Board of Directors

John W. Casella has served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since July 2001 and as our Chief Executive Officer since 1993. Mr. Casella served as President from 1993 to July 2001 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1993 to December 1999. In addition, Mr. Casella has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Casella Waste Management, Inc. since 1977. Mr. Casella is also an executive officer and director of Casella Construction, Inc., a company owned by Mr. Casella and Douglas R. Casella. Mr. Casella has been a member of numerous industry-related and community service-related state and local boards and commissions including the National Recycling Coalition, Board of Directors of the Associated Industries of Vermont, The Association of Vermont Recyclers, Vermont State Chamber of Commerce and the Rutland Industrial Development Corporation. Mr. Casella has also served on various state task forces, serving in an advisory capacity to the Governors of Vermont and New Hampshire on solid waste issues. Mr. Casella holds an Associate of Science in Business Management from Bryant & Stratton University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Education from Castleton State College. Mr. Casella is the brother of Douglas R. Casella, a member of our Board of Directors.

Mr. Chapple was president and owner of Catamount Waste Services, Inc., a central Vermont hauling and landfill operation which the Company purchased in May 1994, from August 1989 to July 1994. Mr. Chapple has been retired since 1995.

Mr. Peters has served as managing general partner of Lake Champlain Capital Management, LLC, since April 2001. From April 1988 until March 2001, Mr. Peters served as managing general partner of Vermont Venture Capital Partners, L.P., which is the general partner of The Vermont Venture Capital Fund, L.P., a venture capital management Company. From July 1986 until March 2001, Mr. Peters also served as general partner of North Atlantic Capital Partners, L.P., which is the general partner of North Atlantic Venture Fund, L.P. From July 1986 to March 2001, Mr. Peters also served as vice president of North Atlantic Capital Corporation, a venture capital management Company. Mr. Peters holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Peters has been designated as the lead outside director of the board.

Mr. Casella has served as vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since 1993. Mr. Casella founded Casella Waste Management, Inc. in 1975 and has served as its president since that date. Casella Waste Management, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Since 1989, Mr. Casella has served as president of Casella Construction, Inc., a Company owned by Mr. Casella and John W. Casella, which specializes in general contracting, soil excavation and related heavy equipment work. Mr. Casella is the brother of John W. Casella.

James W. Bohlig has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer & President of Casella Renewables Group since January 2008. Mr. Bohlig also served as President from July 2001 to January 2008, Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to January 2008, and as Senior Vice President from 1993 to July 2001. Mr. Bohlig has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 1993. From 1989 until he joined us, Mr. Bohlig was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Russell Corporation, a general contractor and developer based in Rutland, Vermont. Mr. Bohlig is a licensed professional engineer. Mr. Bohlig holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Chemistry from the U.S. Naval Academy, and is a graduate of the Columbia University Executive Program in Business Administration.

Mr. Callahan has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2003. Mr. Callahan was an audit and business advisory partner of Arthur Andersen LLP, an independent public accounting firm, from 1975 to March 2000. While at Arthur Andersen, Mr. Callahan served clients in a number of industries, including manufacturing and mining businesses, electric and gas utilities and independent power producers. Mr. Callahan has been retired since March 2000. Mr. Callahan has been a member of various community service-related boards and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation's Hogan Regional Center and is Trustee Emeriti of Bates College. Mr. Callahan is a graduate of Bates College and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Management of Rutgers University.

Mr. Doody has served as President, North American Delivery, Staples, Inc. since 1998. From 1974 to 1998, Mr. Doody held several managerial positions with the Eastman Kodak Company, serving in his last role as General Manager and Vice President, North America, Office Imaging. Mr. Doody earned his MBA at Simon School of Business, University of Rochester, and his BS in Economics from State University of New York at Brockport.

Jim McManus is the CEO of The Hinckley Company, a company that has built and serviced custom, luxury sail and power yachts since 1926. Prior to Hinckley, he was CEO of ZOOTS Corporation, a start-up dry cleaning company that grew to one of the largest dry cleaners in the country. From 1994 to 2004, Jim was a senior executive at Aramark Corporation, a worldwide manged services company specializing in foodservice and facilities services, where he ultimately became President of Business Services Group. Immediately after HBS, Jim was a consultant at McKinsey and Company for four years.

Mr. Burke has served as a member of our Board since February 2008. Since July 2009, Mr. Burke has served as Senior Vice President of, and in August 2009 became Chief Financial Officer of, Albany International Corp., a publicly-traded global advanced textiles and materials processing company. Mr. Burke was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Intermagnetics General Corporation, a publicly traded medical device company, from December 2001 until its sale to Royal Philips Electronics in November 2006. Before joining Intermagnetics, Mr. Burke was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HbT, Inc., a private company manufacturing on-site hydrogen generators for industrial markets and stationary and transportation hydrogen processors for the fuel cell market. Prior to joining HbT in May 2000, Mr. Burke was a Managing Director within the U.S. Investment Banking Department of CIBC Oppenheimer Corp. (now CIBC World Markets). Mr. Burke currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Albany Medical Center and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Union Graduate College. Mr. Burke has a B.A. in Economics from Lake Forest College, and a Graduate Certificate in Mergers and Acquisitions from The Wharton School.