2012 NSWMA Co-Chair
Pete Aardema, Land and Lakes Disposal

2012 WASTEC Co-Chair
Sean O’Brian, O’Brian Tarping Systems

Treasurer
Seth Ellington,
Big ‘O’ Refuse

Member at Large
Robert J. Mecchi II, Big Truck Rental, LLC

Aardema grew up in the waste industry working in his family's hauling company in Chicago.  For the past seven years he has served as operations manager at Land and Lakes Disposal in Matteson Illinois. He has been a FILA member since its inception.

O'Brian is the acting president of O’Brian Tarping Systems and the main sales arm for the company. He began his career with the company in 1994 and eventually designed, installed and  sold tarping systems domestically and internationally

Ellington is the General Manager and Vice President of Operations at Big ‘O’ Refuse, based in Newark, Ohio. In addition to his work at Big 'O" Refuse, Ellington is involved in several community groups throughout central Ohio, including the Newark Rotary Club, Newark Area Jaycees, and NSWMA Ohio chapter. 

Mecchi has been the Vice President of Business Development for Big Truck Rental, LLC, since September 2010. Prior to Big Truck Rental, Mecchi was President of Perkins Manufacturing.  He is the current Chairman of the WASTEC Board of Governors.