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New ESOP Members
Aldo Esquivel
Yard Attendant

Tell us a little about you: I like going fishing on my days off with my son and enjoy what we caught for dinner with the entire family. During the week after work, I enjoy helping my wife around the house, watering the plants, and playing with our dogs.
Tell us about your CBR experience: I enjoy the work and interacting with my fellow workers. They’re important to me, just like my family, and I have good bosses here.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: It is a way of making sure my family is taken care of in the future.

Jorge Elias
Yard Attendant

Tell us a little about you: I enjoy talking and spending time with my brother.
Tell us about your CBR experience: I like working here and have learned a lot, especially from Aldo.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: It makes me think about my family and all of our futures more.

Luis Elias
Yard Attendant

Tell us a little about you: I have three sons and enjoy my job
Tell us about your CBR experience: It’s a good job!
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: It's great for the future of my family.

Juan Diaz
Yard Operator

Tell us a little about you: I go to the gym to work out every day. On weekends I go fishing in the early morning and then go out and enjoy the weekend with my wife and kids.
Tell us about your CBR experience: I am happy to be here at CBR. I have learned a lot, especially about equipment and production. I like it here!
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I appreciate any extra benefit given to us by the company.

Jose F. Elias
Yard Attendant

Tell us a little about you: I enjoy taking my family to the park.
Tell us about your CBR experience: It is different than any job I have had before. I enjoy the new experience and thank you for the opportunity.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: If I get injured or terminally sick I have extra support for expenses.

Ron Drummond
Mechanic

Tell us a little about you: I was born and raised in Hawaii. I have been a mechanic for 34 years. My hobbies are hotrods and fishing.
Tell us about your CBR experience: I’ve been the fleet service manager for CBR for 16 years, managing their fleet and working on everything from weed eaters to semi-trucks.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: Being company owned everyone seems to be a little more involved and taking care to make sure things get done. I also like looking forward to another source of income when I retire.

Sarah Barron
Accounts Receivable Supervisor

Tell us a little about you: I was born and raised in the Bay Area. I currently live in San Lorenzo with my husband, two kids, and our two dogs. When I am not working I enjoy spending time with my family, getting together with friends, baking, and traveling.
Tell us about your CBR Experience: I have worked in the accounting department at CBR (also formally Bluewater Environmental) for two and a half years. I am learning new things every day and look forward to learning more.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I am excited to join an ESOP because it seems like a great way to save for retirement and an awesome benefit to working for this organization.

Eduardo Briseno
Mechanic

Tell us a little about you: My name is Eduardo Briseno, I have been living in Hayward, CA all my life. I am a father of two beautiful girls. I enjoy running, wrenching, racing, fishing, and spending time with my family. I have been a mechanic for 18+ years and enjoy coming to work and always looking for new opportunities to grow.
Tell us about your CBR experience: My experience with CBR has been great for the past 15+ years. I have learned so much throughout these years.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I am excited to join ESOP to hopefully make my retirement easier.

Abraham Parra
Safety Manager

Tell us a little about you: I was born in Oakland, and raised in Richmond and Salida. I now live in Salida with my wife, little sister, brother-in-law, 2 dogs, a parrot, 2 guinea pigs, 2 tarantulas, and a fish. Video games, mountain biking, camping, and burritos are my life.
Tell us about your CBR experience: Started 3 years ago as their safety and learned a lot about recycling and processing waste. It has been really fun learning about a new industry.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I like money, especially knowing that it will come in clutch one day.

Isidro Silva
Yard Operator

Tell us a little about you: I enjoy my family time and going out for walks and picnics at the park. I also enjoy going to church every weekend.
Tell us about your CBR experience: I enjoy my work at Certified Blue Recycling, (CBR) I am treated very well. I don’t really pay attention to my commute. I come to work every day and know I will enjoy working with everyone on the job.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I am excited to join ESOP because it’s a second retirement, It’s money being saved for later.

Soaky Duran
Scale House Administrator

Tell us a little about you: Born and Raised in the Bay Area. I graduated from Richmond High School and continued my education at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA. I have 5 siblings and 1 son. I love sports, music, and socializing when not working. Faithful Dodger, Raiders, and Warrior fan.
Tell us about your CBR experience: CBR is new to me and a very interesting and busy place with a lot to learn. I am excited to learn all the ins and outs of recycling, including all the counties and city requirements. Never a dull day at CBR!
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: ESOP is new to me, researching the program has benefits for the employee to plan for retirement. It’s an extra savings to count on.

Liliana Tapia
Scale House Supervisor

Tell us a little about you: I was born and raised in the Bay Area. I am 33 years old and have one daughter. I love to hike and go out with my daughter and niece to Great America, Disneyland, and anything with rides.
Tell us about your CBR experience: I have been working for CBR/Bluewater for 10 years. I started in the field, moved to the warehouse, then dispatch, and now the scale house.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I am new to the ESOP experience. It sounds like a good bonus to my retirement.

Tony Gamma
Senior Manager

Tell us a little about you: Born in Mexico and came to the United States in 1963. Graduated from Patterson High School and San Francisco State University. I have lived in the central valley for half my life and the Bay Area for the other half.
Tell us about your CBR experience: I came on board 10 years ago and have seen it grow. I’m looking forward to the future.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I look forward to the added retirement account, can never have too many retirement accounts.

Hugo Chavarria
Yard Attendant

Tell us a little about you: I try to look at things from a distance when coming into a situation, I love road trips, and I love driving and going off-roading.
Tell us about your CBR experience: I’ve been working for CBR for about 2 years now and in a year of working I learned to efficiently move and operate the forklift, bobcat, and loader.
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I like the fact that when I retire I’ll have a second source of retirement funds.

Gregorio Deleon
Yard Attendant

Tell us a little about you: My name is Gregorio and I like cars.
Tell us about your CBR experience: My experience at CBR has been good. Nice co-workers and nice bosses. The work is fun!
Why are you excited to join an ESOP?: I think it's cool that every employee gets a share in the company.