Advisory Board: Alamo Municipal Advisory Council
Subject: May 2026 Presentations
Recycle Smart
Judith Silver - Recycle Smart
Judith Silver has been engaged in the fields of resource recovery, waste prevention, and recycling for 35 years. She has experience in multiple facets of the zero-waste world - as a local government zero waste staff person, working for a hauler, and as a sustainability consultant. She has been the Senior Waste Prevention and Recycling Manager at the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority (RecycleSmart) since 2020. In this role, she is responsible for SB 1383 implementation and compliance and C&D implementation and compliance.
Who we are
RecycleSmart is a Joint Powers Authority made up of six jurisdictions, the cities and towns of Walnut Creek, Moraga, Danville, Lafayette and Moraga plus the unincorporated areas of Central Contra Costa County (Alamo, Blackhawk, Diablo and the unincorporated areas of the cities and towns listed above).
Our Mission
RecycleSmart provides efficient, high-quality waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting, collection, processing and education programs in Central Contra Costa County communities.
What We Do
RecycleSmart provides solid waste services for Central Contra Costa County residents and businesses. RecycleSmart has contracted with Republic Services for the collection, transfer and disposal of residential and commercial garbage, recycling and organics and Mt. Diablo Recycling for the processing of residential and commercial recyclable materials.
Registrar of Voters
Registrar and Clerk Recorder, Kristen Connelly
Kristin B. Connelly was elected as Contra Costa County’s Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters in November of 2022 and began her term on January 3, 2023. She oversees the 74 employees that work across the Clerk-Recorder, Elections and Administration Divisions of her department. With respect to the Elections Division, Kristin has spent her first three years in office focused on increasing access to voting, ensuring transparency about elections processes, highlighting election security, battling misinformation about elections and improving internal processes. She also proudly promotes the important work of the Clerk-Recorder Division which handles hundreds of thousands of property transactions and vital records each year. Kristin co-chairs the Elections Legislative Committee for the statewide California Association of Clerks and Elections Officials (CACEO) and serves on its board of directors representing the Bay Area region. Prior to being elected Clerk-Recorder, Kristin worked as the President and CEO of the East Bay Leadership Council (EBLC) for more than 8 years. Kristin served on the Acalanes Union High School District Governing Board from 2018-2023, including one year of service as president. A native of Contra Costa, Kristin earned a law degree from Fordham, a master’s in public policy from Georgetown and a bachelor’s in political science from UCLA, as a Frank H. Buck Scholar. Kristin recently completed the 12-course sequence to become a Certified Elections and Registration Administrator (CERA) through the University of Auburn. Kristin practiced employment law at the firm Sidley Austin LLP in New York City. Kristin is grateful to be raising her two children, ages 17 and 20, in Contra Costa with her husband, T.J