Title: Resource Recovery & Recycling Manager
Company: City of Santa Monica
Location: Santa Monica, CA United States
Kim Braun has thrived throughout her professional journey. She started out by earning a master’s degree in public administration, and proceeded to join the State of New Jersey in a variety of capacities. First, Ms. Braun was a budget analyst, and then became the director of operations for improvement authority, where she worked on capital improvements. She also served for the State of New Jersey Sanitation Department for 15 years. While there, she worked for the solid waste division, and handled improvements for the state. When her husband’s career relocated them to California, she found that the City of Santa Monica was very progressive environmentally, which was in-line with her experiences and way of thinking. As the current Resource Recovery and Recycling Manager, she is responsible for all the sanitation services in Santa Monica.