TOC ROADMAP CHAIR CHANGE

Congratulations to Sarah Martinez, who is leaving Eco-Products to be Director of ESG (Environmental/Social/Governance) Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement for The Clorox Company! What an amazing new position. Sadly, this means that she’s also leaving her position as USCC Board Secretary and the Target Organics Committee (TOC) Roadmap Chair.

Sarah has been an incredible part of the USCC and TOC, we will sorely miss her. The USCC Board will decide this month to replace Sarah’s vacated board seat. Hilary Nichols, staff liaison for the Target Organics Roadmap, says “She's been deeply engaged, responding quickly with detailed feedback to so many materials we’ve all put in front of her. The authenticity, positive energy and clear focus she's brought to what she works on has been impressive. We are sad to see her go. We hope that in her new position we will still get to work with her, and it sounds like there are still strong connections!”

So in the last TOC Roadmap meeting, the group voted on who they all wanted to chair the group. Susan Thoman, TOC chair and Principal and Managing Director of the Compost Manufacturing Alliance, heartily approved the recommendation, and the nominees accepted! Congratulations Wayne Koeckeritz, Operator Specialist at EcoProducts, and Kellie Kish, Recycling Coordinator for the City of Minneapolis' Division of Solid Waste & Recycling, our new co-chairs for the TOC Roadmap group! You have already been excellent contributors to the task force, and we're excited you both are stepping up to lead it now.