RICHIE GETTER

Richie Getter is an executive leader in circular solution-based strategies, with a 22-year history of pioneering in the environmental services industry, specifically in plastics recycling, product manufacturing and marketing. Richie’s life’s work has been in supply chain management, asset development, and corporate communication.

Richie previously had an extensive tenure with Balcones Resources Inc., the largest, privately held recycling entity in North America as the VP of Strategy & Commodities. He is a 3rd generation in the industry and was pivotal in the growth of Balcones Resources’ material marketing platform from industrial to post consumer plastic products within domestic and international value chains. Serving nearly 20 years of his career at Balcones, he created the plastics recycling division, resulting in a yearly multi-million dollar revenue business line. He exclusively managed the Balcones plastics division and worked on asset development for expansion initiatives into new markets.

In 2023 Richie served as Vice President of Development for GreenDot North America where he managed asset and real estate development, along with supply chain requirements to establish plastic recycling facilities to process post-consumer materials for mechanical and advanced recycling end markets.

Richie served on the U.S. Plastics Pact advisory council from 2020-2022 and was appointed to the board of directors as treasurer in 2023. Richie graduated from St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX with a BA in International Relations. He resides in Lakeway, TX with his wife and two children, and enjoys traveling and spending time in the outdoors with his family, mountain biking, and playing golf.