Fournier takes job at WasteCap
Marc Fournier, assistant director for Grounds
Management at Physical Plant, is leaving this week for a new job
as executive director of WasteCap of Massachusetts, a private non-profit
founded in 1993 to promote and implement recycling, waste reduction,
and use of recycled materials within the state's business community.
"I am looking forward
to the enthusiasm, energy, hard work and creativity that Marc will
bring to WasteCap," said Stephen Greene, corporate environmental
manager for Polaroid Corporation and chairman of WasteCap. "Marc
will make good use of the experience and training he has gained
in his past endeavors. These include the management of a $4 million
annual department budget, extensive recycling and waste management
at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, participation on non-profit
boards, including Waste-Cap's and recognition of his excellent work
though several awards."
Fournier has worked on campus
since 1978, when he joined the University Conference Services staff.
In 1989, he was hired as the campus's first waste manager and he
and his team developed one of the nation's leading university waste
management programs. In 1996, Fournier was promoted to assistant
director for Grounds Management, where he was responsible for Landscape
Services, Construction Services, Pest Control, Waste Management
and Moving Services and Fleet Services.
Grounds Management has been
a leader in developing and implementing sustainable operations,
including an aggressive recycling program (currently recycling 53
percent of the University's waste), integrated pest management,
food and yard waste composting, electronics demanufacturing and
recycling, conversion from diesel to biodiesel, and an alternative
fuel vehicle fleet comprised of 30 electric vehicles.
He became involved with WasteCap
in the mid-1990s when he joined its board of directors.
An Amherst campus alumnus,
Fournier holds a B.S. focused on Forestry and Community Psychology
and an MBA with concentrations in Environmental Management and Organizational
Behavior.
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