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Board Of Directors
Lonnie C. Poole, Jr.
Lonnie C. Poole, Jr. founded the
Company in 1970 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Company
since that time. Mr. Poole, who retired in 2002 also served as Chief Executive Officer
for 36 years. Mr. Poole holds a B. S. in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State
University and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr.
Poole has more that 35 years of experience in the solid waste industry. He as served
in the Environmental Industry Association, a non-profit business association established
to, among other pursuits, inform, educate and assist its members in cost-effective,
safe and environmentally responsible management of waste (“EIA”, formerly the National
Solid Waste Management Association or “NSWMA”), in the following positions: Chairman,
Vice-Chairman, and Board Member. In addition, Mr. Poole has served in the EIA Research
and Education Foundation as Chairman and is now a member of its Board of Directors.
Mr. Poole was inducted into the EIA Hall of Fame in 1994. Mr. Poole serves as Chairman
of our Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and our Corporate Governance Committee.
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Jim W. Perry
Jim W. Perry joined the Company in 1971 and has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since 2002. He has served as President since 1987 and as Director since 1974. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Perry served as Chief Operating Officer for 15 years. Mr. Perry holds a B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from North Carolina State University and an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Mr. Perry has more than 36 years of experience in the solid waste industry and has received the Distinguished Service Award from the NSWMA as Chairman and on the Membership Committee. Mr. Perry was inducted into the EIA hall of Fame in 1997. Mr. Perry serves as a member of our Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and our Corporate Governance Committee.
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Paul F. Hardiman
Paul F. Hardiman has served as a director of the Company since 2002. Mr. Hardiman retired in 2002 as a Managing Director at FleetBoston Corp. During his 36-year career with FleetBoston and its predecessor company, Bank of Boston, Mr. Hardiman held a variety of management positions in the Bank's Commercial Banking and Specialized Financing activities. He also served as Chairman of Bank of Boston Canada, a banking and factoring company located in Toronto and Montreal. In 1989 he established the Bank's Environmental Financing Group, the first of it's kind in the country, to provide capital and banking support to the Solid Waste Industry. Mr. Hardiman holds a BA in Economics from Boston College and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College. Mr. Hardiman serves on our Auditing Committee.
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Glenn E. Futrell
Glenn E. Futrell is the President and owner of Roanoke Properties Limited Partnership, a real estate development company, in Manteo, North Carolina. From 1973 to 1987, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Soil & Material Engineers, which specialized in geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering and hazardous waste cleaning, and which was sold to Westinghouse in December 1987. Mr. Futrell served as President of Westinghouse Environmental & Geotechnical Services, a subsidiary of Westinghouse, from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Futrell holds a BSCE and a MSCE in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. He serves on the Board of the North Carolina State Engineering Foundation. Mr. Futrell is a director of North State Bancor, a publicly traded bank holding company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Futrell serves as Chairman of our Compensation Committee and as a member of our Mergers & Acquisitions and our Nominating Committees.
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James A. Walker
James A. Walker is Chairman of The Advisory Group, LLC, which provides, among other services, consulting services on real estate investment sales and acquisitions, a position he has held since 1997. From 1984 until 1997, he was the Chief Executive Officer of North Hills, Inc., a $350 million diversified real estate development company. From 1968 to 1984, he was with KPMG Peat Marwick, rising to partner-in-charge of the private business practice in the Raleigh office. Mr. Walker holds a B.S. in Business Administration from East Carolina University. He completed the Harvard Business School Owner—President Management Program in 1985. Mr. Walker serves as Chairman on our Nominating Committee and as a member of our Audit Committee.
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