About Us

e number of materials that are being collected. He has been involved with organizations including the original RRFB, EGSPA and the recycling section of the Canadian Paper Association. Dwight has also volunteered his time with a number of committees for the Town of Kentville and the Apple Blossom Festival.

the tax and environmental program rules and ensure their systems are properly setup to capture and report the appropriate information for more than 20 years. He has written articles for tax publications and has presented at numerous tax conferences, seminars and professional development workshops. Jeremy previously served in senior finance leadership roles at Sobeys Inc. This included serving as head of tax and overseeing all aspects of Sobeys’ environmental stewardship filings throughout Canada. He has served on the Board of several not-for-profit organizations, including Brigadoon Village - the largest pediatric medical camp in Canada.

xtensive experience in Industrial Engineering, continuous improvement, project management and manufacturing. 

Cari is a Professional Engineer and is a graduate of Acadia University and Dalhousie University.

She enjoys the beautiful South Shore of Nova Scotia with her husband and two children.

. in Agriculture and has operated his own business for 49 years, along with his family. 

West River Greenhouses is a well-known supplier of quality landscaping and food plants in northern NS. Robert is currently in his second term as Warden for the Municipality of the County of Pictou and is serving in his 13th year on Council. Previous to being elected to Council, Robert served for 13 years, the final four as Chair, of the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board. Robert is new to the Waste Management Regional Chairs and Divert NS, but is keenly interested, along with his Council, in cleaning up our countryside and improving our environment generally by continuing the great improvements that have been made to reduce, reuse, and recycle over the past 20 years.

rom Acadia University.   

He earned his ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors through the Rotman School of Business in 2018. He has been an Employer Representative on the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia since 2014 and chairs its Finance, Audit and Risk Committee; has served as Treasurer of The Marguerite Centre, Nova Scotia’s first recovery house for women recovering from addictions and abuse; and served as Treasurer of the Public Accountants’ Board of Nova Scotia for six years.

ng career, Calla served as Vice President, Corporate Affairs for Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (now part of Circular Materials) and prior to that, worked for nine years at McCain Foods (Canada), where she served on both the Canadian Leadership Team and the North American Crisis Management Team.

She also worked as Vice President of the Atlantic Region for the soft drink industry. Prior to joining the beverage industry, Calla was a journalist and worked at CBC Newsworld, Global News and The Canadian Press.  Calla has an EMBA from Saint Mary’s University and is a graduate of the Chartered Director program at McMaster University’s Directors College. She has served on more than 10 boards of directors and brings to the Divert Board both her governance experience and passion for protecting the environment.

During her time in Kiel, Anna co-founded a start-up by building and operating a mobile dish washing station that tackles single use food packaging waste.

Anna is employed at Shannex Inc in Halifax, N.S. as their Sustainability Manager where she is tasked with educating and implementing initiatives and programs in the areas of waste, water, consumables, and energy.

e in Microbiology/Biochemistry, a Master’s degree in Environmental Management, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology and Bioremediation. Chijioke Emenike leads research in sustainable environments, agroecosystems management, polymer degradation, waste-to-wealth, and biomass conversion. His most recent research projects developed new directions in toxicity evaluations, contaminated site remediation and pollution control, and sustainable waste management using novel chemical sciences and biotechnology methods. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Hezekiah University, Nigeria. Emenike is the Founder and Director of CUEME Integrated Technologies and Services Limited, a management organization that promotes environmental protection and conservation among other allied services. He is a member of many international affiliations including ECO Canada, Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society, Malaysia Society of Waste Management & Environment, and the Technical Working Group on End-of-Life Products, By-products and Residues of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials. Emenike also serves as an editorial board member and reviewer of several international journals.