Mr. Van Weelden

Mr. Van Weelden was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in July 1997 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in December 1998.Mr. Van Weelden re-assumed the position of President in October 2001.He was first elected a Director in March 1992.

Chairman and CEO Van Weelden assumed the additional positions of president and chief operating officer after former exec Larry Hank left the firm to pursue other interests..

Van Weelden also served as the company's chairman and chief executive, but was replaced by former Sysco (nyse: SYY - news - people ) Chief Executive Charles H. Cotros early in October.

Van Weelden, the firm's chairman and CEO, earned just under $1.4 million in 2001, mostly in base salary.That was down from total compensation the previous year of $12.6 million, a figure padded by a $9.4 million restricted stock award.None of Allied Waste's top executives received such awards in 2001, when the Scottsdale firm's stock price failed to keep up with other garbage-hauling and pollution-control firms, though it did beat the broad market.Allied Waste's profitability dropped last year on flat revenue.