Southern California Waste Management Forum
Conference Schedule:
Registration 8:00 8:45
Welcome 9:00am – 9:10am
Susanne Passantino, Republic Services & Phil Mainolfi, HF&H Consultants
Keynote Speaker 9:10am – 9:30am
Sujit Sanjeev (Google) on Google’s open-source AI recycling product development.
Session 1 | SB 54 | 9:30am - 10:30am
Rob Hilton, HF&H Consultants, LLC | Timothy Burroughs, StopWaste
Break 10:30 – 10:45
Session 2 | CalRecycle Update | 10:45am – 11:15am
Zoe Heller, CalRecycle
Session 2 | SB 1383 Compliance Ready? | 11:15am – 11:45am
Judi Gregory, Go2Zero Strategies
Lunch ~ 11:45am – 1:00pm
Session 3 | Future of the Industry | 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Katie Beitzel, VP Municipal Sales, Republic Services - Future of the Industry
Doug Kobold, California Product Stewardship - Legislative Update
Session 4 | SB 1383 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Bill Camarillo, Agromin - ROWP Procurement. DSP. Carbon Farming. Park Use
Chris Sheppard, L.A. County Public Works - Internal County Operations Rolling Out 3-Streams
Closing Remarks 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Katie Beitzel, Vice President, Municipal Sales, Republic Services
Katie Beitzel is the Vice President of Municipal Sales for Republic Services, responsible for partnerships with approximately 2000 municipalities across the United States. Her team provides consultative support to their Municipal partners, to understand and navigate changes in the industry, as well as emerging technology and methods to improve Sustainability and achieve Climate Action Plans.
Since joining Republic Services in 2016, Katie has held various leadership roles in Customer Experience, Sales Effectiveness and Business Transformation for the organization.
Katie holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and international business from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
Sujit Sanjeev is a technology professional with over fifteen years of experience in the field. He has worked in various roles, from software engineering to product management to product strategy. He is passionate about Circularity and how technology can help make better use of our finite resources. He is currently leading an initiative that focuses on using Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence to enable a Circular Economy.
Sujit is an avid practitioner of yoga, and continues to hone his home composting skills during free time.
Bill Camarillo, CEO of Agromin one of the largest organics waste recyclers managing over 1.2M tons per year in California. Mr. Camarillo remains passionate after 32 years in the industry. As the CEO of Agromin, he plays a key role in pioneering climate action and sustainability through organic waste recycling. All of Agromin’s over 300-plus eco-friendly organic soil and mulch products are sold in retail, agriculture, landscape and energy sectors. Agromin uses a decentralized approach to managing organic waste. Composting in 15 counties in California provides different feedstocks and markets for products to close the loop on organic waste and reduce greenhouse gas emission at landfills.
Timothy Burroughs is Executive Director of StopWaste, a public agency advancing sustainability in Alameda County. Timothy also serves on CalRecycle’s SB 54 Advisory Board, representing the interests of local governments as the state moves forward with developing and implementing SB 54 regulations. He has over 14 years of experience working within public, community-serving agencies, including serving successively as the Director of the Office of Energy & Sustainable Development, Chief Resilience Officer, and Director of the Department of Planning & Development at the City of Berkeley.
Timothy has a Master's degree in Environmental Policy from American University in Washington, D.C. He also served in the Peace Corps in The Gambia, West Africa. He lives in Berkeley, CA with his family.
Doug Kobold has been “talking trash” for over 30 years. Since August 2018 he has, and continues to serve, as the Executive Director for the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC). Previously he spent over 18 years with Sacramento County managing contracts, procurement, new recycling programs development, HHW, and pending legislation. He spent nearly 3 years with Edgar & Associates providing solid waste consulting services statewide and over 5 years with Yolo County managing the County’s landfill. He holds a Civil Engineering degree from California State University, Chico.
Doug is currently an appointed member and Vice Chair of the California SB 54 Advisory Board, the Treasurer of the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), the Past Chair and a Voting Member of the SWANA Legislative Task Force (LTF), and a Board Member of the California Foundation for the Environment & Economy (CFEE). Additionally, he has served as the Vice President of CRRA, the Vice Chair of the CalRecycle Illegal Dumping Technical Advisory Committee (IDTAC), the Chair of CPSC, the Founder and Founding President of National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC), Chair of the California Mattress Advisory Committee, and a member of the California Carpet Recycling Advisory Committee.
Judi Gregory <https://www.linkedin.com/in/judi-gregory-16a1897/> is the owner of Go2Zero Strategies and founder of SMART Compliance and Grow2Zero FARMS. She has worked in the recycling & solid waste management field for over 35 years. In 2013, Go2Zero was awarded Small Business of the Year by the California Small Business Administration. Senator Portantino’s Office recognized Judi as a 2018 Woman in Business Honoree in Environment & Sustainability. Judi's expertise include solid waste operations and regulatory compliance.