Rhodes Yepsen is Executive Director of the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), a non-profit advocating for the value of certified compostable packaging in diverting organic waste to composting. Yepsen's expertise is on systems-based solutions, specifically the synergy in solving for food waste and packaging at the same time – to address climate change, ecosystem impacts, and regenerative agriculture. He has served on the Board of USCC, on the Advisory Council for the US Plastics Pact, and was an editor and writer at BioCycle magazine.