Recycling Today Media Group hires Mallory Szczepanski

Szczepanski joins the group as event and content producer.

In this role, Szczepanski, who is based out of Traverse City, Michigan, is responsible for curriculum development for Recycling Today Media Group events, which include the Battery & Critical Metals Recycling Conference, Scrap Expo, MRF Operations Forum, Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference and Waste Today’s Corporate Growth Conference. Her duties include speaker recruitment and marketing strategy development for the group’s events, as well as developing print and digital content across Recycling Today Media Group’s titles.

“I am excited to join the talented team at Recycling Today Media Group,” Szczepanski says. “With a passion for creating memorable experiences through high-quality educational sessions and producing compelling content, I look forward to collaborating with the group and its partners to craft top-notch events and content that not only engage and inspire but also drive impactful results.”

She will collaborate closely with Recycling Today Media Group Publisher James R. Keefe, Editorial Director DeAnne Toto and the rest of the editorial team, as well as with the group’s marketing and sales teams.

“We are pleased to welcome Mallory to the Recycling Today Media Group,” Keefe says, noting the diverse skillset she brings to the role and the depth of her industry relationships. “We look forward to her contributions across our event portfolio.”

“I’m pleased to have the opportunity to work with Mallory to further strengthen our events and expand our marketing efforts to attract more industry professionals,” Toto adds.

Szczepanski previously was the vice president of marketing and communications for the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) and the publisher and editor-in-chief of the association’s WasteRecycling magazine, which was produced quarterly. She was responsible for managing member relations; leading education programs for meetings and events, including WasteExpo, North America’s largest solid waste, recycling and organics industry event; managing NWRA’s social media accounts, website, publications and marketing efforts; and serving as the NWRA staff lead for the association’s Education and Membership committees.

Szczepanski has worked as a business-to-business (B2B) journalist since 2011, covering industries such as waste and recycling, architecture and design and food and beverage. Before joining NWRA, she was the editorial director at Waste360, having led all editorial efforts for the online publication and WasteExpo.

With a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Columbia College Chicago, Szczepanski recently participated in the 2023-2024 Leadership Grand Traverse and 2023 Women's Leadership Cohort programs through Traverse Connect. She also is the founder of Fear The Writer LLC and serves as the program chair for the Traverse City Young Professionals, a board member for Addiction Treatment Services and was honored as one of the 2023 Influential Women of Northern Michigan by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

GIE Media, based in Valley View, Ohio, is a leading marketing and communications B2B media company serving more than a dozen industries, including the recycling industry through the publications Recycling Today, Waste Today and Construction & Demolition Recycling. GIE Media’s mission is to produce the highest quality business magazines, websites, e-newsletters, conferences, reference books and other forms of business media in growth industries, with a quality standard based on editorial value and market leadership. The company employs more than 100 journalists, content specialists, designers, producers and sales and marketing professionals.