About Us

Board Members

Trevor Shuman, President
Wheeler Machinery

Nick Patterson, Secretary
Forsgren Associates Inc.

Brenda Bingham, Treasurer
Trans-Jordan Cities

Preston Lee, Advisory Board Director
Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District

Andrew Alvaro, Past President
Hansen, Allen & Luce

Chris Gronquist, Private Sector Director
Republic Services

Wayne Anderton, Public Sector Director
Tooele County Solid Waste

Lyn Weston, At Large Director
Rich County Sanitation

Kyle Hughes, Safety Ambassador
Hughes General Contractors

Cherie Anderson, Vice President
IRL Utah

Kate Herbert, Young Professional Director
Hansen, Allen and Luce

Board Directory

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 Kate with any YP questions you may have.

Young Professionals