About Us

Board Members

Neil Schwendiman, President
North Pointe Solid Waste Special Service District

Nick Patterson, Secretary
Forsgren Associates Inc.

Brenda Bingham, Treasurer
Trans-Jordan Cities

Preston Lee, Advisory Board Director
Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District

Andrew Alvaro, Vice President
Hansen Allen & Luce Inc.

Amit Nair, Private Sector Director
Kleinfelder

Jesse Simonsen, Public Sector Director
Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District

Gordon Jones, Past President
Hansen Allen & Luce Inc.

Jeremy Kroshus, Safety Ambassador
MACHT, LLC

Cherie Anderson, At Large Director
IRL Utah

Trevor Shuman, Young Professional Director
Wheeler Machinery

Board Directory

  • Environmental Services Director
    Hansen, Allen & Luce, INC.
    801-566-5599 Office
    aalvaro@halengineers.com

  • Community Relations & Special Project Manager
    Intermountain Regional Landfill
    (801) 930-0984
    cherie@irlutah.com

  • Human Resources/Administration
    Trans-Jordan Cities
    801-256-2815
    bbingham@transjordan.org

  • MACHT, LLC
    Office: (208) 278-1500
    jkroshus@dailyfoamcover.com

  • President/Senior Principal
    Hansen, Allen & Luce, INC.
    801-566-5599 Office
    gjones@halengineers.com

  • Wasatch Integrated Waste
    Mobile: 801.638.3849
    prestonl@wiwmd.org

  • Kleinfelder
    Office: 801.261.3336
    ANair@kleinfelder.com

  • Senior Project Manager
    Forsgren Associates Inc.
    O: 801.258.8291
    npatterson@forsgren.com

  • District Manager
    North Pointe Solid Waste Special Service District
    801-225-8538 x101
    neil.northpointe@gmail.com

  • Wheeler Machinery Co.
    Office: 801.978.1480
    Tshuman@wheelercat.com

  • Wasatch Integrated Waste
    Landfill Manager
    Office: 801-614-5624
    jesses@wiwmd.org

A “Young Professional” (YP) is defined as an individual in the resource management industry (a.k.a. solid waste industry) who is 35 years of age or younger. The YPs includes everyone working in the industry – from field/operations staff to office workers, working in public or private sector, operations or management, collections, processing or disposal, legal or marketing, etc. The YP Group is committed to actively pursuing the engagement and career advancement of the fellow YPs by providing learning, networking and leadership opportunities by creating active roles in SWANA. For information, please follow the link to the national SWANA “YP” page: https://swana.org/community/young-professionals

For More Information:

Trevor Shuman is the Utah Chapter’s Young Professional Representative.
Please contact Trevor with any YP questions you may have.

Young Professionals