Tom J. Fatjo, Jr. 

Mr. Fatjo, Jr. has served as our chairman of the Board of Directors and chief executive officer since our formation in September 2000. Since August 1998, Mr. Fatjo, Jr. has also served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of our former parent, Waste Corporation of America, LLC, or Waste Corporation of America, which was spun off as part of an internal corporate reorganization prior to our initial public offering in June 2004. From 1992 to August 1998, Mr. Fatjo, Jr. served as the chairman and chief executive officer, and from 1994 to 1996 as the president, of TransAmerican Waste Industries, Inc., or TransAmerican, a publicly-held waste management company that merged into USA Waste Services, Inc. in 1998. In 1990 and 1991, Mr. Fatjo, Jr. was the co-founder and the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Republic Waste Industries, Inc., or Republic Waste, another publicly-held waste management company. Mr. Fatjo, Jr. also founded Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., or BFI, formerly one of the nation’s largest solid waste management companies and now a part of Allied Waste Industries, Inc., or Allied Waste, another publicly-held waste management company. From 1966 to 1976, Mr. Fatjo, Jr. served as the co-chief executive officer responsible for BFI’s mergers and acquisitions and corporate development activities. Mr. Fatjo, Jr. remained on BFI’s board until 1980. Mr. Fatjo, Jr. received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University. Mr. Fatjo, Jr. has over 40 years of experience in the solid waste management industry. Mr. Fatjo, Jr. is the father of Tom J. Fatjo, III, our senior vice president — finance and secretary.

Jerome M. Kruszka.

Mr. Kruszka has served as a director and our president and chief operating officer since our formation in September 2000. Since August 1998, Mr. Kruszka has also served as a director and as the president and chief operating officer of our former parent, Waste Corporation of America, which was spun off as part of an internal reorganization prior to our initial public offering in June 2004. From 1996 to August 1998, Mr. Kruszka served as the president and chief operating officer, and from 1997 to 1998 as a director, of TransAmerican. In 1971, Mr. Kruszka began his career with Waste Management, Inc., the largest publicly-held waste management company in the United States. From 1971 to 1996, Mr. Kruszka held several positions with Waste Management, Inc. and its affiliates, including general manager, district manager and regional manager for northern California, where over 20 divisions involved in collection, transfer, recycling and landfill operations reported to him, and including vice president of operations, western region manager and member of the executive committee of Chemical Waste Management, Inc. (an affiliate of Waste Management). Mr. Kruszka has over 35 years of experience in the solid waste management industry. 

Charles A. Casalinova.

Mr. Casalinova has served as our senior vice president and chief financial officer since our formation in September 2000. Since July 1999, Mr. Casalinova has also served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of our former parent, Waste Corporation of America, which was spun off as part of an internal reorganization prior to our initial public offering in June 2004. From 1981 to July 1999, Mr. Casalinova held several positions at Waste Management, Inc., including division controller, regional chief information officer, acquisition controller, regional vice president/controller for Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma and north Texas, and regional vice president/controller for Illinois and Indiana. Mr. Casalinova received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Akron and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1989. Mr. Casalinova has over 25 years of experience in the solid waste management industry.

Tom J. Fatjo, III.

Mr. Fatjo, III has served as our senior vice president — finance and secretary since February 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Fatjo, III served as our senior vice president and treasurer since our formation in September 2000. Since September 2000, Mr. Fatjo, III has also served as the senior vice president and treasurer of our former parent, Waste Corporation of America, which was spun off as part of an internal reorganization prior to our initial public offering in June 2004. From August 1998 to September 2000, Mr. Fatjo, III served as vice president, treasurer and director of Waste Corporation of America, Inc. From 1992 to August 1998, Mr. Fatjo, III served as vice president-treasurer of TransAmerican. Mr. Fatjo, III began his career in the solid waste industry with Republic Waste, where he was in charge of investors relations from 1990 through 1991. Mr. Fatjo, III received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Fatjo, III has over 15 years of experience in the solid waste management industry.