Executive Chairman of the Board and Secretary and Former Chief Executive Officer · CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC (CWST)

John Casella

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for John Casella as a named executive officer of CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,405,946

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 17, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

John Casella compensation by year

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$790,463
Bonus$0
Stock awards$2,740,659
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$853,697
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$21,127
Total$4,405,946

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC DEF 14A filed April 17, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-161565, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU17,833$1,746,564—
PSU15,181$1,486,827—
RSU5,944$582,155—
RSU3,373$330,352—
RSU2,099$205,576—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 17, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-01Gift—30,800$0.00167,800
2026-06-01Gift—36,200$0.00129,800
2026-06-01Gift—36,200$0.00170,200
2026-06-01Gift—30,800$0.0026,300

The 4 most recent of 4 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John Casella · this pageExecutive Chairman of the Board and Secretary and Former Chief Executive Officer$4,405,946
Edmond ColettaPresident and Chief Executive Officer$2,830,523
Bradford HelgesonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,750,228
Shelley SaywardSenior Vice President and General Counsel$1,138,822
Sean StevesFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Solid Waste Operations$1,008,261

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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