manager of the Sustainability Standards Program,
UL Standards & Engagement
Daniel Bina
President/CEO,
Critical Materials Recycling
Dr. Gaurav Jha
CEO,
Niobia.AI
Elliott Trickey
Government Affairs Manager,
Critical Minerals Association USA
Jack Jia
Principal Sourcing Engineer,
Microsoft
Jason Linnell
Executive Director,
National Centre for Electronics Recycling
Jasper Alders
Sales Director North Europe,
Andritz
Jeff Reeves
VP, Marketing and Communications,
Battery Council International
Jim Puckett
Founder,
Basel Action Network
John Shegerian
CEO,
ERI
Jordan Newton
Owner and President,
SonicAire
Josef Daniel-Ivad
Head of Zinc Battery Initiative,
International Zinc Association
Kai Lun Chiu
Director, Global Pretreatment Solutions,
Botree
Lauri Pesonen
Head of Sales - Smelting,
Metso
Lewis Black
Chairman, President & CEO,
Almonty Industries Inc
Luke Wray
SVP of Critical Materials & Defense,
Paladin EnviroTech
Michael Harstick
Chief Global Development Officer,
Garner Products
Munir Humayun
Professor,
Florida State University
Noah Lehrman
Chair (North America),
Minor Metals Trade Association
Noah Vasquez
Battery Metals Price Analyst,
S&P Global
Rhownica Birch
Partner, Western Digital Global Operations Product Sustainability & Circularity,
Western Digital
Robert Goodin
Mineral Commodity Specialist,
U.S. Geological Survey
Ryan Melsert
CEO,
American Battery Technology Company
Sarah Venuto
Executive Director,
American Critical Minerals Association
Thomas Laengle
CEO,
Avian
Tim Ridderbros
General Manager,
Circular by Shapiro