Jeff Stein was named Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs in January 2024. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Stein spent 40 years at the international law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (“WilmerHale”) where he was a Partner focused on corporate law across a wide range of companies at various stages of growth, including working with Casella since 1996. He has extensive knowledge and experience across a number of specialties, specifically mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and strategic corporate growth as well as public company regulatory compliance and governance. Mr. Stein holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Amherst College.

Simon Tripp was named Region Vice President for our Eastern Region in January 2024. In his current role, Mr. Tripp is responsible for oversight of solid waste operations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. From January 2011 through 2023, Mr. Tripp served as Eastern Region Controller after his role as Division Manager at the Salem Hauling Division beginning in 2005. Mr. Tripp joined the company in April 2003 as a Financial Analyst and was promoted to Regional Operations Analyst in 2004. Prior to joining Casella, Mr. Tripp was an Associate Economist at Standard & Poor’s from 1996 through 2000. Mr. Tripp holds an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in Economics.