GRLA Advisory Board

The GRLA Advisory Board brings together operators, innovators, and executives helping shape the future of returns, reverse logistics, circularity, ITAD, recommerce, and materials recovery.

Guided by Leaders Defining the Reverse Economy

Industry Insight

Practical perspectives from operators and innovators shaping the reverse economy in real time.

Strategic Connections

Direct alignment with the people, companies, and ideas influencing where the market is heading.

Thought Leadership

Support for research, visibility, event programming, and category leadership across the alliance.

Reverse Logistics & Returns

Managing returns, transportation, and reverse supply chain operations.

Recommerce & Liquidation

Managing returns, transportation, and reverse supply chain operations.

Technology & Software

Platforms, automation, and data powering the reverse economy.

Materials Recovery & Critical Minerals

Recycling, resource recovery, and downstream material value.

Sustainability & Circular Economy

ESG initiatives, carbon tracking, and circular strategies.

Compliance & Data Security

Regulatory standards, certifications, and secure data handling

Industry Insight

Practical perspectives from operators and innovators shaping the reverse economy in real time.

Strategic Connections

Direct alignment with the people, companies, and ideas influencing where the market is heading.

Thought Leadership

Support for research, visibility, event programming, and category leadership across the alliance.

Industry Insight

Practical perspectives from operators and innovators shaping the reverse economy in real time.

Strategic Connections

Direct alignment with the people, companies, and ideas influencing where the market is heading.

Thought Leadership

Support for research, visibility, event programming, and category leadership across the alliance.

Industry Insight

Practical perspectives from operators and innovators shaping the reverse economy in real time.

Strategic Connections

Direct alignment with the people, companies, and ideas influencing where the market is heading.

Thought Leadership

Support for research, visibility, event programming, and category leadership across the alliance.

Industry Insight

Practical perspectives from operators and innovators shaping the reverse economy in real time.

Strategic Connections

Direct alignment with the people, companies, and ideas influencing where the market is heading.

Thought Leadership

Support for research, visibility, event programming, and category leadership across the alliance.

LEADERSHIP

Circularity Advisory Board

Leaders driving circular innovation, scalable supply chain transformation, and real-world execution.

Recommerce

Jamin Nieri

Chief Operating Officer

Trove

Leads GRLA economic research on reverse logistics and circular supply chains. Two decades in platform economics and enterprise transformation…

Circularity

Rebecca (Becca) Meinz

Former Vice President, Reverse Supply Chain

Best Buy

Former VP of Reverse Supply Chain at Best Buy, with 15 years leading returns, refurbishment, and circular resale at scale.Leads GRLA economic research on reverse logistics and circular supply chains. Two decades in platform economics and enterprise transformation…

Circularity

Shahriyar Rahmati

Chief Executive Officer

Reconext

CEO of Reconext and a member of the Board of Directors with over 25 years of experience in operations, finance, strategy, and technology. He has held senior leadership positions in private companies in both the US and Europe at businesses spanning several industries, with a core focus on electronic materials, supply chain & logistics, and the application of technology to value creation.

Circularity & Strategy

Deborah Dull

Founder, Circular Supply Chain Network

Managing Partner, Trillium Digital Services

Leader in circular supply chains helping organizations transition to more scalable, resilient, and commercially viable circular operating models.

Circularity & Innovation

Rich Bulger

Founder & Chief Circularity Officer

All Things Circular

Helps enterprises unlock business value through circularity strategy, operational innovation, and practical execution across products, operations, and supply chains.

Circularity & Operations

Sacni Leon

Head of Reverse Logistics & Operations

Logitech

Leads global inbound, inventory control, reverse logistics, and circularity operations, driving efficiency, recovery optimization, and scalable circular execution across enterprise environments.

ITAD & Circular Economy

John Shegerian

Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO

ERI (Electronic Recyclers International)

Co-founded and leads ERI, the largest fully integrated ITAD and e-waste recycling company in the U.S. A pioneer in responsible electronics recycling and data destruction, and host of the Impact Podcast.

