Claire Cummings

Claire Cummings is a student activist turned garbage guru who now serves as the first-ever waste programs manager for Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the food service company that operates more than 650 cafés in 31 states for universities, corporations and museums. Since joining Bon Appétit Management Company in 2012 at age 23, Cummings has been a force in making a dent in the 40 percent of food going to waste across the country. She has led the creation of BAMCO’s Imperfectly Delicious Produce program — an internal initiative to purchase produce that might otherwise go to waste.