James Thompson, Jr.
President

James Thompson has over 14 years of experience as a consultant and publisher of information products addressing the solid waste industry. He is one of the nation's leading experts on municipal solid waste pricing and business trends. In 1991 he co-founded Chartwell Information by creating the industry's first newsletter and database of disposal prices. As president of Chartwell, Mr. Thompson regularly consults with clients on issues of strategic, economic, regulatory, and policy issues related to the solid waste industry. Chartwell's clients include both corporations and municipalities, and agencies of the federal government. Mr. Thompson has consulted to every major solid waste management firm in the US.

Under Mr. Thompson, Chartwell has become the nation's leading Authority on waste pricing, volume, and capacity levels and trends. He developed a macroeconomic model that relates solid waste to the economy at large and allows for the forecasting of data on a local, regional, or national basis.

Mr. Thompson holds an MBA degree from Vanderbilt University's Owen School of Management in Nashville, Tennessee, and a BA from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

H. James Busbee
Executive Editor

H. James Busbee is the editor of Chartwell's newsletters, Solid Waste Digest and Remediation Market Report, and the Solid Waste Yearbook. He has worked for Chartwell since its incorporation in 1991. He designed and developed the scope, editorial direction and format of the company's newsletters. He has been quoted or consulted for his expertise on the solid waste industry by a variety of major media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Reader's Digest, and many others.

Mr. Busbee holds a Master's in writing from the University of Memphis and an undergraduate degree in English from the College of William and Mary. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.