Management Team
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Ron Gonen Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Ron is the Co-Founder and CEO of RecycleBank. During his tenure as CEO, RecycleBank has grown from an idea to a company that today is rewarding people for their positive green actions across North America and the UK. RecycleBank has been recognized with a number of business and environmental recognitions including being recognized as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and being designated as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program.
Prior to RecycleBank, Ron was at Deloitte Consulting where he developed CRM and strategic account management programs for clients such as Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, Bank One, GE, and DIRECTV. It was during this time that Ron gained the technical and software expertise that enabled him to design EcoStrong, the proprietary software that RecycleBank runs on. Ron was a co-recipient of Deloitte Consulting's National Impact Award for helping to develop a consulting unit that provides pro bono consulting services to non-profit and charitable organizations.
Ron is also a part owner of Linhardt Design Studio, a jewelry company that designs and manufactures fine jewelry made from recycled metals and sustainable materials.
Ron received a BA in History from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst where graduated with Departmental Honors and was a Massachusetts Commonwealth Scholar. He received an MBA from Columbia Business School where he was a Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship award winner.
Ron enjoys trying to play the guitar, playing basketball, going to the beach and reading.
To read more about Ron's vision for RecycleBank, please read our UNEP acceptance speech.
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Matt Tucker President
Matthew Tucker is the President of RecycleBank and responsible for municipal and hauler sales and marketing, government affairs, operations and customer care, international development, legal and human resources.
Tucker was most recently President of ISC Software, a workforce management company. He was also the head of business development for Smart Systems Technologies, a provider of RFID and loyalty solutions to the retail industry. Prior to Smart Systems, he was CEO of Rely Software, named by Upside magazine as one of the top 100 private companies in the world. Tucker successfully grew the company and sold it to Odyssey Logistics, a spin-off of Dow Chemical. Tucker was a member of the founding management team at LendingTree, and served as the company’s first head of sales and marketing. He earned his MBA from Georgetown University and holds a BA from the University of Michigan. |
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John Bax Chief Financial Officer
John is the Chief Financial Officer of RecycleBank, where he is responsible for all finance and accounting functions of the company, ranging from items like capital markets and treasury to budgeting and forecasting.
Prior to RecycleBank, John served as the CFO of Sentient, where he saw the company through to record growth and profitability. Prior to Sentient, John was Vice President of Planning and Analysis for Wal-Mart Stores, where he was responsible for financial and strategic planning and analysis for the world's largest company. Before working with Wal-Mart Stores, John was the CFO of Walmart.com, where he led all finance functions as well as merchandise planning, legal and real estate. John first joined Walmart.com as Controller at its start-up and built the financial team that supported the site's phenomenal growth. John also spent eight years at Ernst & Young in both the Audit and Center for Strategic Transactions practices.
He received his B.S. in Accounting and an MBA from Oklahoma State University, and was a Silver Medal winner on the Certified Public Accountant exam. John is married to the former supermodel, Camille, and they have three very well adjusted children – Evan, Teagan and Braunsen.
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Scott Lamb Chief Operations Officer
As Chief Operating Officer, Scott is responsible for all field operations. This includes supporting the deployment and maintenance of the RFID and scale technologies to ensure accurate and reliable tracking of recycling performance. |
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Frank Yang Chief Technology Officer
In his role, Frank is responsible for overseeing the technology and systems that enable new ways to reward people for their socially responsible behavior. This involves maintaining the existing systems supporting RecycleBank's business and implementing new strategic technologies. |
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Morley Ivers Chief Rewards Officer
Morley leads the Rewards Team and is responsible for The RecycleBank Rewards Program globally. The Rewards Team is responsible for the core rewards program; establishing key national, regional and local reward partnerships in all territories; development of Gconomy™ and related partnerships and ensuring that RecycleBank members have access to redemption options that motivate engagement.
