Suki Janssen is Director of the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Solid Waste Department in Georgia and has been with ACC for fifteen years. Prior to her position in Athens-Clarke
County, she was a Program Coordinator for the Keep Georgia Beautiful program
within the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental
Management. She is a certified middle
grades teacher (having taught 7th and 8th grade science
in Cobb County Georgia for five years), past Georgia Recycling Coalition President
and board member and current Northeast Georgia Regional Solid Waste Management
Authority board member and Solid Waste Association of North America Georgia
(SWANA) Chapter President. She is a SWANA certified Landfill Operator and
Class Instructor since 2005 and SWANA Recycling Systems Manager certified since
2007 and Composting Programs Manager certified since 2013. She is a Georgia Master Gardener, Master
Composter, Master Naturalist and Master Birder. She is
married to Chris Janssen a middle school math teacher in Oconee County and
lives with three dogs and four snakes.