Returns & Circularity

Paul Adamson

Reverse Logistics & Circular Economy Expert

Clover Returns Management Solutions

Reverse Logistics & Circular Economy Expert with 30+ years driving value in returns management, remanufacturing, and reverse supply chain operations.

Reverse Supply Chain

Vincent Pusateri

Senior Director, After Sales & Integration, Customer Excellence EssilorLuxottica

Leads North America after-sales and integration for EssilorLuxottica, driving operations excellence across warranty, repairs, and customer service while overseeing strategy, P&L, and engineering initiatives.

Reverse Supply Chain

Darrell Fleming-Kendall

Chairman of the Board, and Chief Strategy Officer

Executive Director of the Global ITAD Alliance (GIA) and Chairman of the Global Reverse Logistics Alliance (GRLA). He oversees a portfolio of leading B2B industry events

Recommerce & Mobile Lifecycle

Nikos Papaioannou

PCS Wireless

Brings deep experience in reverse logistics and device lifecycle strategy, previously leading strategy for HP Renew Solutions and reverse logistics for Amazon Devices, now Head of ITAD at PCS Wireless, a global leader in the secondary mobile market.

OEM Circularity Leader

Open Advisory Seat

Managing Partner, All Things Circular

Reserved for an executive leading circular initiatives within manufacturing, OEM, or product lifecycle environments.

PROGRAMS

Returns Advisory Board

Focused on returns strategy, customer experience, operational efficiency, and recovery optimization.

Open Advisory Seat

Enterprise Returns Leader

Returns

Retail / Ecommerce

Reserved for a leader overseeing large-scale returns operations, post-purchase workflows, and recovery optimization.

Returns Technology Executive

Returns

Technology

Reserved for a software or platform leader modernizing returns visibility, workflows, automation, and customer communication.

Open Advisory Seat

Retail Operations Advisor

Returns Ops

Operations

Reserved for an operator bringing expertise in returns policy, fraud reduction, customer retention, and cost control.

Open Advisory Seat

INSIGHT

Research & Strategic Contributors

Economists, researchers, and strategic advisors supporting GRLA research, analysis, and industry direction.

Economics & Platform Strategy

Peter C. Evans, PhD

Chief Economist, Global Reverse Logistics

Alliance

Managing Partner, All Things Circular

Leads GRLA economic research on reverse logistics and circular supply chains. Two decades in platform economics and enterprise transformation; formerly GE, KPMG, McFadyen Digital, and IHS CERA (S&P Global). MIT PhD; co-chairs the MIT Platform Strategy Summit.

Reverse Supply Chain

Tony Sciarrotta

Reverse Logistics Association

In 2016, Tony took over the Reverse Logistics Association and became the Executive Director to revitalize the RLA as the global voice of the industry. During his 25 years at Philips, Tony developed new reverse logistics and resale strategies and implemented many new initiatives to reduce returns. He worked with retail partners and industry groups on best practices still being used. Tony is considered a subject matter expert in reverse logistics and speaks for the industry at conferences all over the world.

ECOSYSTEM

Additional Advisory Areas

The alliance is continuing to build leadership representation across the broader reverse economy ecosystem.

Reverse Logistics

Execution, transportation, network design, and recovery workflows.

ITAD

Asset disposition, secure processing, reuse, recycling, and recovery.

Recommerce

Resale channels, refurbished supply, and secondary market growth.

Liquidations

Remarketing, liquidation, and value recovery channel strategy.

Critical Minerals

Material recovery, downstream processing, and circular feedstock opportunities.

Materials Recovery

Recycling infrastructure, recovery systems, and end- market development.

Sustainability

Practical commercial sustainability and circular business alignment.

Marketplace Innovation

Platforms connecting reverse inventory, resale, and liquidation ecosystems.

Join the Leaders Shaping the Reverse Economy

We are actively building the GRLA Advisory Board across key sectors. If you are interested in serving as an advisor, nominating a leader, or becoming part of the alliance, we would love to connect.