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Waste Connections, Inc.

NYSE: WCN. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:5e816ca8-3fed-4075-964e-2daffd2c12fb
SEC CIK
0001318220
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 21, 2026
Newest evidence
Apr 2, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Ronald J. MittelstaedtSince Feb 12, 2026
Chair
Not published
Independent
Not published9 directors published
Published claims
283 distinct sources
Evidence records
160 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 3 distinct sources and 16 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

EXECUTIVE APPOINTED

Aaron J. Bradley executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.

EffectiveEffective Feb 12, 2026E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Senior Vice President Performance OptimizationAaron J. BradleyFeb 2026currentSource reportedE3
Senior Vice President OperationsDan PioFeb 2026currentSource reportedE4
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting OfficerDerek TanFeb 2026currentSource reportedE5
Senior Vice President Chief Information OfficerEric O. HansenFeb 2026currentSource reportedE6
Executive Vice President Engineering and DisposalJames M. LittleFeb 2026currentSource reportedE7
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating OfficerJason J. CraftFeb 2026currentSource reportedE8
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerMary Anne WhitneyFeb 2026currentSource reportedE9
Senior Vice President and Chief Tax OfficerMichael BlackFeb 2026currentSource reportedE10
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and SecretaryPatrick J. SheaFeb 2026currentSource reportedE11
Senior Vice President Business DevelopmentPhilip J. RivardFeb 2026currentSource reportedE12
Senior Vice President OperationsRobert A. Nielsen IIIFeb 2026currentSource reportedE13
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant SecretaryRobert M. CloningerFeb 2026currentSource reportedE14
President and Chief Executive OfficerRonald J. MittelstaedtFeb 2026currentSource reportedE15
Senior Vice President People, Training and DevelopmentSusan R. NethertonFeb 2026currentSource reportedE16

Board of directors

Evidence

9 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Andrea E. BertoneIndependence not published2022None publishedSource reportedE2
Carl D. SparksIndependence not published2024None publishedSource reportedE2
Cherylyn Harley LeBonIndependence not published2024None publishedSource reportedE2
Daniel L. FlornessIndependence not published2026None publishedSource reportedE2
Edward E. GuilletIndependence not published2007None publishedSource reportedE2
Elise L. JordanIndependence not published2019None publishedSource reportedE2
Michael W. HarlanIndependence not published1998None publishedSource reportedE2
Ronald J. MittelstaedtIndependence not published1997None publishedSource reportedE2
Susan LeeIndependence not published2014None publishedSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Control and voting power

Evidence

No 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 registry

Who 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 officerRonald J. Mittelstaedt, President and Chief Executive Officer, from Feb 12, 2026
Source reportedE15
company:5e816ca8-3fed-4075-964e-2daffd2c12fb:leadership_role:27
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
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
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingWCN (NYSE)
Source reportedE1
company:5e816ca8-3fed-4075-964e-2daffd2c12fb:security_listing:29
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 21, 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

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameWaste Connections, Inc.
Source reportedE1
company:5e816ca8-3fed-4075-964e-2daffd2c12fb:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:5e816ca8-3fed-4075-964e-2daffd2c12fb:entity_status:3
Published FactIndustrials
Source reportedE1
company:5e816ca8-3fed-4075-964e-2daffd2c12fb:published_fact:5

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A 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.
  • CommitteesNot reviewed. Committee mandates show where oversight is delegated.
  • 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.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

This 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
16 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
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 21, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    DEF 14A tm2529435-2_def14a.htm
    sec proxy. Published Apr 2, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 9 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  10. E10
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  11. E11
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  12. E12
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  13. E13
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  14. E14
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  15. E15
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  16. E16
    WCN 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Feb 12, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 21, 2026
  • Aaron J. Bradley executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Dan Pio executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Derek Tan executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Eric O. Hansen executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • James M. Little executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Jason J. Craft executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Mary Anne Whitney executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Michael Black executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Patrick J. Shea executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Philip J. Rivard executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Robert A. Nielsen III executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Robert M. Cloninger executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Ronald J. Mittelstaedt executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Susan R. Netherton executive of Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-02-12.
  • Daniel L. Florness seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2026-01-01.
  • Carl D. Sparks seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2024-01-01.
  • Cherylyn Harley LeBon seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2024-01-01.
  • Andrea E. Bertone seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.
  • Elise L. Jordan seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2019-01-01.
  • Susan Lee seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2014-01-01.
  • Edward E. Guillet seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 2007-01-01.
  • Michael W. Harlan seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 1998-01-01.
  • Ronald J. Mittelstaedt seat on Waste Connections, Inc., effective 1997-01-01.
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  10. Risk0
  11. AI oversight0
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  14. Other published claims4
  15. Coverage gaps18
  16. Linked people22
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  • Aaron J. BradleyPerson
  • Dan PioPerson
  • Derek TanPerson
  • Eric O. HansenPerson
  • James M. LittlePerson
  • Jason J. CraftPerson
  • Mary Anne WhitneyPerson
  • Michael BlackPerson
  • Patrick J. SheaPerson
  • Philip J. RivardPerson
  • Robert A. Nielsen IIIPerson
  • Robert M. CloningerPerson
  • Ronald J. MittelstaedtPerson
  • Susan R. NethertonPerson
  • Andrea E. BertonePerson
  • Carl D. SparksPerson
  • Cherylyn Harley LeBonPerson
  • Daniel L. FlornessPerson
  • Edward E. GuilletPerson
  • Elise L. JordanPerson
  • Michael W. HarlanPerson
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