Published mark
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC
NASDAQ: CWST. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677
- SEC CIK
- 0000911177
- Record version
- vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 28, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Apr 17, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Edmond Ned R. ColettaSince Feb 20, 2026
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 7 / 1010 directors published
- Published claims
- 353 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 80 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 3 distinct sources and 8 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CFO CHANGED
Bradford J. Helgeson executive of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2026-02-20.
EffectiveEffective Feb 20, 2026E3
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Bradford J. Helgeson | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE3 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Edmond Ned R. Coletta | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | Kevin J. Drohan | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE5 |
| Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Solid Waste Operations | Sean M. Steves | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE6 |
| Senior Vice President and General Counsel | Shelley E. Sayward | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE7 |
Board of directors
Evidence10 directors published. 7 of 10 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas R. Casella | Not independent | 1993 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Edmond R. Coletta | Not independent | 2026 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Emily Nagle Green | Independent | 2012 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and Governance · ChairNominating and Governance, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Gary Sova | Independent | 2021 | AuditAudit; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE2 |
| John W. Casella | Not independent | 1993 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Joseph G. Doody | Independent | 2004 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Michael K. Burke | Independent | 2008 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE2 |
| Michael L. Battles | Independent | 2019 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Rose Stuckey Kirk | Independent | 2020 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE2 |
| William P. Hulligan | Independent | 2015 | AuditAudit; Compensation · ChairCompensation, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Michael L. Battles | Independence not published | Not published | AuditNominating and Governance | Source reportedE8 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Michael K. Burke | Michael K. Burke, Gary Sova, Michael L. Battles, William P. Hulligan | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance | Not published | Michael K. Burke | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation | Not published | Gary Sova | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation · Chair | Not published | William P. Hulligan | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | William P. Hulligan | William P. Hulligan, Emily Nagle Green, Gary Sova, Rose Stuckey Kirk | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating and Governance | Not published | Rose Stuckey Kirk | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair | Not published | Emily Nagle Green | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Governance | Emily Nagle Green | Emily Nagle Green, Michael K. Burke, Michael L. Battles, Rose Stuckey Kirk | Not described in the published record |
Committee AppointmentMichael K. Burke: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentGary Sova: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentMichael L. Battles: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentWilliam P. Hulligan: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair William P. Hulligan; Members William P. Hulligan (Chair); Emily Nagle Green; Gary Sova; Rose Stuckey Kirk
Committee AppointmentWilliam P. Hulligan: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentEmily Nagle Green: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentGary Sova: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentRose Stuckey Kirk: member, Compensation
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair Emily Nagle Green; Members Emily Nagle Green (Chair); Michael K. Burke; Michael L. Battles; Rose Stuckey Kirk
Committee AppointmentEmily Nagle Green: chair, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentMichael K. Burke: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentMichael L. Battles: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentRose Stuckey Kirk: member, Nominating and Governance
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerEdmond Ned R. Coletta, President and Chief Executive Officer, from Feb 20, 2026
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceSecurity ListingCWST (NASDAQ)
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 28, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameCASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Published FactUS
Published FactIndustrials
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Bradford J. HelgesonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officercompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:16
- Edmond Ned R. ColettaPresident and Chief Executive Officercompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:17
- Kevin J. DrohanVice President and Chief Accounting Officercompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:18
- Sean M. StevesSenior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Solid Waste Operationscompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:19
- Shelley E. SaywardSenior Vice President and General Counselcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:20
- Douglas R. CasellaDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:6
- Edmond R. ColettaDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:7
- Emily Nagle GreenDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:8
- Gary SovaDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:9
- John W. CasellaDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:10
- Joseph G. DoodyDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:11
- Michael K. BurkeDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:12
- Michael L. BattlesDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:13
- Rose Stuckey KirkDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:14
- William P. HulliganDirectorcompany:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:leadership_role:15
- Michael L. BattlesDirector (committee appointment)company:d0263a53-6c7f-465a-b449-0f5e7f250677:committee_record:21
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 8 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
- E2sec proxy. Published Apr 17, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026. Cited by 10 Claims.
- E3sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E4sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8board_seats. board seats. Cited by 15 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 28, 2026- Bradford J. Helgeson executive of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2026-02-20.
- Edmond Ned R. Coletta executive of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2026-02-20.
- Kevin J. Drohan executive of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2026-02-20.
- Sean M. Steves executive of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2026-02-20.
- Shelley E. Sayward executive of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2026-02-20.
- Edmond R. Coletta seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2026-01-01.
- Gary Sova seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2021-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation committee of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2021-01-01.
- Gary Sova member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2021-01-01.
- Rose Stuckey Kirk seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2020-01-01.
- Compensation; Nominating and Governance committee of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2020-01-01.
- Rose Stuckey Kirk member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance, effective 2020-01-01.
- Michael L. Battles seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2019-01-01.
- William P. Hulligan seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2015-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation · Chair committee of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2015-01-01.
- William P. Hulligan member of Audit; Compensation · Chair, effective 2015-01-01.
- Emily Nagle Green seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2012-01-01.
- Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair committee of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2012-01-01.
- Emily Nagle Green member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair, effective 2012-01-01.
- Michael K. Burke seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2008-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance committee of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2008-01-01.
- Michael K. Burke member of Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance, effective 2008-01-01.
- Joseph G. Doody seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 2004-01-01.
- Douglas R. Casella seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 1993-01-01.
- John W. Casella seat on CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, effective 1993-01-01.