By Cole Rosengren, Waste Dive
The National Waste & Recycling Association announced that Michael E. Hoffman will be its next president and CEO, capping off an extended search process.
Hoffman, a financial analyst who currently covers the sector for Stifel, brings nearly 40 years of environmental industry experience to the role. He is well-acquainted with executives at the association’s top member companies and was inducted into NWRA’s Hall of Fame in 2020.
“I am excited to join NWRA as president and CEO at this pivotal time in the industry,” said Hoffman in a statement. “We have an unprecedented opportunity to bring heightened focus to advocacy and safety for the environmental services industry. Working in close cooperation with Chairman Don Ross and the Board of Trustees, NWRA can be the go-to membership organization to bring market-based solutions for the breadth of environmental topics facing our society.”
Darrell Smith exited this role last August for unspecified reasons. Ross said in a statement at the time that “it’s important that NWRA continues to evolve with our members by continuing to build the strategic vision of the organization.”
Jim Riley, NWRA’s chief counsel and senior vice president of government affairs, has been serving as interim president and CEO.
The leadership shakeup kicked off a process that drew interest from multiple industry figures. NWRA’s Board of Trustees said the decision to hire Hoffman came after a “comprehensive search and interview process that included a pool of highly qualified candidates from inside and outside of the waste and recycling industry.”
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