NWRA expands government affairs team

The National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA), Arlington, Virginia, hired Teddy Greissing and Jonathan Taylor to its government affairs team. Greissing and Taylor will be assisting in the Washington, D.C., office and will be trained to eventually help with NWRA chapter operations.

 “Many of the issues facing our industry are at the state and local level. The addition of Teddy and Jonathan to our state government affairs team will only make NWRA a stronger voice for the waste and recycling industry,” says NWRA President and CEO Darrell Smith.

Greissing is a manager of government relations with the NWRA. According to an NWRA news release, he previously worked for Sanofi, a global pharmaceutical company in Bridgewater, New Jersey, where he supported the work of the federal government affairs team. In addition, Greissing worked with a team to establish a best-in-class civic action program, with a grassroots program designed to educate employees and the public on critical policy issues impacting the business. During his time working with the Civic Action Team they grew the contributions to the PAC tenfold. Prior to his work with Sanofi, Greissing worked on the John McCain presidential campaign.

Taylor is a manager of government relations with the NWRA. According to an NWRA news release, Taylor was the public policy intern at the Industrial Minerals Association of North America. He also worked to solve regulatory issues with Mercedes-Benz USA as a regulatory and recalls intern. He then decided to study abroad and intern his junior year with MP Connor Burns in The Parliament of the United Kingdom.