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<br /> <br />Orange County WCS KCI Proposal <br />31 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Bethany Jewell Gray will serve as the Project Director and is <br />based in KCI’s North Carolina satellite office in Boone, NC. She <br />has served as Project Director on waste and recycling <br />composition studies for clients across the nation. Her strong <br />organizational, analytical, and technical writing skills have <br />assisted project managers in completing customized sorts <br />designed to meet the clients’ specific objectives of data <br />collection that were completed on time and within budget. <br />Bethany has assisted numerous clients in implementing <br />innovative waste diversion strategies in recycling, composting, <br />and upstream and downstream circularity. Additionally, her <br />work in public-private partnerships is on the leading edge of <br />best practices necessary for successful win-win scenarios in a <br />fluctuating market. <br />Bethany has worked on the following projects with KCI: <br />✓ Waste Composition Study, Manatee County, FL <br />Bethany serves as Project Director on this multi-season sort <br />designed to assist the county in understanding the material <br />composition and generator sectors for disposal in the <br />county’s facility. Key objectives will be to utilize the data to <br />define measurable strategies for waste reduction that will <br />extend landfill life. This study was designed to meet the <br />material categories of a prior, similar KCI led study to <br />analyze changes in material streams in the county. <br />✓ Solid Waste Reduction Master Plan, Elon University, NC <br />Bethany served as the primary author of this <br />comprehensive waste reduction plan that provided policy, <br />program, and operational recommendations to assist the <br />university in reaching its sustainability and waste reduction <br />goals. The two-phase contract included building and <br />athletic event waste audits, stakeholder evaluations and <br />operational analysis to provide a baseline for evaluating <br />appropriate implementation strategies for maximizing <br />diversion rates. <br /> <br />BETHANY JEWELL <br />Project Director Artium Liberalium Magister (ALM) <br />Environmental Management & <br />Sustainability <br />Harvard University <br />Cambridge, MA | 2010 <br /> <br />B.A. Political Communications <br />& Human Rights <br />University of North Carolina Asheville <br />Asheville, NC | 2000 <br /> <br /> <br />Legacy LEED AP <br />Fostering Sustainable Behavioral Change – Doug <br />McKenzie-Mohr <br /> <br /> <br />Carolina Recycling Association <br />SWANA – North Carolina Chapter Member <br />SWANA SMM Technical Division Member <br /> <br />•2024 CRA Panelist: “Sort it Out: Composition <br />Studies – What They Tell Us and How to Use Them” <br />•2023 SWANA SOAR: “Finding the Right Contractor <br />for SMM” <br />•2022 Resource Recycling: Moderator “The Future <br />of Fiber Markets” <br />•2021 SWANA WasteCon: (Co-Presenter) “10 Keys to <br />Today’s Recycling Programs” <br />•2021 Recycle Florida Today: (Co-Presenter) “Facts, <br />Fiction, & the Future of Recycling Contracts” <br />•2020 NERC: (Co-Presenter): “Should Municipalities <br />Get Back in the MRF Game” <br /> <br />FORMAL EDUCATION <br />SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION <br />ASSOCIATIONS <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 1223AA0B-DDEC-4EBE-8FEA-427010558A5C