Catharine Ellingsen — Chief Legal Officer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Executive VP and Corporate Secretary at Republic Services

Ms. Catharine D. Ellingsen has been Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Republic Services, Inc. since June 2016. Ms. Ellingsen has been the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer of Republic Services, Inc. since December 5, 2016. Ms. Ellingsen served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Republic Services, Inc. until June 2016 and served as its Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Ms. Ellingsen served as Deputy General Counsel and Vice President of Allied Waste Indu1stries Inc. from July 2007 to December 2008. Ms. Ellingsen joined Allied Waste in 2001 as Managing Corporate Counsel, Labor and Employment where she developed its employment and labor law and labor relations functions, including handling litigation and providing counsel and advice to management. In 2004, Ms. Ellingsen was appointed Associate General Counsel, Director of Legal of Allied Waste Industries. In this role, she furthered the Allied Waste's labor and employment practices and continued to provide counsel to senior management on a wide variety of corporate matters and directed related training for Allied Waste. Prior to joining Allied Waste, Ms. Ellingsen practiced law with the Phoenix offices of Steptoe and Johnson, LLP and Bryan Cave, LLC, representing employers in all areas of employment law and traditional labor matters. Ms. Ellingsen is a member of the American Bar Association and has been a member of the State Bar of Arizona since 1992. The Human Resource Certificate Institute also certified her in 2003 as a Senior Professional in Human Resources. Ms. Ellingsen graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Washington College of Law at The American University in Washington D.C. She earned a Bachelors degree Cum Laude from Wheaton College in Norton, MA with a double major in Political Science and European History.