Professional Achievement Award Recipients

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

2025 Award Recipients

Marc Rogoff
Senior Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants

James "Mike" Thornton
Director, Coffee County Environmental Services

Michelle Langdon
Project Director, SCS Engineers

Robert Gardner
Senior Vice President, SCS Engineers

Chuck Magee
Public Works Manager, Kern County Public Works

Colleen Foster
Senior Associate, HF&H Consultants

John Trotti
Retired Editor, MSW Management Magazine

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

Kathy Morris
Executive Director, Waste Commission of Scott County, IA

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

Marcia Papin
Solid Waste Manager, Greenville County, SC

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

David McCary
Assistant City Manager, City of San Antonio, TX

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

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

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

Marc Rogoff
Senior Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants