Administrative Office
Metro Waste Authority
300 East Locust Street, Suite 100
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-1864
Phone: (515) 244-0021
Fax: (515) 244-9477

Directions: Located downtown at the corner of E. Second and Locust, directly east of Des Moines City Hall. 

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays

Staff Directory
Following is a list of Metro Waste Authority (MWA) administrative staff. For general information, please click here.

Administrative Office
Tom Hadden, Executive Director
phone: (515) 244-0021

Geri Crawford, Executive Administrative Assistant
phone: (515) 323-6502

Mary Gillaspey, Education Specialist
phone: (515) 323-6505

Amy Horst, Communications Specialist
phone: (515) 323-6501

Sara James, Recycling Coordinator
phone: (515) 323-6524

Ron Lacey, Chief Financial Officer
phone: (515) 323-6506

Reo Menning, Public Affairs Manager
phone: (515) 323-6519

Sue Nielsen, Accounting Manager
phone: (515) 323-6529

Ramona Pedersen, Customer Service Representative 
phone: (515) 244-0021

Barbara Walker, Accounting Specialist
phone: (515) 323-6515

Landfill & Compost Center
Jeff Dworek, Operations Director
phone: (515) 333-4445

Janet Bishop, Accounting Specialist
phone: (515) 333-4448

Deb Danley, Accounting Specialist
phone: (515) 333-4448

Susan Cutler, Accounting Specialist
phone: (515) 333-4449 

Mike Fairchild, Operations Manager
phone: (515) 333-4447

Josie Lehman, Accounting Specialist
phone: (515) 333-4449

Roxanne Wilken, Executive Administrative Assistant
phone: (515) 333-4450

Transfer Station
Mark Dembinski, Working Foreman
phone: (515) 263-9111

Regional Collection Center
Judi Mendenhall, RCC Facility Manager
phone: (515) 333-4430

Kyle Fischer, Mobile Program Coordinator
phone: (515) 333-4431

Arthur Kern, Environmental Technician II
phone: (515) 333-4434

Jared Flater, Environmental Technician II
phone: (515) 333-4463

Becky Wehrman, Environmental Technical Services Manager
phone: (515) 333-4432