Who conducts the GBB Seven-Point Checkup?

Mary-Jane Atwater, GBB Principal Associate, will serve as your chief “mechanic” for the checkup.  Mary-Jane specializes in recycling public education and outreach and has worked for more than two decades with communities just like yours from coast to coast. Mary-Jane will include on the checkup team GBB staff who also have extensive public education expertise. 

Learn about GBB’s public education work and see samples from our outreach campaigns »

About Mary-Jane Atwater, GBB Principal Associate
Mary-Jane Atwater has two decades of experience in the solid waste management field and more than 25 years as a public relations, marketing and communications practitioner.  Working for clients in state and local governments, corporations, associations and non-profit organizations, she specializes in developing innovative and results-oriented public outreach and education campaigns that promote recycling and environmental best practices.  Client organizations have included Anne Arundel County, Maryland; Montgomery County, Maryland; Plano, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and Fort Worth, Texas, as well as Coca Cola Enterprises (Recycling); the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.  Mary-Jane has also worked on water and wastewater projects for the Texas Water Development Board, Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Mary-Jane has been a guest lecturer in communications and public relations at Howard University and The George Washington University, and she has served as a speaker on recycling and solid waste issues at state and national conferences since 1994.  Mary-Jane holds M.B.A and M.Ed. degrees from The George Washington University and a B.A. cum laude from Connecticut College.  She is a member of SWANA and the Independent Public Relations Alliance, and she serves on the board of the Public Relations Society of America’s National Capital Chapter.