Lydia Keith

Lydia Keith was born and raised in rural Minnesota. She graduated from Braham Area High School in 2006. Her high school years were filled with theatre and softball.

An avid performer, Lydia was a leading member of her school’s theatre program, even directing during her high school years and returning after college to direct and choreograph at the very place her passion for theater began.

After high school, she attended Bethel University where she graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts. Lydia was involved in a number of productions during her two years at Bethel, including spending one summer touring with Bethel University’s Royal Players, a summer troupe that traveled to the west coast, and back performing at various churches and camps.

Lydia Keith graduated from Bethel University in 2008 and spent the next four years as a freelance actor in the Twin Cities. She spent those years finding work in all areas of the creative community including acting, directing, teaching, and choreographing both dance and stage combat performances.

In 2015, she was headhunted and offered a position to come on board at UTi, a European Freight Forwarder, and manage their largest Minneapolis client, Aveda.

For the next four years, Lydia managed, monitored, and improved the ocean export processes in place at Aveda and kept product moving smoothly from Minnesota to a dozen countries around the world.

Through all of the major account handling, Lydia learned more about US Fish and Wildlife regulations and the logistics of government regulations than she ever would have thought as a 19-year-old theatre major!

Her organizational skills improved dramatically as did her competence at Excel and understanding of software programs. It was these learned skills, along with a sense of personal determination and motivation that led her to her new career-CEO of Recycle Technologies, Inc.

Recycle Technologies, Inc is an electronics and lightbulb recycling company that operates out of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Lydia Keith started at Recycle Technologies after the company was purchased in March of 2020. Her organizational skills, ability to learn quickly, and familiarity with government requirements and guidelines will be immeasurably beneficial to Recycle Technologies and its path forward in the changing and growing world of recycling.