Board of Directors
SWANA is governed by a 21-member Board of Directors from across North America. This group is responsible for setting strategic direction and overseeing the association’s operations and policy positions.
The Board of Directors receives input from an Advisory Council made up of delegates from all SWANA chapters, technical divisions, private sectors, and from young professional members.
Private Sector Director
Susanne Passantino
Market Director, Government Affairs, Republic Services, Inc.
Tech Division Director
Allison Trulock
Managing Director, Solid Waste Practice, NewGen Strategies & Solutions, LLC
Region 1 Director
Tom Koutroulis
Director, Orange County Waste & Recycling Headquarters
Region 2 Director
Preston Lee, SC
Operations Manager, Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District
Region 4 Director
Tiffany Dunn
Executive Director, Saline County Regional Solid Waste Management District
Region 5 Director
Daniel Cooper, PE
Vice President - Project Director, SCS Engineers
Region 7 Director
Dana Blumberg
Vice President, SCS Engineers
Region 8 Director
Carla Jordan
Director, Ontario County
Region 9 Director
Debbie Hackman, SC
Executive Director, Jackson County
Region 10 Director
John Hawk
General Manager, McPherson Area Solid Waste Utility
Region 11 Director
Mary Shanks
Sustainable Development Project Manager, Herrera Environmental Consultants
Region 12 Director
Achilles Mallari
President, Sierra Waste Services Ltd.
Region 13 Director
Shannan McGarr
Director of Operations, Comcor Environmental Limited
Advisory Council
Advisory Council Chairperson
Ramona Simpson, SC
Operations Manager, Environmental/Fleet, Town of Queen Creek
Private Sector Delegates
Consulting
Steven Menoff
Senior Vice President, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Finance
Ashley Evans, PE
Director, GHG Reduction & LF Capital Management, WM
Legal
Shelley Sayward
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
Manufacturing
Terry Schneider
CEO, CP Global
Materials Recovery
Heidi Sanborn
Executive Director, Stewardship Action Foundation
Sales
David Kaminski
Senior Vice President, QED Environmental Systems, Inc.
Services
Susanne Passantino
Market Director, Government Affairs, Republic Services, Inc.
Young Professionals Delegates
Young Professionals Chapter Liaison
Hailey Tatum, SC
Engineering Project Manager, WM
Technical Division Delegates
Collection & Transfer
Donald Birnesser, SC, PE
Retired
Communication, Education & Marketing
Shakeel Balroop, SC
Principal Independent Consultant, Recycling and Solid Waste
Landfill Gas & Biogas
David Kaminski
Senior Vice President, QED Environmental Systems, Inc.
Landfill Management
Ravi Kadambala, PhD, PE, BCEE
Division Director, Technical Services & Environmental Affairs
Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management
Planning & Management
Ramona Simpson, SC
Operations Manager, Environmental/Fleet, Town of Queen Creek
Sustainable Materials Management
Allison Trulock
Managing Director, Solid Waste Practice, NewGen Strategies & Solutions, LLC
Waste Conversion & Energy Recovery
Sandra Jennings
Senior Engineer, PSI Intertek
Chapter Delegates
SWANA Chapters are organized into geographic regions which are represented on the Board of Directors. View SWANA’s Region Map.
| Chapter | Region | Delegate |
|---|---|---|
| Central California Sierra Chapter | 1 | Kyle Loreto |
| Pacific Basin Chapter | 1 | David Lore, SC |
| Northern California Gold Rush Chapter | 1 | Joe La Mariana |
| Southern California Founding Chapter | 1 | Tom Koutroulis |
| Colorado Chapter | 2 | Neil Nowak, PE |
| New Mexico Chapter | 2 | Sonia Samir |
| Arizona Chapter | 2 | Cristina Polsgrove |
| Utah Beehive Chapter | 2 | Preston Lee, SC |
| Oklahoma Indian Nations Chapter | 3 | Timothy Stephens |
| Texas Lone Star Chapter | 3 | David Vartian |
| Mississippi Chapter | 4 | Jimmy Sloan |
| Louisiana Chapter | 4 | Yolunda Righteous |
| Arkansas Chapter | 4 | Nicole Riley |
| Georgia Chapter | 4 | Susan Janssen, SC |
| Alabama Chapter | 4 | Sebastian Langford |
| Florida Sunshine Chapter | 5 | Daniel Cooper, PE |
| Caribbean Puerto Rico Chapter | 5 | Hanna Rodriguez Morales, SC |
| North Carolina Chapter | 6 | David Scott Bost, SC |
| Tennessee Volunteer Chapter | 6 | William Brock |
| Kentucky Chapter | 6 | Antonio Baldon |
| South Carolina Palmetto Chapter | 6 | Philip Westmoreland, PE |
| Virginia Chapter | 6 | Robert Hundley, Jr. |
| New Jersey Chapter | 7 | Gary Conover, SC |
| Pennsylvania Chapter | 7 | Christopher Toevs, PE, M. Eng. |
| Mid-Atlantic Chapter | 7 | Dana Blumberg |
| Southern New England Chapter | 8 | Barry Van Laarhoven |
| New York Chapter | 8 | Carla Jordan |
| Northern New England Chapter | 8 | Paul Schmidt |
| Ohio Buckeye Chapter | 9 | James Skora, CHMM, SC |
| Illinois Land of Lincoln Chapter | 9 | Steven Schilling, PE |
| Indiana Hoosier Chapter | 9 | Debbie Hackman, SC |
| Wisconsin Badger Chapter | 9 | Julie Ketchum |
| Michigan Chapter | 9 | Matt Williams |
| Minnesota Chapter | 10 | Rachel Shumaker, SC |
| Missouri Chapter | 10 | Keith Connor |
| Kansas Sunflower Chapter | 10 | John Hawk |
| Iowa Chapter | 10 | Mary Wittry |
| Nebraska Cornhusker Chapter | 10 | Lori Calub, PE |
| Alaska Chapter | 11 | Mark Spafford |
| Beaver Chapter | 11 | Jenifer Stuber |
| Washington Evergreen Chapter | 11 | Mary Shanks |
| Northern Lights Chapter | 12 | Sheri Praski, SC |
| Pacific Chapter - BC and Yukon | 12 | Achilles Mallari |
| Atlantic Canada Chapter | 13 | Sebastian Hultberg, PE |
| Quebec Chapter | 13 | Anne-Marie Halle |
| Ontario Chapter | 13 | Shannan McGarr |
SWANA Policy Documents
SWANA Members Can Access Policy Documents in MySWANA.
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SWANA Strategic Pillars
SWANA’ s mission, transforming waste to a resource, and its four strategic priorities serve as the foundation for SWANA’s activities and goals.
