B.S. Forestry, UW-Stevens Point. As an environmental educator for over 30 years, Karin has worked at youth camps, a nature center, and volunteer in her community.  For most of her career she has worked or volunteered with Recycling Connection, gaining extensive knowledge in recycling, solid waste, and nonprofit management. 

 

Karin has often served on numerous state and local committees related to recycling and organics management, which most recently included the WI Department of Natural Resources' Waste & Materials Management Study Group for three years. She has completed the Midwest Compost School program and is a Master Composter. She also served as adjunct faculty in waste management at UW-Stevens Point (2012-13) and continues as a guest lecturer and mentor to UWSP's students. 

 

Karin received the 2015 Christy Dixon Recycler of the Year Award from Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin. 

 

Karin’s other passions include pencil drawing, playing guitar or ukulele, and traveling with her husband and dog. 

M.S. Natural Resources-Environmental Education, B.S. Biology/Chemistry from UW-Stevens Point. Certified TRUE Zero Waste Advisor. Susan has nearly two decades of experience providing professional development in environmental education including numerous courses, workshops, and presentations. Susan is an ad hoc instructor with the WI K-12 Energy Education Program at UW-SP. 

 

Susan has served on several boards and committees to advance environmental issues related to green schools, bird conservation, and environmental education.

 

Susan is passionate of connecting communities to their resources to help build a more sustainable and healthy world. Served Peace Corps Tanzania '98-'00. In her free time, Susan enjoys hiking, gardening, kayaking, and biking with her husband and two children.

B.S. Biology from UW-Stevens Point. In progress M.S. Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems from UW-Stevens Point. Taylor has experience teaching high school science, providing professional development in her fields, and working in environmental education.

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Taylor also has experience working in the aquaponics industry recycling fish waste as nutrients for food production. She is an advocate for sustainability in all aspects of the food system, solid waste industry and beyond, and desires to help communities make connections to healthier consumption processes to better preserve our planet.

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Taylor incorporates her passion for sustainability into everything she does, but she is also passionate about gardening and caring for plants and fish, cooking and baking healthy foods, crafting, music, and spending time in nature by the water and in the forest along with her partner and their dog.

B.S. Waste Management (UW-Stevens Point). Kelly has been working for Recycling Connections in various capacities since 2015, and brings her diverse level of skills and experiences to the organization. Currently her part-time work is focused with RC’s planning and coordination of the annual Wisconsin Integrated Resource Management Conference.

 

In addition to her role with RC, Kelly is also a co-owner of Bucket Ruckus that collects organics curbside from homes and businesses in the Stevens Point area. Their goal is to keep this material out of the conventional waste stream so that it can be locally composted instead.