Global VP of Sustainability for SBM Management Services. With over 30 years of solid waste management and recycling experience, Beets-Atkinson was a key player in founding the Solid Waste Management programs for a large computer manufacturer in the United States, a program which yielded 91.2% diversion nationally back in 2005 when this was unheard of. Sue is the driving force behind SBM’s Sustainability consulting offerings, which include Zero Waste Planning and other programs. She has successfully designed and implemented many large and complex recycle programs for numerous Fortune 500 companies across the United States. Beets-Atkinson regularly reinvents systems for improved efficiency and is the driving force behind SBM’s Sustainability program offerings, which include Zero Waste Planning and food waste programs.Beets is USGBC LEED Accredited Professional and has both supported and implemented numerous startup programs and is the Chair of the GBCI TRUE Zero Waste Advisory Council for the United States Zero Waste Business Council. National Recycle manager with SBM for six years at the Roseville HP facility in 1993-1999. • Hewlett Packard Program Manager (custodial/recycle) for four years managing the Roseville/ Woodland, CA, Nashville/Memphis Tennessee, and Richmond Virginia. 1999-2005Corporate Sustainability Manager for SBM from 2005 through 2016: Director of Sustainability January 1-2017 USGBC LEED AP Existing Buildings O+Mo In 2006, SBM managed the HP account to a overall diversion of 90.3%; achieving zero waste business compliance with a number of locations while others were on the “Road to Zero Waste Success”. Direct client support: • Hewlett Packard/EDS • Intel/JLL• Microsoft/Grubb and Ellis• Merck/JLL• Johnson & Johnson • Genentech• Amgen Thousand Oaks• E-Z-Go• Wells FargoSpecialties: Chair for the ZW Advisory Council with GBCI; was Chair on ZW Facility Certification Committee and Chair of Professional Accreditation ZW Business Associate Training in 2013