Georgia Composting Council: Governance

The GACC Board of Directors provides guidance and direction for the Council.

Role and Responsibilities

The GACC Board is responsible for establishing the vision and mission of the organization, creating a strategic plan, setting short and long-term goals, creating a budget, ensuring the financial transparency and accountability of the council, developing the skills of board members, donating their time and talents, recruiting new board members, and serving on committees.

Board of Directors

The GACC Board shall consist of a diverse Board with a minimum of eleven (11) members in good standing with the GACC, of which must comprise of at least five USCC affiliated members and two Ex Officio members designated by GRC and SWANA GA Chapter.  Only one employee of any particular business, entity, or government agency may be a Director at any given time.

The following slate of members will serve on the GACC Board for the 2025 member year:

j. olu baiyewu, City of Atlanta Urban Ag Director

Khari Diop, Think Green

Suki Janssen, Athens-Clarke County SW Dept.

Wayne King, ERTH Products LLC

Dilshad Mondegarian, GHD Services Inc.

David Paull, CompostNow

Savannah Seydel, Better Earth

Niamke Shropshire-Boykin, GlycoSponge

Michael Snipes, Laurens County SWMA

Izabela Suster, World Centric

 

Gloria Hardegree, Georgia Recycling Coalition (Ex-officio)

GACC Officers

David Paull, Chair

David Paull is co-founder and Chief Impact Officer at CompostNow. CompostNow is a compost solutions provider for organics recycling with expertise in the hauling, logistics, consultation, production, and distribution of compost. CompostNow has diverted 75 million pounds of food waste from landfills and created 24 million pounds of finished compost for local farms and gardens. David has been highly involved in food waste circularity, food systems, and social entrepreneurship for the past decade. He currently serves as a commissioner on the East Point Local Food System Ecosystem Commission, as a Board Member of the Southface Institute, and is the founding Board Chair of the Georgia Composting Council. With a design degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design, David applies design thinking to advance circular solutions at the intersection of planetary and human health.

Suki Janssen, Secretary

Suki Janssen is the Director of the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Solid Waste Department and has been with ACC for nearly eighteen years. Her biggest accomplish to-date was bringing a Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) to Georgia. Prior to her position in ACC, she was a Program Coordinator for the Keep Georgia Beautiful program. Suki was past Georgia Recycling Coalition President and board member. She currently serves on the NE Georgia Regional Solid Waste Management Authority and Solid Waste Association of North America Georgia (SWANA) where she was past president and is current International Advisory Board Delegate. She is a SWANA certified Landfill Operator and Class Instructor, SWANA Recycling Systems Manager certified, and Certified Composting Programs Manager. In 2020, she published a children’s book – There Goes the Neighborhood.

 
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