Producer Responsibility Advisory Board members
Board members
Angela French, voting member, City of Grand Junction
Seat: Municipality
Term ending: 12/31/2028
Angela French serves as the Recycling and Waste Reduction Supervisor for the City of Grand Junction, leading initiatives in waste diversion, community engagement, and infrastructure development. With experience in both private and municipal waste sectors, she brings a strong understanding of operations, program implementation, and public outreach. Her collaborative approach cultivates strong partnerships with local stakeholders and regional leaders to strengthen circularity and economic resilience in Western Colorado.
Liza Marron, voting member, Saguache County
Seat: County
Term ending: 12/31/2027
Liza serves as a Saguache County Commissioner and is passionate about helping to reduce waste and its impact on our beautiful state and planet. She is a lifelong community organizer and advocate for regenerative agriculture, environmental health, wellness, and social justice. Marron is the founding director (retired) of the San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition, which fosters an equitable local food system. She holds a master’s degree in Community Counseling and a bachelor’s in Spanish, with expertise in coalition building, governance, strategic planning, and sustainable economic development. Marron was a founding member of Saguache County Sustainable Environment and Economic Development (ScSEED). She currently serves as Secretary of the San Luis Valley Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. Marron is a fierce advocate for reducing, reusing, recycling and repurposing.
Gail Garey, Vice-Chair, voting member, City of Steamboat Springs
Seat: Non-Front Range local government
Term ending: 12/31/2028
Gail is serving her first term on the Steamboat Springs City Council. In that role, she is the representative for Steamboat Springs on the Climate Action Collaborative which is comprised of elected officials from Routt County and municipalities in the County, along with representatives from the private sector and the community-at-large. As Chair of the Organics Recycling Task Force, Gail worked collaboratively with a group of passionate individuals whose efforts were instrumental in the creation of a community-wide compost program. She also serves on the Board of the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council. She is the Founder and Creator of Impact 360 Strategies, whose mission is to guide and empower businesses to accelerate environmentally friendly and socially responsible, sustainable business practices that benefit the bottom line and create positive social change by becoming certified B Corporations.
Richard Kattar, voting member, Swordfish Consulting
Seat: Materials recovery facility
Term ending: 12/31/2027
Rick Kattar began operating MRFs in 1991 as a plant manager with NE CRINC. He soon became a regional manager with oversight of 4 MRFs through 1995. In 1995 CRINC was acquired by Waste Management, Inc. (WM) and Rick became Division President. In 1999 Rick was charged with standardizing all WM MRF operations and became the Director of Field Services. In 2008 Rick left WM and joined Greenstar Recycling to become VP of Safety, Maintenance, and Operational Excellence. In 2012, after successfully integrating 16 private MRFs into the Greenstar portfolio, the company was acquired by WM. After two years helping to integrate the Greenstar MRFs into the WM network, Rick founded Swordfish Consulting Services in 2014 located in Erie, Colorado. Swordfish is a consulting company focused on helping private and public clients improve their MRF processing operational effectiveness, and financial strength.
Mark Petrovich, voting member, Republic Services
Seat: Recyclable materials hauler
Term ending: 12/31/2028
Mark Petrovich has over 14 years of experience in the Environmental Services Industry with Republic Services, which has fostered a deep understanding of the intricacies of recycling infrastructure in Colorado. Mark possesses comprehensive knowledge of waste transportation routing methodology, understanding the necessity for productive and efficient routes across the state to bolster the success of the EPR program. He brings comprehensive knowledge of recycling processes, education strategies, legislative engagement, transportation challenges, and the intricacies of waste management in both urban and rural areas.
Clinton Sander, voting member, A1 Organics
Seat: Compost facility
Term ending: 12/31/2027
Clinton joined A1 Organics in July 2018. He worked in the retail natural foods industry creating marketing initiatives, brand campaigns, and innovative merchandising techniques. He is very passionate about regenerative practices, sustainability, family, and giving back to your community. Clinton has seen first-hand the importance and value of diverting organics out of landfills within a commercial retail food environment and the contamination challenges this environment creates. As the marketing manager for A1 Organics, Clinton actively works on marketing initiatives and communication strategies focused on the amazing environmental benefits of compost application and organics recycling.
Elizabeth (Liz) Chapman, Chair, voting member, Recycle Colorado
Seat: Non-profit
Term ending: 12/31/2028
Elizabeth Chapman has made science and the environment her educational and professional focus for over 30 years. Her dissertation work incorporated waste reduction and behavior change in rural Colorado. Dr. Chapman brings the experience of serving on multiple volunteer boards over the last decades, including six years on the Colorado Solid and Hazardous Waste Commission. Her current work with the only statewide recycling organization in Colorado allows her to represent a broad spectrum of stakeholders who are interested in waste reduction and diversion.
