Juli Blalock is the Chief of the Bureau of Land and Waste Management, having previously served as an Assistant Bureau Chief for the bureau. She began her career with the former DHEC more than 29 years ago as an engineer in the Solid Waste Permitting Section, and she oversaw numerous permitting programs as an Assistant Bureau Chief, including solid waste, mining, RCRA, radioactive waste and infectious waste as well as recycling outreach, grants, and regulation development.
Juli currently serves on the board of the SC Palmetto Chapter of SWANA and on National SWANA committees, and she previously served on the ASTSWMO Solid Waste Task Force. Juli received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering from the University of South Carolina.