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Committees are where the work of the Council happens, and a great way to get involved! Whatever area you are interested in there is a way to get plugged in. You can call the committee chair directly, or send us an email with what you're interested in and we'll make sure it gets to the right person.
Annual Conference
Mission: Maintain the Annual Conference as the primary USCC educational and networking event for members and the composting industry
STUART BUCKNER
US Composting Council
1 Comac Loop, Suite 14B1
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Phone: 631-737-4931
Fax: 631-737-4939
Awards Committee
Mission: Solicit nominations and make annual awards for Composter of the Year, Hi Kellogg Award for Outstanding Service to the Composting Industry, Rufus Chaney Award for Research Excellence, H. Clark Gregory Award for Outstanding Grassroots Efforts to Promote Composting, and Clean Water Award
GINNY BLACK
Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
520 Lafayette Road North, Second Floor
St. Paul, MN 55155-4100
Phone: 651-215-0284
FAX: 651-215-0246
Communications
Mission: Develop the web site, list serve and other tools for improving member communications and member services.
GINNY BLACK
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: 651-215-0284
Fax: 651-215-0246
Disaster Management
Mission:
MARY MULFORD
Finance
Mission: Management and investment of USCC funds
JERRY BARTLETT
Cedar Grove Composting
7343 E. Marginal Way S.
Seattle, WA 98108
Phone: 206-832-3005
Fax: 206-832-3030
International Compost Awareness Week
Mission: Coordinate and support US version of the international education and media campaign to promote the benefits of composting and compost use.
TERI SORG-McMANAMON
BioCycle
419 State Avenue
Emmaus, PA 18049
Phone: 610-967-4135
Fax: 610-967-1345
Legislative & Environmental Affairs
Mission: Focus on legislative matters and public policies that affect the composting industry and the impacts of composting and compost on the environment
JD LINDEBERG
Principal and CFO
Resource Recycling Systems Inc.
416 Longshore Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734-996-1361 x-241
Market Development
Mission: Increase and broaden the markets for compost and establish compost as the best-known, most widely used product of choice in the agricultural and horticultural marketplace. Include overseeing the Seal of Testing Assurance Program
BOB ENGEL
Engel and Gray, Inc.
745 West Betteravia Road
P. O. Box 5020
Santa Maria, CA 93456-5020
Phone: 805-925-2771
Toll free: 866-925-2771
Fax: 805-925-8023
Membership
Mission: Increase membership in the USCC and provide membership services consistent with the needs of a national organization.
GARY TRINETTI, Co-Chair
Garick, Inc.
13600 Broadway Avenue
Garfield Heights, OH 44125
Phone: 216-745-8819
Fax: 216-581-4815
PETER KLAICH, Co-Chair
Heritage Bag Company
9 Cambridge Square
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-632-2379
Fax: 716-632-2386
Nominations Committee
Mission: Solicit nominations for and annual election of the USCC Board of Directors
CARL KIPP, Jr.
Paygro, a Division of Garick Corporation
11000 Huntington Road
South Charleston, OH 45368
Phone: 937-462-8350
FAX: 937-462-7101
Professional Credentials
Mission: Develop a training and certification program, including instructor classes, training materials, and system for certification.
FRANK FRANCIOSI
Composting Department Manager
Novozymes North America Inc.
PO Box 576
77 Perry Chapel Chruch Rd
Frnklinton, NC 27525
Phone: 919-494-3489
Fax: 919-494-1472
Standards and Practices
Mission: Work toward determining industry standards for composting organic materials and for compost products and uses, defining standard protocols for product testing (Test Methods for the Examination of Composting and Compost (TMECC)), and developing practices and procedures applicable to composting and the use of compost.
PATRICIA MILLNER
Research Mircrobiologist
Room 140
10300 Baltimore Pike
Building 001 BARC-WEST
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350
Phone: 301-504-5631
Fax: 301-504-8370
State relations
Mission: Have state composting and organic recycling associations become members of the USCC by demonstrating value and developing a model for chapters and a model for states to affiliate with the USCC.
WAYNE KING, Sr., Chair
ERTH Products, LLC
402 Line Creek Drive
Peachtree City, GA 30269
Phone: 770-487-6677
Fax: 770-487-3992
