The RCA Welcomes Mortimer Capriles and Joshua Shitta-Bey to the Board of Directors!
The Recycling Council of Alberta warmly welcomes Mortimer Capriles and Joshua Shitta-Bey to our Board of Directors!
The mission of the RCA is to promote, facilitate and advocate for a Circular Economy in Alberta through waste reduction and resource conservation. We are excited to welcome our new Directors who will help us work towards our vision of a waste-free world!
Mortimer Capriles

Mortimer Capriles is the Director of Sustainability and Innovation at Goodwill Industries of Alberta since January 2018. His responsibility includes leadership of all sustainability projects, including sustainability reporting and stakeholder engagement.
Capriles is also responsible for the Goodwill Impact Centres in Edmonton and Calgary. The Goodwill Impact Centre is an amazing concept where millions and millions of items are diverted from local landfills every year while providing training and employment opportunities to persons with disabilities in Alberta.
In his previous role as the Regional Director of Sustainability at Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, his responsibilities included leadership of the sustainability program for the four resort properties that form Fairmont’s Canadian Western Mountain Region.
Capriles holds an Executive MBA, a Bachelor’s degree in Geography, and several postgraduate certificates related to sustainability, the circular economy, environmental planning and leadership. He also holds the Environmental Professional Certification awarded by Eco Canada and the Global Sustainability Practitioner certification (CSR-P).
Capriles is fully committed to diverting as much as possible from the landfill and increasing community awareness about the positive environmental impact of reusing and shopping second-hand. As a result, he volunteers at the Emerald Foundation since 2018 to support the non-profit efforts to showcase the most relevant environmental achievements in Alberta, setting an example for all to follow.
Joshua Shitta-Bey

Joshua Shitta-Bey is a Municipal Executive in-training. He is a participant in the Alberta Municipal Internship Program. This GoA program seeks to fill in the diminishing number of executives in the municipal space that is currently a challenge for Albertan municipalities. He is also a Reservist in the Canadian Armed Forces where he has served as a Financial Services Administrator since 2017.
Due to his urge to better understand society, politics, and public organizations, while he lived in Ottawa, he was driven to volunteer with the Liberal Party, where he worked as a Victory Fund Officer and through that opportunity was fortunate to also work as a volunteer research assistant for Senator Grant Mitchel. Joshua is an avid fan of the sport of boxing and enjoys reading about history in his spare time.
Joshua is a highly driven individual that seeks to add positive impact to any organization he is a part of, as well as to society at large. He has a Financial Services Diploma from SAIT and a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree (Major in International Business and Minor in Economics) from Mount Royal University.