{"617383":{"#nid":"617383","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The BES Speaker Series Presents Jeff Meyers, COO, The Recycling Partnership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;Recycling: Why Corporations are Leaning in to Enable the Circular Economy\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETuesday, February 19, 2019 |6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (NOTE TIME CHANGE)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Scheller College of Business\u003C\/strong\u003E | Room 312\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for a talk by Jeff Meyers, COO at the Recycling Partnership. The Recycling Partnership is an organization committing resources to increasing recycling efforts in communities across America.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJeff oversees the development and implementation of community projects while supporting current funding and community partners. Previously, Jeff managed sustainable packaging for Coca-Cola North America, where he helped establish The Partnership as a founding corporate member. Jeff brings both an engineering background and business experience to the organization, with past-experience spanning manufacturing, finance and business development. He calls Atlanta, GA home with his family and a pony named Pickles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/7Ibkp2fNfN0wL9yd2\u0022\u003ERSVP to Attend\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERay C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was founded in 2013 to act as a catalyst and connector, bringing together students, research faculty, companies, and entrepreneurs to create an environment where business-driven solutions to sustainability challenges can take shape and thrive. In all, Scheller provides students unparalleled breadth in environmental sustainability, ethics, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, and values-based leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Recycling: Why Corporations are Leaning in to Enable the Circular Economy\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Recycling: Why Corporations are Leaning in to Enable the Circular Economy\u0022"}],"uid":"28161","created_gmt":"2019-02-05 21:13:39","changed_gmt":"2019-02-15 14:12:03","author":"Kjersti Lukens","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-02-19T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2019-02-19T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-02-19T19:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-02-19 23:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-02-20 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-02-20 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617382":{"id":"617382","type":"image","title":"Jeff Meyers","body":null,"created":"1549401060","gmt_created":"2019-02-05 21:11:00","changed":"1549904940","gmt_changed":"2019-02-11 17:09:00","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235086","name":"JSM Headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JSM%20Headshot_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JSM%20Headshot_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1349965,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/JSM%20Headshot_0.jpg?itok=9cIIxfFk"}}},"media_ids":["617382"],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKjersti Lukens: klukens3@gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}