---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000911177-22-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWST"
cik: "0000911177"
company_name: "CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T12:58:25.010822+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Casella Waste appoints Kevin Drohan as VP and CAO, effective April 1, 2022, succeeding retiring Christopher Heald

## Summary
- Kevin Drohan appointed VP and Chief Accounting Officer, effective April 1, 2022; Heald retired to Finance Advisor.
- Drohan was Corporate Controller since Aug 2021; previously Corporate Controller at Sprague Resources LP.
- Employment agreement: $250,000 base salary, bonus up to 50% of base in cash or equity.
- Severance: 1x highest base salary plus target incentive, COBRA for 1 year after termination.
- Non-compete: 1-year ban on solid waste/recycling businesses within 100 miles of company facilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000911177-22-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWST
- cik: 0000911177
- company_name: CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117722000013/0000911177-22-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117722000013/cwst-20220331.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000911177-22-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000911177-22-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000911177-22-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher B. Heald retired as Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer at CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Mr. Drohan succeeds Christopher B. Heald, who retired from his position as Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer, effective as of March 31, 2022, and transitioned into the role of Finance Advisor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117722000013/0000911177-22-000013-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin J. Drohan was appointed as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 31, 2022, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Kevin J. Drohan as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective as of April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117722000013/0000911177-22-000013-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.