Thoman is the founder and managing director of the Compost Manufacturing Alliance, a group that works with compost facilities throughout North America to certify compostables via lab and field science. Thoman brings with her more than 30 years of leadership in the area, with 12 years working on the senior leadership team at Cedar Grove Composting in Seattle. The CMA works to enhance composting capacity and the development of appropriate food service packaging options to increase food waste diversion in composting, minimize contamination, and create respectful and mutually beneficial business partnerships between compost manufacturers and compostable product manufacturers.