Principal Occupation:
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director, Waste Connections, Inc. (“Waste Connections”)
Experience:
Mr. Mittelstaedt has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Waste Connections since April 2023, a company he founded in 1997. From July 2019 to April 2023, he served as Executive Chairman. He previously served as its Chair and CEO from its formation in 1997 to July 2019. He has also served as a director of Waste Connections since 1997. Under Mr. Mittelstaedt’s leadership, Waste Connections has become the third largest company in the North American solid waste and recycling industry, employing more than 23,000 people nationwide, and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange. Mr. Mittelstaedt is an independent director for Pye-Barker, Inc., the largest commercial fire suppression install and maintenance company in the United States. Mr. Mittelstaedt also established the RDM Positive Impact Foundation in 2004 to improve the lives of underprivileged and at-risk children. Prior to his career in waste management, he spent three years in the air freight industry. Mr. Mittelstaedt holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of California – Santa Barbara.
The Board nominated Mr. Mittelstaedt, in part, because of his expertise in making large capital equipment decisions, extensive experience working with diverse employee and other groups in various geographic regions and a history of developing an organizational culture of strong work ethics. Mr. Mittelstaedt also contributes to the Board his insight as an experienced CEO of a publicly traded company, which the Board has found valuable in its deliberations.
Other Directorships:
Mr. Mittelstaedt currently serves on the board of Waste Connections and serves as an independent director of Pye-Barker.
Philanthropic Support
The MIND Institute
Hands4Hope
Capital Cup – raised funds for Michael J Fox Foundation, ALS