Astrid Torres, voting member, TOPPAN Packaging Americas
Seat: Packaging supplier
Term ending: 12/31/2028
Astrid Torres is a Senior Manager of Global Sustainability for Thermoformed and Flexible Packaging at TOPPAN Packaging Americas. With nearly fifteen years of experience across the full packaging value chain and an education centered on mechanical and chemical engineering, she has built a career focused on packaging sustainability and innovation. Her work spans raw materials, polymer processing, packaging design, research and development, recyclability and composability, and regulatory packaging compliance across global markets. She has contributed to packaging development initiatives across the Americas. In her current role, Astrid advises on trends in materials and technologies, post-consumer recycled resins, testing protocols, and packaging sustainability strategies. Astrid actively contributes to advancing sustainability and circularity in packaging through her involvement with the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, steering committees, collaboratives, and other key associations.
Scott DeFife, voting member, Glass Packaging Institute (GPI)
Seat: Trade association
Term ending: 12/31/2028
Scott has served as President of the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), the trade association for the North American glass container manufacturing industry and its supply chain partners, since the Summer of 2019. He also serves as the President of the Glass Recycling Foundation and on the leadership committee of the Glass Recycling Coalition, and has served on the Board for The Recycling Partnership (TRP). Prior to becoming a leading voice for the glass container and recycling industry within the packaging and waste management arenas, Scott served as Vice-President of Government Affairs for the Plastics Industry Association and as EVP for Government Affairs and Communications for the National Restaurant Association. Scott started his policy career in state legislatures, and also served as staff to the Governor of Texas, and in the U.S. House of Representatives with a focus on energy, environment, commerce and financial policy.
Brian Loma, voting member, GreenLatinos
Seat: Environmental Justice
Term ending: 12/31/2026
Brian Loma is the Hazardous Materials and Waste Diversion Advocate for GreenLatinos, representing the organization in this role. A dedicated advocate for environmental responsibility, Brian played a key role in bringing the Waste No More Denver ballot measure to voters in 2022. He owns Cut the Plastic EMS and is an active member of Recycle Colorado & Good Business Colorado. Brian transitioned from a career with Aflac in 2011 to focus on sustainability, earning a Bachelor of Science from Metropolitan State University in 2015. His expertise in Sustainable Infrastructure and Practices has taken him around the world, including participation in COP23 from the remote islands of Fiji.
Barrett Jensen, voting member, Waste Connections
Seat: Landfill with recycling
Term ending: 12/31/2027
Barrett Jensen is the Government Affairs Manager at Waste Connections of Colorado. Over the last ten years, Barrett has operated and managed composting facilities, recycling programs, household hazardous waste collection facilities, and aggregate operations. He has also participated in and led numerous education and outreach efforts all over the state as it relates to landfills, recycling and waste diversion. His work spans throughout Colorado, including the Western Slope, in the mountains, and on the Front Range. He understands both the successes and challenges as they related to each geographic area of Colorado.
Peter Hargreave, Regulatory Non-voting PRO seat
Seat: Regulatory PRO
Peter has over 18 years’ experience in providing strategic advice on the development, implementation, and oversight of public policy within government, as part of a major waste and recycling trade association, and as an independent consultant. Over his professional career, he has developed a strong network of relationships with regulators, public and private organizations, and other key stakeholders involved in environmental issues across Canada, the United States, and abroad. He has extensive experience in assessing waste management policies and played a key role in leading major research efforts in the waste management sector including data capture / analysis and understanding markets.
Wolf Kray, non-voting member, Materials Management Unit Leader, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
Seat: Department
Wolf is the Materials Management Unit Leader at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Wolf has worked in the materials management field for fourteen years and has led projects such as the Colorado Integrated Solid Waste and Materials Management Plan, proposing the 20-year waste diversion goals for Colorado, overseeing the Colorado paint stewardship program plan implementation and developing the waste electronic device landfill ban regulations.
Prior to becoming a unit leader, he was responsible for analyzing statewide recycling data for Colorado, conducting solid waste inspections at recycling facilities and providing technical assistance on waste diversion operations. Wolf has a degree in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Hawai’i. Wolf has served as a member of the Sustainable Materials Management taskforce for the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials and on the Colorado Pollution Prevention Advisory Board Assistance Committee.