Heidi Sanborn is an independent consultant working half time as the Executive Director of the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC).  She has been working in the solid waste industry as a private consultant and a government employee at the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) for over 19 years including serving as technical advisor to the CIWMB Chair.

Ms. Sanborn’s work related to Product Stewardship includes facilitation of the National Paint Product Stewardship Initiative, authoring of two documents in 2007:   Sonoma Extended Producer Responsibility Implementation Plan (2/07) and the Contractor’s report to the CIWMB titled “Framework for Evaluating End-of-Life Product Management Systems in California” (7/07).  In her current work, Ms. Sanborn educates government officials, business and community leaders on the benefits of having Producer Responsibility policies versus the current state of mandating local governments to manage and pay for product waste.  Ms. Sanborn frequently presents at national and international conferences on the topic of Product Stewardship. 

Ms. Sanborn has traveled in 2008 to British Columbia Canada and to Belgium in March of 2009 to study existing Product Stewardship systems for beverage containers, packaging, and e-waste.  She has presented on the EPA’s national webinar on packaging and to the Ocean Protection Council of California on EPR and packaging. 

She holds a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s Degree from UC Davis in Political Science – Public Service.

About our January Host: PEARSON

SSF’s January event will be hosted by PEARSON at their offices in Rancho Cordova. PEARSON is the global leader in education and education technology, reaching and engaging today’s digital natives with effective and personalized learning, as well as providing dedicated professional development for their teachers.

Representing PEARSON at the Forum will be Trena Ellis, Facility Manager of School Systems. Trena recently received her certificate in Green Business Operations from CSUS. From that experience she created a Green Team and together they have implemented many “green” programs in the office. By making these changes her company has saved money, reduced the amount of waste going to local landfills, and created proceeds to benefit homeless children in the Rancho Cordova area.

Trena has excelled in her field of facilities for over 12 years, and sees her role as not only maintaining and improving the physical space, but also the personal work environments of its occupants. She strives to create a fun, yet productive environment that helps employees achieve their goals.