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Mr. John W. Casella is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Casella Waste Systems, Inc., notified the Board of his decision to transition from Chief Executive Officer to Executive Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2026. Mr. Casella has served as Chief Executive Officer since joining his brother Douglas Casella a year after the Company's founding 50 years ago and as Chairman of the Board since 2001. 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 also served as our President from 1993 to July 2001 and as Chairman of our Board of Directors from 1993 to December 1999. In addition, Mr. Casella has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Casella Waste Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ours, since 1977. Mr. Casella is also an executive officer and director of Casella Construction, Inc., a company owned by Mr. Casella and his brother Douglas R. Casella, also a member of our Board of Directors, which specializes in general contracting, soil excavation and heavy equipment work, and which performs landfill-construction and related services for us. Mr. Casella has been a member of numerous industry-related and community service-related state, local, and national boards and commissions, including the Board of Directors of the Associated Industries of Vermont, the Association of Vermont Recyclers, the Vermont State Chamber of Commerce, the Rutland Industrial Development Corporation, the Rutland Regional Medical Center, the National Recycling Coalition, the Detachable Container Association and the Environmental Research & Education Foundation. Mr. Casella has also served on various state task forces, serving in an advisory capacity to the Governors of Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire on solid waste issues. Mr. Casella holds an Associate of Science degree in Business Management from Bryant & Stratton College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education from Vermont State University.

Mr. Edmond R. Coletta as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, effective as of January 1, 2026. Mr. Coletta has served as President of the Company since July 2022 and will continue in that role after the Effective Date. On August 6, 2025, the Board also approved electing Mr. Coletta as a Class II director, effective as on January 1, 2026. Mr. Coletta joined the Company in December 2004, and previously served as the Company's President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2022 to November 2023, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from December 2012 to July 2022, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations from January 2011 to December 2012 and Director of Finance and Investor Relations from August 2005 to January 2011. From 2002 until he joined the Company, Mr. Coletta served as the Chief Financial Officer and was a member of the Board of Directors of Avedro, Inc. (FKA ThermalVision, Inc.), an early-stage medical device company that he co-founded. From 1997 to 2001, he served as a research and development engineer for Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems. Mr. Coletta has served on the Board of Trustees for Killington Mountain School since May 2020. Mr. Coletta holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor of Science degree from Brown University in Materials Science Engineering.

Bradford J. Helgeson has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2023. From November 2013 to June 2022, Mr. Helgeson was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Covanta Holding Corporation (Covanta), a publicly-traded materials management and energy services company. Previously, he served as Vice President and Treasurer of Covanta from May 2007 to November 2013. Mr. Helgeson started in the environmental services industry as the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Waste Services, Inc. from 2004 to 2007 after an investment banking career at Lehman Brothers and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Helgeson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History from Bowdoin College.

Shelley E. Sayward has served as our Senior Vice President and General Counsel since January 2021, and prior to that in various roles in our legal department since November 2006. She was previously our Vice President and Assistant General Counsel from September 2014 until January 2021 and Associate General Counsel from September 2008 to September 2014. Prior to joining us, Ms. Sayward held sales and marketing roles with GlaxoSmithKline and Abbott Laboratories, as well as a sales and managerial position with First American Financial Corporation. Ms. Sayward holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College, completed a four-year law clerkship program, and is licensed to practice law in the State of Vermont.

Mr. William P. Hulligan was elected to the Board in September 2015. Mr. Hulligan served as senior advisor to Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., a waste management company, from March 2014 to August 2015, as President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2012 to March 2014, and as President USA and Executive Vice President of Florida operations from July 2010 to January 2012. Prior to joining Progressive Waste Solutions, Mr. Hulligan served as Executive Vice President of North America Operations of Waste Services, Inc., a solid waste services company, from June 2003 to July 2010. Prior to joining Waste Services, Mr. Hulligan also spent over 20 years at Waste Management, Inc., a provider of waste management services, where he held various senior management positions. Mr. Hulligan previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of two publicly-traded waste management companies, EarthCare Company and OHM Corporation. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Environmental Industry Association as well as on the board of Trustees at John Carroll University and Bradley University. Mr. Hulligan holds a B.S. in Business Administration from John Carroll University.

