Karen Luken
Senior Manager
Karen Luken has over 25 years of experience assisting local communities, national governments, and private businesses globally in reducing their reliance on landfills by utilizing waste as a resource to generate renewable energy and promote green economies. Her projects encompass designing recycling and organics programs, facilitating equitable public engagement, stakeholder collaboration, developing circular economy systems, strategic planning, assessing waste conversion technologies, providing support with financial and procurement processes, establishing public-private partnerships (PPPs), and optimizing program performance.
- Solid Waste Chair for American Public Works Association
- Steering Committee Member for U.S. State Department's Clean Climate Air Coalition
- Recycling Chairman for the U.S. Conference of Mayors
- National Strategic Planning and Recycling Certification Instructor for the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
- President of the SWANA Buckeye Chapter
- Coordinator for SWANA's annual conference
- Ohio delegate at a White House Recycling Summit