Experience

Tuolumne County Environmental Health

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Solid Waste Manager

  • Jun 2011 - Present

  Manage the Solid Waste Division in the Public Works Department-manage the solid waste system through franchise agreements for solid waste collection and disposal-provide household hazardous waste service-oversee solid waste compliance and illegal dumping control program-implement recycling programs for residential and commercial-closed landfill monitoring and oversight-supervise three staff-manage budget of $1,000,000/yr

• Waste Manager

  • Jan 2007 - Present

  Tuolumne County is a rural county in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range in central California. The population is 57,000 in the unincorporated county with one incorporated city, Sonora. All solid waste is exported from the county for final disposal at a landfill in the San Joaquin Valley. The solid waste is managed through franchise agreements for both collection and disposal. Some of the major challenges in Tuolumne are costly landfill closure projects, limited customer base over which to spread costs, and very little county owned infrastructure in the solid waste system. Show less



Kitsap County Solid

• Division Manager

  • Jan 1996 - Present

  Kitsap County is located on the west side of the Puget Sound, 11 miles across the water from Seattle. The population is about 249,000, most of which is in the unincorporated county. There are four cities, two tribal governments, and three naval installations. The Solid Waste Division works with all the jurisdictions to develop a Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan. This plan determines service levels for recycling, hazardous waste, and organic waste, along with the infrastructure needed to support them. Supervise a staff of 20 which include solid waste attendants, hazardous waste technicians, communications technicians, solid waste specialists, and a compliance engineer. Manage the contract for the disposal system which includes the operation of the transfer station, the rail haul, and regional landfill disposal. The contract is valued at approximately $9,000,000/year to manage over 200,000 tons of solid waste /year Actively pursue grant opportunities and generally have three to four grant agreements operating Directthe compliance activities for four closed landfills, three of which were in Washington State's version of Superfund. Participated in extensive litigation with insurance companies to secure funding for the landfill projects. Negotiated a remediation for the Bainbridge Island landfill that featured excavation of the waste, screening and removal, transport off-site, and re-contouring and planting the site Developed an ordinance to reduce waste in County government and implemented the Waste-Wise program - resulting in savings of over $200,000 last year Show less



Kitsap County, Washington

• Solid Waste Manager

  • Oct 1991 - Oct 2007

  Managed a division that provided the following services: -oversight of recycling programs -household hazardous waste collection -solid waste system management through public-private partnership -environmental education programs -coordination of solid waste and recycling services for cities and county -closed landfill monitoring -supervised 20 employees -administered budget $20 million/annually Managed a division that provided the following services: -oversight of recycling programs -household hazardous waste collection -solid waste system management through public-private partnership -environmental education programs -coordination of solid waste and recycling services for cities and county -closed landfill monitoring -supervised 20 employees -administered budget $20 million/annually



Kitsap County

• Solid Waste Specialist-hazardous waste coordinator

  • Jan 1993 - Jan 1996

  Organized the hazardous waste program, which consisted of mobile collection events in four locations throughout the county. Managed grants and interlocal agreements with neighboring counties to provide hazardous waste collection.

• Solid Waste Specialist- technical writer

  • Jan 1991 - Jan 1993

  Recruited to write the organics section of the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan. Researched and compiled information to write several sections of the plan. Participated on the editing team and made presentations to various community groups to coordinate adoption of the plan.