Join a Work Group or Committee

For more information about joining a committee or work group you can email the chair by clicking on their name.

Standing Committees

• Communications (Chair: Lisa Brewer) This committee comes up with creative messages through social media to help encourage and educate the public on the 7 R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink, Refuse, Repair and Rot.) They sponsor OKRA’s Annual Photo contest and throughout the year highlight initiatives to promote recycling and waste reduction. 
• Conference Planning Committee (Chair: Ellen Bussert,):
  This committee handles the program, logistics and fundraising for the annual Oklahoma Recycling Association Conference and social networking event.
• Executive Committee (Chair: Paul Streets):
  This committee is responsible for identifying policy and proposing change to the board of directors. The Bylaws Task Force falls under this committee.
• Membership Committee (Chair: Ellen Bussert):                    This committee facilitates membership renewals, solicits new members, updates the membership structure, and recognizes OKRA members.
• Nominations/Recruitment Committee ">(Chair: Sara Ivey)
  This committee solicits leadership position nominations and prepares slates for board votes.

Work Groups

• Advocacy Work Group (Chair: Eric Pollard):
  The Advocacy Work Group fosters relationships between elected officials and OKRA Board Members, Members, and Stakeholders on the local, state, federal, and tribal nation levels for policies and funding opportunities that advance the OKRA mission.
• Composting (Chair: Amanda Scofield):
  OKRA promotes composting as a resource recovery strategy and relays updates from the Oklahoma Compost and Sustainability Association, and other composting organizations.
• Education Work Group (Chair: Keima Borsuah)The Education Workgroup strives to increase recycling knowledge, best practices, and the economic benefits of recycling in our state, while working to reduce recycling contamination through a variety of education and communication strategies. This work group organizes Lunch and Learns and is open to new ideas.
• Glass Work Group (Chair: Fenton Rood) The Glass Work Group is working to develop initiatives to develop programs for the communities in Oklahoma to reduce the amount of glass entering the landfills in Oklahoma.
• Product Stewardship (Chair: Cat Ecker)
  OKRA collaborates with the national Product Stewardship Institute to solve waste management problems by encouraging product design changes that lead to sustainable end-of-life management.