Ben Parry

Ben Parry, the CEO of Compost Crew, is a business executive and entrepreneur fighting to protect the health of our planet. Ben acquired Compost Crew in 2018 when it was a small food scrap hauler with 3 trucks, 5 employees, and several hundred customers. The company has since grown to a diversified composting business with over 20,000 customers, 40 trucks, and 80 employees. The company operates several distributed composting systems – its Compost Outposts – in partnership with area farms and municipalities to process high quality compost and build food system resiliency.

Prior to acquiring Compost Crew in 2018, Ben spent over a decade in the clean energy industry, where he led a business that operated a fleet of solar and wind assets across five continents, and helped launch a leading solar company in India. Ben lives in Maryland with his wife, three boys, is an avid gardener, and has an MBA from Georgetown University.