He will succeed Ronald Klingle, who will continue in his role as the chairman of the Board of Avalon Holdings and will assist Mr Berry in his transition into the president and CEO role.
Mr Berry has over twenty-five years of experience in the waste management sector, through which he has developed a background in executive leadership, mergers and acquisitions, customer service, sales and marketing, and accounting.
In his most recent position, Mr Berry was an area vice president for Waste Management, where he was responsible for nearly a $1bn business unit covering Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Mr Berry, said: “Avalon is a company with a great track record of profitable growth and has an enormous potential to continue building its current business and expanding into related businesses.I feel privileged to join Avalon and look forward to expanding on its strong foundation of assets.”
Ronald Klingle, chairman of Avalon, said: “We are delighted to partner with Steve and are confident that he will be an excellent leader for our board and senior management team at Avalon.
“Steve’s unique experience of previously growing and managing a customer-focused service organization across a broad geographic area will assist in building on the strong platform that I and the other executives at Avalon have so effectively created over the years.”
