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Previous Professional Achievement Award Winners

The Professional Achievement Awards are SWANA’s highest individual awards.

2023 Award Winner

John Trotti

Life Member Award

John Trotti
Retired Editor
MSW Management Magazine

Learn more about the 2023 Life Member Award Winner in the Press Release.

Murray Griffin
Kathy Morris
Jim Miller

Life Member Award

Murray Griffin 
Past President/CEO
Atlantic Coast Consulting, Inc.
Savannah, GA

Robert L. Lawrence Distinguished Service Award

Kathy Morris
Executive Director
Waste Commission of Scott County, IA

Professional Achievement Award

James (Jim) R. Miller, SE, PE
Founder & CEO of J.R. Miller & Associates
Brea, CA

Tom Conrad
DavidMcCary

Life Member Award

Marcia Papin
Solid Waste Manager
Greenville County, SC

Robert L. Lawrence Distinguished Service Award

Tom Conrad
Founder and Executive Vice President (and Director Emeritus)
SCS Engineers

Robert L. Lawrence Lecture Award

David McCary
Assistant City Manager
City of San Antonio, TX

Harvey Levitt
EnriqueZaldivar
HeidiSanborn

Life Member Award

Harvey Levitt
Retired, Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority
Dalton, GA

Robert L. Lawrence Distinguished Service Award

Enrique C. Zaldivar
Director and General Manager, LA Sanitation & Environment
Los Angeles, CA

Robert L. Lawrence Lecture Award

Heidi Sanborn
Executive Director, National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC)

2019 Award Winner

MarcRogoff

Life Member Award

Marc Rogoff
Senior Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants

Learn more about the 2019 Life Member Award Winner in the Press Release.