RIOS elects new chair

The Global Recycling Standards Organization (GRSO), the home of the Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS), elected Darrell Hogan as its new chairman. According to RIOS, Hogan will serve a two-year term ending in 2020. The position of chairman on the GRSO board of directors is an unpaid, volunteer position.

Hogan, vice president of global operations and compliance of AER Worldwide, Fremont, California, has worked in the industry since 2004, overseeing AER’s global operations in the United States, Mexico, India and Malaysia. He also oversees AER’s quality, environmental, health and safety (QEH&S) multisite management programs and global vendor management. According to a RIOS news release, Hogan has been involved with various QEH&S management programs throughout his career dating back to 1990 as an ISO 9001 auditor for Toshiba America. 

“Having served on various technical advisory committees for various standards and as part of the RIOS board, it truly a privilege to serve as the chairman of the board of directors for RIOS,” Hogan says. “It is important that we continue to emphasize the importance of the RIOS certification, not only as a certification to win business but [also] as a tool and resource to improve a company’s overall success.”

With Hogan’s international experience in QEH&S compliance, RIOS reports that it is confident Hogan will be able to effectively lead the board in its mission to encourage and assist recyclers in managing their management systems.

“The Global Recycling Standards Organization is excited to announce that Darrell Hogan will be its chairman for the next two years,” says Darrell Kendall, director of RIOS, in a news release. “His understanding of the global recycling industry, coupled with his demonstrated ability to manage EHS compliance at facilities around the globe make him the ideal leader for the Global Recycling Standards Organization and RIOS management system.”

RIOS, which was developed by the Washington-based Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), is an integrated QEH&S system certification that is designed for recyclers by recyclers.