The Environmental Industry Associations (EIA) today announced that Sharon H. Kneiss has been selected as their new president and CEO. Kneiss will Bruce Parker, who is stepping down after 30 years in the waste management industry.
EIA is the trade association that represents the private-sector solid waste industry and its two sub-associations, the National Solid Waste Management Association (NSWMA) and the Waste Equipment Technology Association (WASTEC).
From the press release:
Kneiss has more than 30 years of business, management and advocacy experience regarding environmental policy at the federal and state levels. She served as vice president, products division, with the American Chemistry Council (ACC). While there she managed a 50-person staff and was responsible for the division’s vision and strategy, product promotion, state and local advocacy, research and policy development and membership recruitment. Kneiss also was a public spokeswoman on critical environmental issues with Congress and high-profile media.
Prior to ACC, Kneiss worked in management at the American Forest & Paper Association, and in policy advocacy roles at Chevron Corp., Hercules Inc. and the American Petroleum Institute. Through that experience she directed several environmental initiatives, ranging from plastic recycling to Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulatory issues to voluntary industry commitment to greenhouse gas reductions.
Kneiss received a bachelor of science in chemistry from the University of Scranton and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
