Allan Gerlat, News Editor

January 16, 2013

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WCA Waste Names Cowhey CEO

WCA Waste Corp. has named James Cowhey Jr. as its new CEO.

Cowhey joins the Houston-based WCA after serving as president and CEO of Chicago-based Land and Lakes Co. Land and Lakes was sold in September to Houston-based Waste Management Inc. Cowhey was CEO at Land and Lakes since 2001.

Paul Mitchener, managing director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, served as interim CEO since WCA was purchased by the Sydney-based Macquarie Group in March 2012. He will continue as chairman of WCA, according to a news release.

"The WCA board is thrilled to have Jim Cowhey as our CEO,” Mitchener said. “Jim's extensive experience in the waste industry and his proven track record in building Land and Lakes into a leading company in one of the most competitive markets in the U.S. greatly enhance our ability to execute the strategic vision for the company."

WCA Waste’s assets consist of 22 landfills, 24 transfer stations/material recovery facilities and 25 collection operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennesseeand Texas. 

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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