Walter Willis has been the Executive Director of the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County since 2007 and is responsible for overseeing the Agency’s solid waste and resource management programs and implementing the Lake County Solid Waste Management Plan.  Mr. Willis is a board member of the Illinois Chapter of SWANA, the past chairman of the Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition and an honorary board member of the Product Stewardship Institute.  
Prior to joining SWALCO, Mr. Willis worked in the waste industry as a consultant for approximately 20 years developing solid waste management plans and assisting with solid waste facility development projects throughout the United States.  He began his solid waste career with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in 1987 after receiving his Master’s in Public Administration from Southern Illinois University.