Scott Breen

Vice President of Sustainability at Can Manufacturers Institute
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Mike Kozuchowski

Scott was a pleasure to work with. He is a man of high principles and integrety. He was very helpful and always made sure everyone had what they needed. Scott is the kind of guy you would pick first to be on your team.

Amit Sachdeva CSR Man of India

Scott is a great speaker and spoke exceptionally well at the NGO Expo 2017conference for Nonprofits in New York. At this young age he has vast knowledge on business sustainability and his presentation on Millennials was very insightful. It’s was indeed a great pleasure hosting him at the conference. I wish him a great success.

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Credentials

  • Climate Reality Leadership Corps
    The Climate Reality Project
    Mar, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Basic Bicycle Maintenance
    The Bike House
    Mar, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • Level 1: Foundations of Improv
    Washington Improv Theater
    Jan, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • TRUE Zero Waste Advisor
    Green Business Certification, Inc.
    Mar, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Wilderness First Aid
    SOLO Wilderness Medical School
    Jan, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • First Aid Certification and Trainer
    Health & Safety Institute (HSI)
    May, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Certificate in the Organic Management of Orchards
    City of Bloomington, IN
  • Citizen Forester
    Casey Trees
  • Food Protection Manager
    DC Department of Health (DOH)
  • Marine and Antarctic Science
    University of Tasmania
  • Pesticide Applicator
    State of Illinois
  • Trainer of Outdoor Leadership Training 101 and 201
    Sierra Club

Experience

  • Can Manufacturers Institute
    • United States
    • Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President of Sustainability
      • Jul 2019 - Present

      The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) is the trade association of the metal and composite can manufacturing industry and its suppliers in the United States.CMI has a long history of promoting recycling of the aluminum can. The industry cares about increased recycling because the can (both steel and aluminum) is infinitely recyclable, the environmental footprint of the can is greatly reduced when made with recycled material, and the used beverage cans are needed to make new ones since 70% of the average beverage can is recycled content. The result is that the beverage can is the most recycled beverage container in the world and 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in circulation today. Yet, there is a major opportunity to increase the recycling of aluminum cans. Americans throw away more than 40 billion used beverage cans a year, which is about $800 million worth of material.My tasks include the following:-promote the can as a sustainable/circular package-make sure waste management policies do not disadvantage the can-help members with their individual and collective sustainability efforts

  • Sustainability Defined
    • United States
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Creator and Co-Host
      • Apr 2016 - Present

      I created, scaled, and monetized the Sustainability Defined podcast, which defines sustainability one concept (and one bad joke) at a time. After 40 episodes, we reached more than 100,000 downloads in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Each episode focuses on a different topic. The format of each episode is that my co-host and I first introduce the topic in an engaging way that assumes the listener knows nothing about it and then we interview an expert in that topic to provide us more insights. Interviewees have included sustainability luminaries Paul Hawken of Project Drawdown, Joel Makower of GreenBiz, and Kate Brandt of Google.We heard many stories of how our episodes led to listener action. One listener moved to Bangalore to work for Plastics for Change after hearing its Founder interviewed in our plastics episode. Two other listeners in Mongolia started their own sustainability podcast in Mongolian that is patterned after our show format.My partner Jay Siegel and I created the show. We developed the episode format, decided on the tone of show, chose between a variety of options for music and logos.As Co-Host with Jay, I help research the topics, market the show to attract new listeners and sponsors, construct intriguing interview questions, set up guests to interview, use GarageBand to edit the episodes, work our audio equipment, and conduct engaging interviews with our guests.You can find more information and stream our episodes at our website http://www.sustainabilitydefined.com/ and our episodes can be downloaded wherever you get your podcasts.

  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate Manager and Lead Project Manager
      • Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

      My management of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Sustainability and Circular Economy Program involved two main functions: (1) lead project manager of the Foundation's Beyond 34: Recycling and Recovery for a New Economy program to increase the U.S. recycling rate beyond its current 34 percent rate; (2) design and execute events, initiatives, reports, trainings, etc. so that corporate sustainability and circular economy professionals can achieve their priorities and share their best practices.Under my leadership of the Beyond 34 recycling initiative, we raised more than $100,000 in funding for implementation projects in the Orlando region pilot, greatly expanded our network of partner organizations that we can collaborate with nationally, and announced an ambitious expansion plan that is funded through 2021.Outside of my lead project manager role of Beyond 34 responsibilities, I:-developed strategy and executed program deliverables including the coordination of major events and trainings to maximize impact and learnings-represented the Foundation in media interviews as well as in presentations at a variety of conferences including GreenBiz VERGE, the Indiana Recycling Coalition annual meeting (keynote), and the Waste Expo-conducted research and wrote/edited blog posts and reports on the latest sustainability and circular economy trends such as our "Messaging the Circular Economy" and "Unwrapping Ambitious Packaging Commitments in the U.S." reports-supported fundraising efforts by identifying new funders and managing current relationships-monitored supporter involvement and find new ways for deeper engagement-developed relationships with sustainability and circular economy organizations and ways to strategically partner with other organizations on research, initiatives, and programming

  • NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Attorney-Advisor
      • Sep 2015 - Jul 2017

      I was one of four members of the inaugural Attorney Honors Program class at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). As part of the Program, I did several rotations within the Office of General Counsel including the Fisheries and Protected Resources Section, the Enforcement Section, and the International Section. While at NOAA, I did the following:-advised program staff as administrative rules went from public notice to final publication-executed several enforcement actions against those that violated fisheries rules and regulations-determined the legal sufficiency of agency actions such as the issuance of incidental harassment authorizations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

  • American Bar Association
    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Chair of Membership Diversity Enhancement Program
      • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

      The Membership Diversity Enhancement Program (MDEP) is an initiative within the ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) that aims to increase the number of government lawyers and diverse lawyers in SEER. My role as Chair of MDEP was to:-help select new MDEP members from the applicant pool-connect MDEP members to the committee within SEER they have chosen to take an active role-develop new ways to recruit government and diverse lawyers

    • Law Student Division Liaison to ABA Section on Environment, Energy & Resources
      • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

      Selected to represent the 40,000 strong Law Student Division of the American Bar Association as the one student liaison to the American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources. My duties entail assisting the Section in planning professional development opportunities for law students and ensuring maximum publicity so students are aware of these opportunities; publishing liaison articles in the Student Lawyer magazine; and attending conferences so I can report back to the Law Student Division on what is going on within the Section that the Division could support or supplement.

  • U.S. Courts of Appeals
    • Administration of Justice
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Legal Intern
      • Jan 2015 - May 2015

      I was a legal intern in the chambers of Judge David F. Hamilton. Judge Hamilton is a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. As a legal intern, I worked with his clerks to help Judge Hamilton prepare for cases. This mainly involved reading the briefs of a case, doing outside research, and then working with a clerk to develop a presentation to the judge on the legal issues involved in the case and on my opinion of how the case should be decided. I also wrote a section of a forthcoming Seventh Circuit opinion.

  • Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
    • Associate
      • Aug 2014 - May 2015

      For class credit I was an associate in the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at the Maurer School of Law. The Clinic provides legal counsel to entrepreneurs that otherwise may not be able to afford it. As part of the Clinic, I did the following:-Edited and supplemented the existing terms of service for a video sharing website-Drafted a letter of intent to purchase local produce from an aquaponics start-up-Edited an operating agreement for an aquaponics start-up-Edited a master services agreement between a travel services company and an app development company.

  • Sierra Club Inspiring Connections Outdoors at Indiana University
    • President and Founder
      • Feb 2014 - May 2015

      I started a student organization at Indiana University that organizes and manages the activities of the Bloomington chapter of Sierra Club Inspiring Connections Outdoors. We obtained a competitive Metz Grant from the Indiana University Student Foundation to support our programming of an environmental education series with local youth at one of our community partners and then a related outing to what was learned during the environmental education series. We pay small stipends to IU environmental science students to serve as Environmental Education Fellows and teach the environmental education series. We have trained a number of interested students to be Sierra Club Outings Leaders and run our related outings. Our first outing was in fall 2014 where two Environmental Education Fellows taught the youth at Boys and Girls Club in Bloomington about lakes (what threatens them, what lives in them, how they formed, etc.) and then three of our trained Outings Leaders took those youth to Lake Lemon for canoeing and hiking as well as smores and hot dogs around a campfire. My responsibilities included:-Running many of our trainings and making sure our staff is up to our high quality standards-Working with our treasurer to ensure we are on a stable path financially and thinking of ways to increase our revenue streams-Coordination with our Director of Outings to make sure we are prepared to take youth on outings with proper planning, certifications, background checks, etc.-Establishing relationships with potential community partners and potential partners at IU to help run our programming.

  • Indiana University Bloomington
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Assistant
      • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

      I was the research assistant for Professor Ken Richards at the School of Public and and Environmental Affairs. I helped edit and add citations to a journal article on environmental offsets and a number of chapters for Professor Richards' upcoming book on environmental policy instruments. I was the research assistant for Professor Ken Richards at the School of Public and and Environmental Affairs. I helped edit and add citations to a journal article on environmental offsets and a number of chapters for Professor Richards' upcoming book on environmental policy instruments.

  • Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
    • United States
    • Public Policy
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Legal Intern
      • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

      As a general legal intern in the DC Office I worked on a wide variety of projects including:-Writing a memo on if the EPA properly complied with the Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act when it promulgated its Clean Water Act Section 404(f) interpretive rule as to what constitutes "normal farming"-Researching a variety of legal questions surrounding the EPA's Clean Power Plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, as NRDC prepared its comments to the agency on EPA's proposed rule-Analyzing different options for the Keystone XL permits to be denied as part of a new policy for similar energy infrastructure projects

  • Conservation Law Center
    • Associate
      • Aug 2013 - May 2014

      For class credit, I was an associate at the Conservation Law Center (CLC). The CLC provides legal counsel to conservation organizations at no cost. As part of the CLC, my work included the following:-Filling out the IRS 1023 form for a non-profit trying to become a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.-Researching a variety of issues to prepare for oral argument and in writing a brief for a case involving who owns the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Indiana-Writing a memo to a client who wanted to know how to preserve public access to a waterway in Indiana called Trail Creek.

  • U.S. Department of the Interior
    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Legal and Policy Intern
      • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

      Working directly under the partnerships director in DOI's Office of Youth, Partnerships, and Service to:-Update partnership legal authority guidance documents for bureaus in order to facilitate the formation of more cooperative agreements to support partnerships.-Launch and scale initiatives to put more youth and veterans to work on our public lands including the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps. Working directly under the partnerships director in DOI's Office of Youth, Partnerships, and Service to:-Update partnership legal authority guidance documents for bureaus in order to facilitate the formation of more cooperative agreements to support partnerships.-Launch and scale initiatives to put more youth and veterans to work on our public lands including the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps.

  • Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Assistant
      • May 2013 - Jun 2013

      Supported work involving a contract from the National Park Service to document and analyze governing authorities under which the NPS makes partnerships, to research ways in which other federal agencies approach partnering to further their missions and assess the relative effectiveness of these agencies' approaches and applicability to the NPS. To support this project I am:-Reading legal scholarship and documents put out by the agencies on governing authorities to make partnerships.-Developing a spreadsheet that clearly explains the governing authorities of the various bureaus in the Department of the Interior and other federal agencies, that explains the types of agreements that federal agencies enter into, and that details examples of partnerships that illustrate the power and drawback of these types of agreements.-Formulating potential recommendations to the NPS on what partnership authority it should ask for from Congress as part of its centennial in 2016.

  • Dairy Management Inc.
    • United States
    • Dairy Product Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Sustainability Metrics and Reporting Intern
      • May 2012 - Aug 2012

      The dairy industry has signed on to a sustainability commitment and as part of that, they are issuing yearly sustainability reports that detail the dairy industry's impact from a environmental, social, and economic perspective. I will be supporting these efforts, specifically working under the director of sustainability metrics and evaluation. My internship includes a couple tasks:-Helping review and develop the current category sustainability profile and key performance indicators developed by The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) for milk. These key performance indicators will factor into the dairy scorecard Walmart will give to its dairy suppliers in 2012 so it's important that TSC's work is made as best as possible very quickly.-Obtaining stakeholder feedback regarding proposed social and economic indicators for the upcoming sustainability framework that the dairy industry is currently in the process of developing on its own.-Translating the results of a Notre Dame professor's work on dairy employee engagement regarding sustainability into language that can be used in the 2012 sustainability progress report.

  • Indiana University Bloomington
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Assistant
      • Aug 2011 - May 2012

      I aid several professors at Indiana's School of Public and Environmental Affairs in research and data work regarding distributed generation to electrify rural areas. I aid several professors at Indiana's School of Public and Environmental Affairs in research and data work regarding distributed generation to electrify rural areas.

  • Camp Timberlane For Boys
    • United States
    • Leisure, Travel & Tourism
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Village Director, Leadership Development Director, Volleyball Director
      • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

      Spent twelve summers at an overnight camp focused on personal child development. I held two different administrative positions at camp and in those capacities I did the following:-Initiated practical changes to make the leadership development program more effective.-Designed a new way to deliver feedback to the staff in my village more effectively and efficiently.-Organized seminars and activities designed for each camper to display and improve his leadership skills.-Started the first-ever camp volleyball program, which had every class full to capacity the first two years running.

  • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant, National Center for Environmental Economics
      • Jun 2010 - May 2011

      I helped the economists in the office to further their various projects to completion. This included:-Compiling informative powerpoint presentations on the SO2 Acid Rain program and the current state of CCS technology.-Doing data management with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access so that CCS and formaldehyde data could be examined and tested.-Devising data techniques with the statistical program STATA to test questions such as environmental justice after using surveys like the American Community Survey to represent variables and also CCS after exploring the IPM, NEMS, and ADAGE models.

