In July, Steven Schilling, P.E., was promoted from Senior Project Manager to Vice President, recognizing his expanding role with the firm’s leadership and strategic development. A seasoned industry veteran, he has 35 years of experience, including 14 years as a consultant leading diverse consulting and environmental engineering projects; more than 18 years in senior leadership positions at a governmental solid waste agency; and nearly two years with a leading regional recycling company.

Since joining GBB in 2023, he has led a wide range of projects for cities, counties, institutional clients, investment firms, project and facility developers, and law firms. He also authored multiple articles for Waste Today and represented GBB at regional and national industry conferences, frequently serving as a speaker and panelist.

Before joining GBB, he served as Environmental Engineer and Senior Project Manager for a Chicago-based waste diversion, recycling, and portable services provider operating in more than nine states. He also held Senior Engineer and Senior Project Manager roles for an environmental consulting firm serving public- and private-sector clients throughout the Midwest. For over 18 years, he advanced through leadership roles, including Environmental Engineer, Assistant Executive Director, and Acting Executive Director, at the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County, an intergovernmental agency providing solid waste management and disposal to 23 member communities representing approximately 700,000 residents in the northern Chicago suburbs. Early in his career, he worked as Environmental Engineer / Project Manager in the environmental permitting and planning division of an engineering consulting firm.

Mr. Schilling has a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He is also actively involved in several national, regional, and local professional associations dedicated to promoting recycling and advancing environmentally and economically sound solid waste management practices. Based in the Chicago metropolitan area, he can be reached at sschilling@gbbinc.com.

Congratulations to Angelique T. Pagán Medina for being awarded the 2026 Harvey W. Gershman Scholarship by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)!

An Environmental Engineering student at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Ms. Pagán Medina is currently the President of the Student Chapter of the Puerto Rico Institute of Environmental Engineers. 

The scholarship, named after GBB’s co-founder and SWANA life member, is managed by SWANA as part of the Grant H. Flint International Scholarship program. The $5,000 scholarship, funded by a generous donation from Harvey as part of his long-standing desire to help the next generation of industry leaders, is awarded to full-time university students pursuing a degree in studies applicable to solid waste or resource management, intending to seek employment in the industry, and being either SWANA Student Members or children/grandchildren of a SWANA Member.