Executive Leadership Breakfast Speaker
Industry Panel
TBD
Executive Leadership Lunch Speaker
"Investing in Leadership, Investing in You"
Dr. Tom Epperson, is the President of InnerWill Leadership Institute and has over twenty years of experience as a leadership coach, facilitator, and speaker, and regularly works with organizations, family businesses and the families behind them to help transform their leadership.
Womens Council Full Membership Meeting Speaker
Patti Hamilton
Vice President Brand & Culture
Coastal Waste & Recycling
"Why Does Culture Matter?"
Patti has more than 35 years of executive leadership experience focused on the areas of operations, sales, strategic marketing, business development, employee leadership advancement and community affairs. Her career spans automotive, golf, waste management, recycling and event operations. Coastal’s commitment to their core values and culture was the perfect fit for her passion for sustaining a great culture and building a team of completely engaged employees.
PAC Reception Speaker
U.S. Representative Buddy Carter, 1st District of Georgia; Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials
Earl L. “Buddy” Carter is an experienced businessman, health care professional and faithful public servant. For over 32 years Buddy owned Carter’s Pharmacy, Inc. where South Georgians trusted him with their most valuable assets: their health, lives and families. While running his business, he learned how to balance a budget and create jobs.
A committed public servant, Buddy previously served as the Mayor of Pooler, Georgia and in the Georgia General Assembly where he used his business experience to make government more efficient and responsive to the people. Buddy is serving his fifth term in the United States House of Representatives and is a member of the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee and the House Budget Committee. He proudly serves as Chairman of the E&C Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, where he prioritizes beating China, reducing emissions, unleashing American energy, and creating a pro-growth business environment.
Additional Speakers
President and CEO of the National Waste & Recycling Association
Michael Hoffman has been an active member of NWRA for several years and is a veteran of the sector with decades of environmental industry financial experience.
For more than 37 years, Hoffman’s focus has been the waste and recycling industry, having most recently served as Stifel’s managing director and group head of diversified industrial research for the environmental services, specialty distribution and other industrial sectors.
Hoffman has been recognized for his expertise and contribution to the industry by being inducted into NWRA’s Hall of Fame in 2020 and ranking No. 2 in pollution control from Institutional Investor, Greenwich Associates and Reuters.