Association board welcomes three new members.
The
U.S. Composting Council (USCC), Bethesda, Maryland, has announced election results for its 2015 board of directors. Four individuals return to the board and three new perspectives join the USCC board in 2015.
Clayton Leonard of San Antonio’s
New Earth Inc. was appointed to fill a slot being vacated by a departing board member. Tim Goodman of Minnetonka, Minnesota-based
Natureworks and Robert Michtisch, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Soils Department, were elected to openings on the board. Patrick Geraty of
St. Louis Composting, Valley Park, Missouri; Wayne King Sr.,
Erth Products, Peachtree City, Georgia; Jeff Ziegenbein,
Inland Regional Compost Authority, Rancho Cucamonga, California; and consultant Matt Cotton, Nevada City, California, will return to the board for another term. The new term begins Jan. 1, 2015.
“We are thrilled to have these new voices and experts on the board,” says Lorrie Loder, USCC president. “They will strengthen a board that is already committed to moving the industry and the use of compost forward in the U.S. at a time when communities everywhere are turning to composting as the next-wave solution for waste minimization.”
Election “turnout” by the USCC’s 800 members was at an all-time high, with a 58 percent increase in participation over past averages, the association says. “Our industry is strong, and our association reflects that,” says interim Executive Director Al Rattie.
The board also elected its new officers, who will begin their terms Jan. 1:
• Vice President Patrick Geraty, St. Louis Composting;
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Secretary Rhodes Yepsen,
Novamont, Pennsylvania;
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and immediate past President Lorrie Loder,
Synagro, Baltimore.
Three members are leaving the board: Ron Alexander, R. Alexander and Associates; Mike Whitt, consultant; and Sally Brown, University of Washington.
