Fernando Berton is a Senior Specialist for the California Integrated Waste Management Board and for the past six years has been the primary staff person researching emerging solid waste technologies. Fernando represents the Board on the Bioenergy Interagency Working Group, California Biomass Collaborative, and the Los Angeles County Conversion Technology Subcommittee.
Fernando has worked in the solid waste field for over twenty years ranging from an enforcement capacity to providing grants and technical assistance for used oil and household hazardous waste management. Fernando graduated from CSU, Sacramento with degrees in microbiology and chemistry.