WSRA Hall of Fame
The WSRA Hall of Fame honors individuals who have made outstanding long-term contributions to recycling in Washington State. New inductees are selected by a committee of Hall of Fame members and spotlighted at the annual awards banquet each May.
2020-2022 Hall of Fame Inductees
2022
Sharon Conroy, Green Solutions

2021
Betsy Cushman, Methow Recycles

2020
Craig Benton, Retired

Pat Campbell, Kitsap County

Members of the Hall of Fame, 2000-2017
Dan Gee | 2017 | Retired, Recovered Paper Consulting, LLC |
Jim Haynes | 2017 | Retired |
Charlie Maxwell | 2017 | Retired |
Terri Thomas | 2016 | Thurston County |
Terri Washburn | 2016 | Retired, Kitsap County |
Jim Wavada | 2016 | WA. Dept. of Ecology |
Marcia Rutan | 2015 | Seattle Public Utilities |
Dick Lilly | 2015 | Seattle Public Utilities |
Bob O’Neal | 2015 | Retired, Corporate Recycling Services (CRS) |
Bart Kale | 2014 | Nucor Steel Seattle Division |
Earl Snyder | 2014 | Kirkland Recycling Center |
Jeanne Stewart | 2014 | Clark County Solid Waste Advisory Commission & Vancouver City Council |
Frances Ambrose | 2013 | Skagit County |
Don Frey | 2013 | Republic Services |
Carl Woestwin | 2013 | Seattle Public Utilities |
Russ Nobbs | 2012 | Spokane community recycling activist |
Dave Peters | 2012 | Kitsap County |
Steve Spence | 2012 | Rubanco |
Ann Murphy | 2011 | City of Spokane |
Bill Reed | 2011 | King County Solid Waste |
Jeff Gage | 2011 | Olympia Compost Design Services |
Diana Perey Winburn | 2010 | Seattle – UW |
Jay Shepherd | 2010 | Olympia |
Joe Bushnell | 2010 | Tacoma Recycling |
Charlene Gallagher | 2009 | Tacoma Solid Waste |
Scott Beaton | 2009 | Chelan County |
Craig Lorch | 2009 | Seattle Total Reclaim |
Jeff Brown | 2008 | Bellingham Sound Resource Management |
Kim Ducote | 2008 | Allied Waste; Resource Stewards |
Pandora Touart | 2008 | WSRA; Federal Way; Issaquah |
Charlie Scott | 2007 | Cascadia Consulting Group |
Greg Matheson | 2007 | Fibers Int, Recycling Systems |
Lois Young | 2007 | Skagit Steel |
Chris Luboff | 2006 | Seattle Public Utilities |
Rick Hlavka | 2006 | Green Solutions |
Terry Gillis | 2006 | Recovery 1 |
David Frutiger | 2005 | City of Tacoma Solid Waste |
Pete Grogan | 2005 | Weyerhauser Recycling |
Sego Jackson | 2005 | Snohomish County |
Suzanne Tarr | 2005 | Kittitas County |
Art Sprenkle | 2004 | Monroe state representative |
Bill Briggs | 2004 | Pacific NW – Oil Re-Refining Co |
Dale Miller | 2004 | Bellevue |
Paul Brewer | 2004 | Whidbey Naval |
Jim Schrock | 2003 | Earthworks Recycling |
Richard Busby | 2003 | Seadrunar |
Rita Smith | 2003 | Waste Management |
Warren Razore | 2003 | Rabanco |
Diana Gale | 2002 | Seattle Public Utilities |
Don Kneass | 2002 | Seattle Recycling, SPU, Waste Management |
Kip Eagles | 2002 | Richland Dept of Ecology |
Lloyd Wibbelman | 2002 | Snohomish Co |
Wayne Gash | 2002 | Washington State University |
Clarissa Szabados-Mish | 2001 | University of Washington |
Dick Bartells | 2001 | Tacoma |
Jack Schultz | 2001 | Bellingham |
Jessie Lang | 2001 | Spokane Solid Waste |
Preston Horne-Brine | 2001 | Rabanco, etc |
Armen Stepanian | 2000 | Fremont Recycling |
Bill Wiginton | 2000 | Seattle Rainbow Recycling; Nuts ‘n Bolts |
Chuck Wick | 2000 | Spokane Recycling |
Gene Tuura | 2000 | Snohomish County |
Greg Wright | 2000 | Bellingham |
Jack Force | 2000 | Seattle – MRI Metal Recycling |
John Kramp | 2000 | Snohomish County |
John Matheson, Sr. | 2000 | Bellevue – Fibers Int |
Jonathan Howe | 2000 | West Seattle Recycling |
King Kelso | 2000 | Ideal Paper/Rabanco |
Marilyn Skerbeck | 2000 | Rainbow Recycling; Waste Management |
Susan Appel | 2000 | Seattle Nut’s ‘n Bolts |
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