  • Georgetown University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Tour Guide
      • Jan 2008 - May 2011

      I was chosen in a competitive process to be a tour guide for Georgetown University. I would give hour-long tours to groups between 10 and 30 people around campus with the goal of showing them campus while also giving them a sense of what it is like to be a Hoya. I took pride in making my tours and entertaining, informative, and enjoyable. I was chosen in a competitive process to be a tour guide for Georgetown University. I would give hour-long tours to groups between 10 and 30 people around campus with the goal of showing them campus while also giving them a sense of what it is like to be a Hoya. I took pride in making my tours and entertaining, informative, and enjoyable.

  • Students of Georgetown Inc. (The Corp)
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chairman of the Board, General Manager, Manager, and Cashier
      • Aug 2007 - May 2011

      Worked in various capacities for four years at the largest student-run company in the country. In my time at The Corp, I gained the following experience:-Spearheaded effort to develop a comprehensive sustainability report that includes an environmental audit of the company's operations.-Organized and managed a board of three vice-chairs that worked to implement green initiatives within the company.-Strategized how to turnaround a fledgling service within the company following tens of thousands of losses the previous year.

  • D.C. Green Student Forum
    • Lead Organizer
      • Mar 2011 - Apr 2011

      While at Georgetown University, I read about other D.C. area student groups doing worthwhile and innovative environmental activities. In order to learn how these were done and for possible collaboration initiatives, I took the lead in organizing a D.C. green student forum where representatives from green DC student organizations could talk with and learn from each other. As lead organizer, I did the following:-Researched other student groups and contacted their leadership to let them know about the event.-Managed a couple other students who were in charge of food and day-of logistics.-Developed the forum's agenda and ran the meeting to keep it on time and to make sure all the forum's goals were accomplished.-Utilized social media to spread the word about the event resulting in six D.C. schools participating.-Acquired external funding so that the forum was free for all attendees.

  • Georgetown Conservation Corps
    • President and Founder
      • Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

      I felt Georgetown was lacking a student organization that combined my two interest areas: the environment and social issues. Thus, I successfully started an organization focused on environmental justice, which was later officially approved by Georgetown University's Center for Social Justice for access to benefits. I led the effort for the organization to do the following:-Partner with local environmental groups including The Sierra Club, EnvironMentors, and our main community partner, The Earth Conservation Corps.-Conduct environmental education and outreach programs including a group presentation on combined sewer overflows and environmental justice to Earth Conservation Corps members.

  • Freshsight
    • Consultant, Project Leader
      • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

      I was chosen in a competitive process to be a student consultant for a non-profit organization. I was then asked to be project manager. In this capacity, I did the following:-Spearheaded the effort to develop a business plan for Western Edinburgh Time Bank. This 63-page deliverable was presented to their Board of Directors.-Organized and ran weekly meetings to progress on our business plan-Managed three other student-consultants to make sure work was being completed and at a high standard

  • U.S. House of Representatives
    • United States
    • Legislative Offices
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Congressional Intern
      • Sep 2009 - Dec 2009

      During the fall of my sophomore year, I interned in Congressman Steve Kagen's (WI-08) office. As an intern, I did the following:-Crafted responses to constituent letters to the Congressman.-Answered constituent phone calls and directed them to the appropriate authority or staff member.-Drafted memos for the Congressman's staff that detailed committee hearings and various talks on capitol hill. During the fall of my sophomore year, I interned in Congressman Steve Kagen's (WI-08) office. As an intern, I did the following:-Crafted responses to constituent letters to the Congressman.-Answered constituent phone calls and directed them to the appropriate authority or staff member.-Drafted memos for the Congressman's staff that detailed committee hearings and various talks on capitol hill.

  • Village of Glenview Capital Projects
    • United States
    • Civil Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Ecological Restoration Intern
      • May 2009 - Jun 2009

      I helped the natural resources manager for the Village of Glenview manage the village's natural resources and enforce local environmental ordinances. My work included the following:-Preparing for and passing the pesticide applicator license test.-Coordinated middle school groups who helped remove invasive species.-Helped determine if trees could be removed without penalty under the local tree ordinance. I helped the natural resources manager for the Village of Glenview manage the village's natural resources and enforce local environmental ordinances. My work included the following:-Preparing for and passing the pesticide applicator license test.-Coordinated middle school groups who helped remove invasive species.-Helped determine if trees could be removed without penalty under the local tree ordinance.

Education

  • Indiana University Bloomington
    JD/MPA, Social Entrepreneurship Certificate, Environmental Law; Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management; Social Entrepreneurship
    2011 - 2015
  • Georgetown University
    BA, Political Economy, Environmental Studies, Philosophy
    2007 - 2011

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