Experience

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  IWM International LLC

  • York, Pennsylvania Area

  • EHS Director

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • York, Pennsylvania Area

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  Self-employed

  • York, Pennsylvania Area

  • Waste Management Sustainability Consultant

    • Mar 2019 - Present
    • York, Pennsylvania Area

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  Eastern Research Group (ERG)

  • York, Pennsylvania Area

  • Director, Climate and Waste Projects

    • Apr 2010 - Mar 2019
    • York, Pennsylvania Area

    Developed and directed annual program budgets, expenditures, schedule, and staffing for multiple contracts with interdisciplinary teams while adhering to schedule and budget, including a 5-year contract for EPA’s Climate Change Division that included managing 100+ in-house staff/consultants to develop GHG inventories; policy analysis; non-CO2 mitigation; voluntary partnership programs; indicators and impacts; and communications. - Year-over-year, grew the scope and value of multiple projects by introducing inventive strategies and approaches in a challenging federal government budget environment.- Engaged with hundreds of communities and businesses to perform assessments and other technical support for waste, agriculture, wastewater, and coal mine methane projects. - Managed and supported preparation of sections of EPA’s annual GHG inventory. - Led the development of recommendations for improvements to China’s provincial solid waste and wastewater greenhouse gas inventories. And with China's circular economy initiatives, created a guide: Best Practices Guide for Waste and Wastewater Management in China Low-Carbon Cities.- Technical advisor to Saudi Arabia for the development of a renewable energy roadmap and resource atlas.- Contributed to the development of a zero waste benchmarking and literature review showcasing 9 cities in the U.S. who have zero waste/sustainable materials management plans or goals. - Contributing author of a report titled Global Food Waste Management: An Implementation Guide for Cities.- Led the development of a first-ever comprehensive trilateral report on the characterization and management of organic waste in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. - Managed and contributed to an assessment and improvement plan for closing a dump site in the Dominican Republic.- Developed and presented in-depth instructional courses in 5 countries on topics ranging from integrated waste management best practices to food waste anaerobic digestion.

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  Ameresco

  • Senior Project Developer

    • Mar 2008 - Mar 2010

    Responsible for developing turnkey renewable energy projects in the United States and internationally—from project conception through contract negotiation, financing, permitting, interconnection, and implementation—including evaluating and recommending development opportunities at 25+ projects (investment portfolio included projects valued at more than $100 million).

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  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • Team Leader

    • 1999 - 2008

    - Increased the prominence of methane mitigation opportunities and EPA voluntary programs to key domestic and international stakeholders by building partnerships with state and local governments, companies, and NGOs to catalyze actions by developing dozens of technical and outreach materials, publishing numerous articles and increasing media exposure for EPA and stakeholders, and conducting presentations at 50+ technical conferences and training workshops.- Provided technical and outreach assistance that contributed to the development of 50 landfill gas energy projects in the United States (>150 MWs of green power). - Conducted site visits, data collection and analysis, and site-specific assessments and preliminary feasibility studies at more than 40 landfills in nine countries. Presented results and recommendations to stakeholders (investors, developers, vendors, managers, operators) to attract project investment.- Helped create and launch the Methane to Markets Partnership (now the Global Methane Initiative) and served as a founding U.S. Government (USG) delegate with primary responsibility for leading the USG’s efforts to reduce waste management methane emissions by facilitating mitigation and abatement measures internationally.- Led corporate outreach and technical support to Fortune 500 companies, including Walmart, PepsiCo, Interface, Google and Apple to assess options for using biogas to reduce their carbon footprint.- Served as subject matter expert on various compliance and voluntary GHG protocols and methodologies including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, California Climate Action Registry (now Climate Action Reserve), and Voluntary Carbon Standard (now Verra).- Organized and conducted over a dozen state and regional workshops domestically; and over twelve capacity building and technology transfer workshops in 10 countries.- Developed, evaluated, and implemented 6+ multiple-year contracts and 10 grants totaling more than $14 million.

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  SWANA

  • Silver Spring, MD

  • Technical Divisions Director

    • 1994 - 1999
    • Silver Spring, MD