---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-083542"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WCN"
cik: "0001318220"
company_name: "Waste Connections, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T15:39:32.058887+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waste Connections appoints Cherylyn Harley LeBon to board; Larry S. Hughes resigns

## Summary
- Cherylyn Harley LeBon appointed to Board and Compensation Committee effective August 1, 2024.
- Larry S. Hughes resigned from Board effective August 1, 2024; departure not due to disagreement.
- LeBon is a partner at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP and brings governmental and international relations experience.
- LeBon will fill the vacancy created by Hughes' resignation and serve until the 2025 annual meeting.
- LeBon receives standard non-employee director compensation pro-rated for the remaining term.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-083542
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WCN
- cik: 0001318220
- company_name: Waste Connections, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465924083542/0001104659-24-083542-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465924083542/tm2420368d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-083542
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-083542.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-083542.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cherylyn Harley LeBon was appointed as member of the Board at Waste Connections, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: on July 23, 2024, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Waste Connections, Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Cherylyn Harley LeBon to the Board and its Compensation Committee effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465924083542/0001104659-24-083542-index.htm
- Executive change
  Larry S. Hughes resigned as member of the Board at Waste Connections, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On July 23, 2024, Larry S. Hughes notified the Board of his decision to resign from his role as a member of the Board effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465924083542/0001104659-24-083542-index.htm

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