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Bill Wolfram Senior Vice President, Municipal and Hauler Accounts
Bill Wolfram is responsible for sales to municipal and hauler accounts for the RecycleBank curbside program. He also leads a team of regional managers that work with government and hauler partners across the country to bring the RecycleBank program to their constituents.
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Sue Igoe Vice President Marketing
Sue's creative and marketing genius gets the RecycleBank message out to our households, our partners and the world. She and her team manage the consumer and corporate websites, brand development, municipal and hauler marketing and sales support, corporate social responsibility, consumer marketing and communications.
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Preston Read Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
As SVP Government Affairs, Preston manages RecycleBank’s relationships with State environmental agencies, helps the sales team with large municipal accounts, and is the point person for the US Conference of Mayors, the International City Management Association, and national environmental NGO's.
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David Wigder Vice President, Business Development
As Vice President, Business Development, David is responsible for identifying and developing new business opportunities and strategic partnerships for the company.
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General Managers
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Fred Hannon Vice President and General Manager, Southeast Region
Fred is responsible for leading the RecycleBank development in the Southeast and showing the economic and ecological benefits of the curbside program. |
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Bob Milligan Vice President and General Manager, Mid-Atlantic Region
As the VP / GM of the Mid-Atlantic Region, Bob is responsible for the hauler and municipality relationship of that region and creating sales solutions for existing and potential clients. |
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Atul Nanda President, Canadian Division; Vice President and General Manager, Midwest Region
Atul's responsibilities include both developing our municipal and hauler business in the Midwestern US and Canada, and also establishing and leading our RecycleBank division north of the border in Canada. |
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Axel Newe Vice President of Operations; Vice President and General Manager, California
Axel is responsible for the development of the curbside program in California as well as contributing his expertise to operations helping RecycleBank operate smoothly and with the best service possible. |
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Government/Hauler Sales
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Michael D'Angelo Regional Manager, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast
Mike is responsible for municipal and hauler business development and sales in both the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.
States covered include DE, MD, S. NJ, PA, VA, AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC |
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John Getzloff Regional Manager, Midwest
John is responsible for municipal and hauler business development and sales in the Midwest region.
States covered include IA, IL, IN, MN, NE, SD, WI, KY, MI, OH, TN, ND |
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Kim Jordan Regional Manager, West
Kim is a Regional Manager, responsible for municipal and hauler business development in the West.
States covered include CA, CO, NM, UT, WY, ID, MT, NV, WY |
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Judy Kenney Regional Manager, Southwest
Judy is the South Central Government Sales Manager and work with municipalities and haulers in the south and southwest to implement RecycleBank programs.
States covered include AZ, AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX |
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Mike Mazzaroni Regional Manager, Northeast
Mike is responsible for building long term relationships with partners and municipal clients from Trenton to Toronto to help them implement incentive based programs to increase recycling, reduce waste and reward their households, communities and local businesses.
States covered include N. NJ, NY, CT, MA, RI, NH, VT, ME |
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Andy Korman Director, Account Management
Andy manages strategic partnerships with National Solid Waste Companies, including Republic Services and Waste Connections. In his role since 2008, Andy works with haulers to develop growth strategies which create significant economic and environmental value. As a member of the RecycleBank Sales Team, Andy works closely with Regional Managers and reports to Bill Wolfram. |
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Partnership Relations
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Bridget Croke Director, Partnership Development, Midwest & New England
Bridget is responsible for building partnerships and sponsorships with national companies based in New England and the Midwest that reward RecycleBank members for recycling and other green actions. |
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Aron Levinson Director, Partnership Development, Western Region
Aron manages Western region sponsorship sales at RecycleBank where he builds long term business relationships with partners. |
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Bob Staub Director, Partnership Development, Eastern Bob is responsible for Eastern region sponsorship sales building long term business relationships with sponsorship and reward program partners. |
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Online Revenue / Content
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Alexa du Pont Bell Director, Online Revenue Alexa is responsible for conceptualizing and packaging all of the online assets that drive value for our many partners. She builds online partnerships with like-minded brands while enhancing our members' experience.
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