Ash Committee

Mr. Harshberger’s unique experience and leadership skills have pushed him to the forefront of Executive Managers in the challenging heavy-civil and CCR construction field. His highly rated geotechnical and environmental education, coupled with his extensive work experience, makes him a leader in the industry. With a ‘hands-on’ approach, Mr. Harshberger manages a full service CCR construction and asset management group.  Prior to this role, he developed a high-performing field and office support staff for one of the most well-known CCR contractors in the Midwest and South. Kevin’s efforts have resulted in high customer satisfaction, and measurable employee development.

As a Vice President and Program Manager for R.B. Jergens, over a 28-year period Mr. Harshberger directly managed more than 110 environmental construction projects, including wet CCR impoundment closures, dry CCR landfills, solid waste landfill cells and caps, solid waste gas extraction and optimization systems, leachate and groundwater management systems, and site development projects.

Since graduation from WVU, Mr. Harshberger has worked exclusively in the waste management and heavy civil construction industries in multiple capacities – from a state reviewer, to an owner’s representative for the largest solid waste company in the world, to a Vice President and Program Manager, and ultimately to a President and CEO. 

Harold D. Register, Jr. is a professional engineer in Michigan with 27 years of experience in environmental regulatory compliance, engineering, and groundwater monitoring and remediation at complex environmental remediation sites.  He has a B.S in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from the Florida State University and is currently pursuing a secondary M.S. in Statistics from Purdue University.  He started his engineering career as a public infrastructure engineer supporting response and recovery operations from federally declared disasters.  After a few years, he transitioned to permitting and technical support of hazardous waste (Subtitle C) operations and remediation at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection until his most recent move to the utility industry.  Currently he serves as a Senior Principal Environmental Engineer at Consumers Energy where he has executed numerous high-impact projects focused on compliance with the management of Coal Combustion Residuals (CCRs). Focusing on state and federal environmental regulations, Mr. Register has been a strategic innovator for the closure of CCR waste management units and the implementation of groundwater monitoring and remediation solutions. His leadership extends beyond Consumers Energy, with advisory roles at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and active participation in regulatory frameworks at the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG).