Specialties
Waste Management & Diversion, Operational Efficiency, Environmental Infrastructure, Stakeholder Engagement, Contracts and Negotiation, Litigation Support
Practice Areas
Environmental Management; Waste Management
Education
B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies, Engineering & Environmental Economics, Clarkson University 1991
Client Service
Jill has extensive experience with operations at landfills, materials recovery facilities, and transfer stations. She also evaluates routes, fleets, equipment, landfill systems, compliance, waste-by-rail operations, and environmental liabilities, and she handles work involving contracts, rates, and requests for proposals (RFPs). With deep experience shaping operational efficiency, she facilitates large-scale waste-management projects involving both the public and private sectors. Her professional experience extends to clients in more than 20 states and provinces in the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe, Latin America, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. In addition to staffing models, diversion studies, route optimizations, cost and benefit analyses, and feasibility assessments, Jill’s client work includes waste-characterization studies, solid waste master planning, rate and cost-of-service studies, and operational evaluations of landfills. She also has experience working in transfer stations, drop-off centers, and composting facilities.
Within the solid waste industry, Jill provides forward-looking operational due diligence to assess the sustainability of target operations in the future; identify actions and investments needed to accelerate value creation; advise deal teams on strategic fit; identify operational risks; and provide readiness for post-deal efficiency, improvement, and integration. Jill has provided post-acquisition integration support to more than 50 transactions.
For significant matters associated with solid waste facilities, operations, and acquisitions and divestitures, Jill provides technical support to high-profile clients and attorneys. She has supported clients on cases including valuation of assets, routes, and damages; contract and shareholder disputes; post-acquisition true-up disagreements; royalty negotiations and disputes; buy and sell agreements; right of first refusal; operating agreements; pricing and fees; and eminent domain. Her technical support for attorneys and clients often includes technical evaluations, advice and recommendations to counsel, expert-opinion reporting, and testimony at deposition and trial.
Contact Jill at JGaffigan@Geosyntec.com.
