Meet Our Dedicated Leadership Team
Gretchen has worked in the environmental field for 15 years as a volunteer, municipal recycling coordinator, and now Republic Services’ Sustainability Manager for New England. Gretchen provides training and education on recycling for both municipalities and commercial customers while helping to build the organics infrastructure in New England. In addition to her leadership of MassRecycle, Gretchen is a LEED Green Associate, a Zero Waste TRUE Advisor, and a member of the Environmental Business Council Solid Waste Management Leadership Committee. She is also co-founder of GreenLabs Recycling, the hyperlocal company for plastics recycling.
Waneta is the Director of Sustainable Materials Management for the City of Newton. Through her experience in electronics, EPR, and managing packaging waste for both the Wisconsin DNR and the Product Stewardship Institute, Waneta was a perfect fit as an officer of the MassRecycle Product Stewardship Council. She also managed hazardous waste at McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2014-2015 austral summer season.
Mike has worked in the waste and recycling industry for 10 years, currently working for the City of Cambridge as the Recycling Director. He manages Cambridge’s trash reduction goals while exploring and expanding waste diversion programs, such as curbside organics and hopes to share his insight on recycling and composting with Massachusetts communities as a Board member of MassRECYCLE. He has also taken a leadership role in the Massachusetts Product Stewardship Council (MassPSC).
Lisa has recently re-engaged with the recycling community and hopes to use the communications and financial analysis skills to help strengthen and grow MassRecycle. Her recycling background includes running a volunteer-staffed drop-off recycling program and advocating for curbside recycling in Boston in the early 90’s. She also marketed backyard compost bins in the mid-90s and co-managed the City of Boston yard waste composting site from 2013 to 2017. Currently, she serves as fiscal manager for the Mass. Council on Aging. Lisa holds a B.A. in English literature from Oberlin College and an MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management.
Taylor Millspaugh is the Director of Business Development at CMRK. For the past 35 years, CMRK has collected textiles through residential pickups and clothing donation bins. Taylor is responsible for creating partnerships with municipalities, businesses and nonprofits through curbside collections and donation bins. CMRK has given their partners over $25 million dollars in the past 20 years. Her role at CMRK combines her love of fashion, sustainability, and networking. She is the self proclaimed Queen of Thrift.
Jerry Collins has been in the recycle and waste Industry for 26 years, first with Republic Services for 21 years and now with WIN Waste Innovations for the last 5 years. His experience with Republic Services was primarily from the waste hauler perspective. His current role with WIN Waste is as the New England Market Manager, where he works with the post-collection side of the business. His extensive experience has given him a cumulative view waste industry that positions him to provide pragmatic solutions to improve recycling in Massachusetts.
Rosanna Delrosario has been working as the Recycling Coordinator for the City of Lawrence Since January 2022, this new position has given her the opportunity to discover the incredible world of sustainability. Rosanna enjoys the opportunity of being able to perform a Job that has no limits when it comes to educating others about Recycling. This is something that she personally does all day everyday – doesn’t matter where she is! Rosanna has been living in the City Of Lawrence since 2007 and feels honored to work in the same community where she lives and raises her children.
Rob Gogan retired as Manager of Harvard Recycling and Waste Services in 2020. He serves on MassRecycle’s Product Stewardship Council and chairs the Tours and Podcast Committees. His goal for MassRecycle is to support, connect and mentor the thousands of sustainable materials management professionals in our state. His goal is to coordinate at least one tour and podcast every two months.
Terri Goldberg led regional pollution prevention and waste reduction at the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) for more than 32 years. These initiatives focused on reducing wasted food, improving diversion of hard-to-manage wastes, advancing EPR, addressing high priority toxics in consumer products, and more. She is interested in helping MassRecycle to flourish and grow and in transforming Massachusetts into a sustainable materials management policy and program leader.
Sarah oversees the zero waste program for BU Sustainability. With a goal to be zero waste by 2030, Sarah’s main role is to implement and refine the strategy outlined in the BU Zero Waste Plan. Prior to joining BU, they worked for Casella Waste Systems where they supported higher education and healthcare facilities with their waste reduction goals. Sarah has an MBA in Sustainability from the University of Vermont. Sarah is a TRUE Zero Waste Advisor and has served on the leadership team of the US Composting Council’s Young Professionals.
Robin is CEO of Good Point Recycling of Brockton, MA and Middlebury, VT. In the 1990s, Robin was Director of the Recycling Program at the Massachusetts DEP. He has a BA degree in International Relations (Carleton College, 1984) and an MBA from Boston University . Robin is also the founder of Fair Trade Recycling, an export reform – and anti-defamation – group (WR3A.org). Robin was recently named #36 on the Top 100 Recycling experts worldwide by Recycling International, appeared on the cover of Recycling Today, and is a frequent contributor to Resource Recycling.
Abbey Massaro is an Environmental Specialist at the Center for EcoTechnology (CET), where she provides individualized assistance to businesses throughout the country. Since 2018, she has supported CET initiatives to help commercial and institutional entities develop recycling, reuse and food waste recovery programs through MassDEP’s RecyclingWorks MA program. Abbey has helped construction projects throughout Massachusetts increase recycling and reuse. Abbey is a Zero Waste TRUE Advisor and a member of the board of directors at the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility and MassRecycle. She has over eight years professional experience in the solid waste management industry and holds a B.S. in Environmental Conservation and a certificate in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
While working with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut earlier in her career, Nicole helped transition the closure of underperforming donation centers to increase profitability and streamline their operations. She was integral in securing the partnerships essential for fundraising opportunities for BBBS in an effort to keep their CT doors open. Before working with Big Brothers Big Sisters she volunteered and worked with Boys and Girls Club with their summer programs.
Since joining Helpsy in early 2019, Nicole has fully immersed herself in the business of unwanted clothing and the impact on our planet. She has been an active presenter and attendee in many Massachusetts-based webinars as well as representing Helpsy in many recycling events and conventions across the Northeast. In addition to providing textile recycling training and education for Helpsy’s partner municipalities across 15 states, Nicole has been an invaluable asset in assisting with fundraising efforts for many of our non-profit partners and has truly become a member of the communities she helps to support.
Laurie is the Sustainability Coordinator for Residential Life at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a graduate of the M.S. in Sustainability Science program and recently completed her M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration. With a background in sustainability education, much of Laurie’s work on campus focuses on waste diversion efforts and student engagement with a long-term vision for sparking and nurturing a culture of sustainability across the campus community. She chairs the Chancellors Sustainability Advisory Committee Zero Waste Subcommittee at UMass and Vice Chair of the Springfield MRF Advisory Board. Laurie enjoys serving as a role model for living sustainably, reducing waste, and sharing her knowledge, experiences, and connections with others to help affect positive change.