Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 2, 1998
THOMAS VAN WEELDEN serves as CEO and President. He joined the Company in
January of 1992 and was elected a Director of the Company in March 1992.
From December 1992 until July 1997, he served as President and COO of
the Company. He is a second generation executive in the solid waste
industry, beginning his career as a teenager on the back of a truck in a
family owned waste company serving Chicago. The family company became
part of Waste Management, Inc. ('WMX') in 1972 and Mr. Van Weelden was
engaged in acquisitions and acquisition integration for WMX until 1975,
when he left to found an independent waste company. Prior to joining
Allied, he served as President of two privately owned solid waste
companies, which were acquired by Allied (one in January and the other
in July 1992). Mr. Van Weelden attended Pepperdine University, studying
Business Management and the University of Wisconsin where he studied
Environmental Engineering. Mr. Van Weelden also sits on the Board of
Directors of Reid Plastics, Inc. Profile
Industries?
Mr. Van Weelden: Allied Waste Industries is a vertically-integrated
solid waste management company which