Ms. Emily K. Nagle Green has served as a member of our Board since July 2012. From January 2012 until July 2015, Ms. Nagle Green served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Smart Lunches, Inc., an online delivery service providing fresh meals to children. From November 2005 to June 2011, Ms. Nagle Green served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Yankee Group, a technology research firm, and from June 2011 to January 2012, Ms. Nagle Green served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yankee Group. Prior to joining Yankee Group, Ms. Nagle Green served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Energy Research, an energy research and consulting firm, from 2003 to 2004. From 1995 to 2003, Ms. Nagle Green served in several leadership positions with Forrester Research, a provider of information technology and consulting services. Ms. Nagle Green holds a B.S.LL. from Georgetown University and an M.S. in Engineering and Computer Graphics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Gary Sova serves as a director to fill a vacancy on the Board. Mr. Sova served as a Senior Executive at Republic Services, Inc. (Republic Services), a leading provider of U.S. environmental services, from 2002 to 2019. During his time at Republic Services, he served as Senior Vice President of the Energy Services Division, Senior Vice President of National Accounts, and Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales. Prior to Republic Services, Mr. Sova spent over 15 years with Browning Ferris Industries, Inc, a national waste and recycling company where he was a Corporate Vice President of Sales and also held various senior operations and business management positions. Mr. Sova also served as a member of the Executive Board of Directors of Boys and Girls Club, Scottsdale, Arizona from 2009 to 2015. Mr. Sova holds a BA from Southern Illinois University.

Ms. Rose Stuckey Kirk was appointed to the Board in July of 2020 and has served as Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer of Verizon Communications Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of communications, information and entertainment products and services, since January 2011. In her current role, Ms. Kirk oversees the strategic direction for all marketing activities related to Verizon's social impact assets, is accountable for driving responsible business practices into all Verizon business operations, directs the programmatic build and investment strategy for Verizon's corporate social responsibility portfolio, and oversees Verizon's marketing talent development program. Ms. Kirk joined Verizon in 1998 and has held various leadership positions in sales, customer service, wholesale operations, product development and marketing at Verizon. Ms. Kirk is a member of the Women's Leadership Board of the Harvard Kennedy School, the World Economic Forum Initiative on Education, Gender and Work, and the Executive Leadership Council. She is past chair of the board of Dress for Success Worldwide and a former trustee, finance committee member and strategic planning chair for Gill St Bernard's School. Ms. Kirk holds a BS in Communications from Arkansas State University-Jonesboro.

On June 26, 2026, the Board of Directors of Casella Waste Systems, Inc. appointed Damian A. Ribar as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of the date of commencement of his employment, which is expected to be July 20, 2026. Mr. Ribar previously served as Division Vice President of North Florida of Waste Connection, Inc., a solid waste services company (Waste Connections), from August 2025 until July 2026. Prior to that, he served as Division Vice President of Florida of Waste Connections from July 2019 to July 2025 and Division Vice President of Atlantic Coast Florida of Waste Connections from June 2016 to June 2019. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ribar served as Area Manager for Progressive Waste Solutions, Ltd., Vice President and Operations Controller at Waste Services, Inc., Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at Regus Industries, LLC, and Region Controller at Waste Management, Inc. Mr. Ribar holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with a minor in Finance and Economics, from University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Mr. Douglas R. Casella has served as Vice Chairman of our Board since 1993. Mr. Casella founded Casella Waste Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ours, in 1975 and has served as its President since then. Since 1989, Mr. Casella has served as President of Casella Construction, Inc., a company owned by Mr. Casella and his brother John W. Casella, who is also our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, which specializes in general contracting, soil excavation and heavy equipment work, and which performs landfill-construction and related services for us. We believe Mr. Casella is qualified to serve on our Board due to his extensive experience with operational and asset management matters in the waste management industry.

Kevin J. Drohan has served as our Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since April 2022. Mr. Drohan joined us in August 2021 as our Corporate Controller. Prior to that, from 2015 until he joined Casella, Mr. Drohan served as the Corporate Controller for Sprague Resources, LP (Sprague), then a publicly-traded regional provider of industrial, commercial, and residual energy products. From 2007 through 2015, Mr. Drohan held various finance and accounting roles of increasing responsibility at Sprague. Prior to Sprague, Mr. Drohan held accounting and audit roles at Stanley Black & Decker, EY, and BerryDunn. Mr. Drohan is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire.