Speaker for March 11, 2013

Michele Wong is the Chief Executive Officer of CleanWorld.  Under her leadership, CleanWorld has emerged as a national leader working to research, design, build and operate renewable energy systems that convert food and green waste to biogas and agricultural products.  This year alone, Clean World has completed the innovative Organic Waste Recovery Center at American River Packaging that converts 10 tons per day of organic waste from the Campbell’s Soup Company, Raley’s, and Safeway into electricity that powers the American River Packaging Company.  In April, the company broke ground on a second facility Sacramento’s South Area Transfer Station, which will begin processing organic waste in just one month.  At 100 tons per day, this facility will be the largest high solid anaerobic digester operating in the United States, and will produce renewable compressed natural gas for waste vehicles and school bus fleets.  And in November, Clean World will break ground on the University of California, Davis campus, processing 50 tons per day of campus food and agricultural waste to energy and soil.

Michele also serves as the CEO of Synergex International Corporation. Under her leadership, the company has grown from a 20-employee, one-product firm into an internationally recognized technology innovator with a wide range of products installed in all 50 US states and more than 80 nations. In addition, Michele currently serves as interim executive director of the Powerhouse Science Center – future home of the Discovery Museum, overseeing current operations while spearheading the Museum’s capital campaign. She has been named one of the “Best and Brightest in Sacramento” by Sacramento Magazine, and her executive experience includes positions on the boards of the KVIE Public Television, the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA), and the University of California, Davis External Research Advisory Board.