Kessler Consulting

North Miami Beach, Florida
Response to RFP # 2012-20, Solid Waste and Recycling Services Assessment
Section E, Résumés
Mitch Kessler
President and Project Director
Mitch Kessler has 27 years of solid waste experience
and has managed or directed more than 200
projects. His legal training and broad background in
solid waste management and business make him a
Project Director who is an industry leader with the
history and experience to deliver results for our
clients.
Mitch is a nationally recognized expert in the
procurement and operations of solid waste
collection systems and materials recovery programs
and facilities, and is especially knowledgeable in
collection and market development issues as they
relate to the economic viability of solid waste and
recycling programs.
Mitch is currently President of the Florida Sunshine
Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North
America (SWANA). He also serves as an instructor
for the Recycling Certification Course sponsored by
SWANA, and is a member of the SWANA committee
that developed the Manager of Composting
Operations Certification Course.
Because of Mitch's special knowledge of state and
national solid waste management issues, he has
held a number of leadership positions in the field. In
addition to the affiliations and leadership roles listed
in the sidebar, Mitch served on the Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC) for the development of
Florida’s Registration for Recyclers Rule. He also
served as a principal investigator for an FDEPsponsored
food waste diversion study conducted by
the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and
Agricultural Sciences Center for Biomass Programs
and FORA.
Formal Education
University of New Hampshire, NH
JD, Environmental Law, 1984
Purdue University, IN
MA, American Studies, 1981
BS, Management, 1979
State University of New York, NY
AAS, Horticulture, 1976
Supplemental Education
SWANA Certified Recycling Manager
SWANA Certified Composting
Systems Manager
SWANA Certified Instructor for
Recycling, Collection & Composting
Affiliations & Leadership Roles
Solid Waste Association of North
America (SWANA), Florida Sunshine
Chapter, Board of Directors (2005-
current); current President
Recipient of SWANA Professional
Achievement Award, August 2012
Recycle Florida Today, Inc. (RFT),
Chair (4 years), Board of Directors (8
years)
Florida Organics Recyclers
Association (FORA), founding Chair
National Recycling Coalition (NRC),
Florida representative for RFT
United States Composting Council
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