Roxanne Sharif is the Director of Sustainability at the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), where she leads the association’s sustainability initiatives, guiding research, on-the-ground activations, and cross-sector collaborations across the metal can’s value chain. Her work focuses on increasing recycling rates for all metal can types, strengthening the metal can’s leading sustainability performance, and advancing high-impact programs that reinforce metal packaging’s role in a domestic, resilient circular economy. She serves as a primary sustainability resource to CMI members and external partners, represents the association publicly, and helps build consensus, while navigating the evolving landscape of sustainability risks and opportunities.

Roxanne has worked with organizations including Nasdaq and the U.S. Green Building Council, contributing to research and disclosure guidance, and has supported statewide research assessing recycling system readiness in Tennessee, evaluating infrastructure capacity, access, and material recovery challenges.

In her previous role as Director of Sustainability for Mohawk Industries, Roxanne led and collaborated with cross-functional global teams to identify and address ESG-related impact, risks, and opportunities, and meet compliance with evolving disclosure standards. She advanced initiatives related to materials management, water stewardship, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions while preparing qualitative and quantitative sustainability disclosures for CSRD/ESRS, ISSB (SASB) US SEC, and EU Taxonomy.

Sharif is a native Texan who holds an MBA from Bard College, as well as undergraduate degrees in Communications and Media from Chapman University. She is a long-distance runner, avid bicyclist, and loves cooking and sharing meals with friends and family. She and her partner, Mason, live in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the first U.S. city designated a National Park City.