CTOs on the Move

In May 1962, our association was launched. It was formed as the National Council of Refuse Disposal Trade Associations and was first managed by an association management firm in Chicago. In January 1968, the group moved to Washington, DC, was formerly chartered as the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) and hired its first three full-time staff, including Executive Director Harold Gershowitz. In 1973, Eugene J. Wingerter, who had been NSWMA`s technical director, succeeded Gershowitz. In 1993, as part of a a major reorganization, the Waste and Equipment Technology Association (WASTEC) was formed, and both NSWMA and WASTEC became quasi-independent trade ...

In May 1962, our association was launched. It was formed as the National Council of Refuse Disposal Trade Associations and was first managed by an association management firm in Chicago. In January 1968, the group moved to Washington, DC, was formerly chartered as the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) and hired its first three full-time staff, including Executive Director Harold Gershowitz. In 1973, Eugene J. Wingerter, who had been NSWMA`s technical director, succeeded Gershowitz. In 1993, as part of a a major reorganization, the Waste and Equipment Technology Association (WASTEC) was formed, and both NSWMA and WASTEC became quasi-independent trade associations under the umbrella of the Environmental Industry Associations (EIA). Wingerter served as NSWMA`s Executive Director until the reorganization and then served as the President and CEO of EIA. When Wingerter departed EIA in April 1994, Allen “Mike” Frischkorn Jr., became the president and CEO of EIA. In February 1997, Bruce J. Parker became the acting president and CEO of EIA and the executive vice president of NSWMA. He formally took over the position of president and CEO of EIA and the executive vice president of NSWMA later that year. Parker retired in May 2012. Sharon H. Kneiss became the new president and CEO of EIA in June 2012. During her first year leading the group, Kneiss oversaw a strategic planning effort, in which the EIA leadership moved to reorganize the group, merging EIA, NSWMA, and WASTEC into a single entity with a single name. This process was completed in November 2013, when the EIA Board of Trustees adopted new bylaws for the merged group and renamed the merged association the National Waste and Recycling Association.

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