The Municipal Waste

Management Association

The Environmental Affiliate of the US

Conference of Mayors

Mission

• To influence policy, share best practices, promote operational efficiencies, comprehensive waste management practices and provide information on innovations for the delivery of integrated waste management solutions.

MWMA Delivering Solutions

• Leveraging our relationship with the United States Conference of Mayors, MWMA draws on the strength and diversity of it’s membership to design and deliver solutions to the challenges of solid waste and environmental professionals

• Learn with and from your peers and colleagues! – Exchange Best Practices– Explore timely issues during the Urban Summit– Stay a head of the legislative and regulatory

curve– Network with your peers through one of MWMA’s

4 committees: • Waste -To-Energy• Recycling• Environmental • Operations

Tools That Work

Strategies For Success

• Access the information you need when you need it! – Network 24 hours a day, seven day a week

on MWMA’s list serve – Explore new innovations, best practices and

trends in The Public Place, MWMA’s members only newsletter

– Receive weekly environmental updates and news stories

– Connect with private industry

MWMA 2003 Executive Committee

Officers• President

Sarah Lile, City of Detroit, MI

• 1st Vice PresidentSusan Keil, City of Portland, OR

• 2nd Vice President, Kevin Bennett, Lexington-Fayette (KY) Urban County Government

Past Presidents

• Willie Rhodes, City of Austin,

TX

• Gary Price, City of Denver, CO

• Rudy Davidson, City of

Louisville, KY 

• Rich Hays, City of San Diego,

CA 

• Tom Henderson, City of

Washington DC

2003 Trustees• Emma Acosta Enriquez, City of

El Paso, TX

• Lawrence Baker, City of Irving, TX

• Jonathan Bilmes,, Bristol (CT) Resource Recovery Operating Committee 

• Frank Giordano, Pollution Control Financing Authority of Camden County (NJ)

  

  

• Sean McDonald, City of Seattle, WA

• Clarena Toleson, City of Philadelphia, PA

• Peter Spatara,City of West Palm Beach, FL 

• Daphne Washington, County of Kern, CA

• Shawn Worster, North East Solid Waste Committee, (MA)

MWMA 2003 Fall SummitDetroit, MI

• Connect with Solid Waste Directors and Environmental Professionals

• Network with private sector vendors• Identify Challenges, Create Solutions,

Benchmark• Explore timely issues- e-cycling, water, waste

to energy• Take an in depth look cutting edge issues at

the Urban Summit • See the best Detroit has to offer