As Canada’s largest waste management association, the OWMA understands the greatest assets that any organization has are the people who lead and manage its operations. The executive and professional leaders in our sector work hard every day to advance innovation, create good, well-paying local jobs and demonstrate leadership on corporate social responsibility in all areas of their business.
To recognize these outstanding individuals for their integrity and leadership in the waste management sector, the OWMA, along with its national partners, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Canadian Waste Sector Executive/Professional of the Year Awards. The recipients for each of the award categories are as follows:
Large Publicly Traded Private Company
Dan Pio, President of Progressive Waste Solutions Canada Inc.
Large Private Company
Mike Watt, Executive Vice-President of Walker Environmental Group
Medium Private Company
James Ewles, President of RAW Materials Company Inc.
Small Private Company
Barry Friesen, General Manager of CleanFARMS Inc.
Large Incorporated Municipality
Craig Bartlett, Manager of Waste Operations and Diversion at the Regional Municipality of Durham
Medium Incorporated Municipality
Francis Veilleux, President of Bluewater Recycling Association
Join OWMA in acknowledging these deserving individuals at the 2016 Executive/Professional of the Year Awards ceremony, where the recipients will be presented with their awards at a gala dinner on November 9, held in conjunction with the Canadian Waste to Resource Conference, at the Holiday Inn, 970 Dixon Road, Toronto (airport area).
Dinner ticket information is available on the CWRC website at CW2RC.ca. If you have any questions, please email CWRC Manager Michele Goulding at [email protected].
For more information, visit www.owma.org.