Jon Vander Ark
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
5 yr
7 reports
Republic Services, Inc. ·RSG
Three operating group leaders run P&Ls under the CEO
Business Services · Fortune #266 · Divisional structure · 42K employees · Phoenix, Arizona
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4
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 8)
2.2
Avg span
tight
3
Max depth
3 levels
5.6 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
75%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$16.6B
Operating income
$3.3B
Net income
$2.1B
Total assets
$34.4B
Shares out
309M
Sourced from Republic Services, Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-24 ↗ View on SEC
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Three operating group leaders with full P&L accountability sit under Republic’s COO, not directly under the CEO. This page maps the enterprise divisional structure, executive team, segment alignment, recent leadership changes, and peer comparisons.
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Latest signal Ian Craig joined as Director
Appointed to Board effective 2026-02-10
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Create a Chief AI Officer role reporting to the CEO to accelerate route optimization, pricing, and safety analytics.
- Group Presidents Report to CEO Shift the three Group Presidents to report directly to the CEO, reducing COO span but increasing CEO operational oversight.
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The people
Who's running this
5 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Gregg K. Brummer
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Operations
2 yr
3 reports
internal
Brian M. DelGhiaccio
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Finance
6 yr
0 reports
internal
Brian A. Bales
Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Strategy & M&A
7 yr
0 reports
internal
Catharine D. Ellingsen
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
Legal
8 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 1 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Jon Vander Ark $14.9M
- Base salary
- $1.30M
- Stock awards
- $11.12M
- Non-equity incentive
- $1.98M
- Other
- $447K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How Republic Services, Inc. divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Recycling & Waste – West (Group 1)
16K employees
President, Group 1 (Open Role)
Provides integrated recycling and waste services across the western United States.
$7.5B rev FY2025
Recycling & Waste – East & Canada (Group 2)
17K employees
President, Group 2 (Open Role)
Provides recycling and waste services across the eastern U.S. and Canada.
$7.3B rev FY2025
Environmental Solutions (Group 3)
4K employees
President, Environmental Solutions (Open Role)
Delivers specialized environmental and industrial services across North America.
$1.8B rev FY2025
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Three operating group leaders with distinct P&L responsibility sit under the COO rather than reporting directly to the CEO.
This creates a classic enterprise divisional structure where the CEO’s span is deliberately narrow, focused on capital allocation, strategy, and governance. The three groups—two Recycling & Waste geographies and Environmental Solutions—map exactly to external segment reporting.
Compared with peers, Republic concentrates operating authority under the COO, while finance, legal, and development remain centralized. This reinforces operational discipline and consistency across a highly regulated, asset‑intensive footprint, but also means the COO role is unusually powerful relative to other industrial services firms.
- All operating segments roll up under COO
- CEO has narrow direct-report span
The comparison
How Republic Services, Inc. stacks up
Among large waste and environmental services peers, Republic’s structure is closer to Waste Management than Waste Connections. Like Waste Management, Republic uses geography‑based operating groups with full P&L accountability, but Republic places all three beneath a single COO instead of splitting direct CEO …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
Republic Services, Inc.
3 levels
Waste Management
4 levels
Waste Connections
3 levels
4 levels
Clean Harbors
4 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
Republic Services, Inc. ✓ COO — no CAIO
Waste Management ✓ COO — no CAIO
Waste Connections — no COO — no CAIO
Clean Harbors ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most notable recent change was the February 2026 appointment of Ian Craig to the Board.
- new
- Date not confirmed reorgOperating Segments COO Oversight
Continued consolidation of three operating groups under COO in 2024–2025 filings
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-03-24
- CEO
- Jon Vander Ark
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 5.6 yr
Stable executive team with operations centralized under COO.
Named executive officers (5)
- Jon Vander Ark - President and CEO since 2021
- Brian M. DelGhiaccio - EVP, CFO since 2020
- Gregg K. Brummer - EVP, COO since 2023
- Brian A. Bales - EVP, CDO since 2019
- Catharine D. Ellingsen - EVP, CLO since 2018
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-04-07
- CEO
- Jon Vander Ark
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 5.2 yr
COO role newly established in late 2023.
Named executive officers (5)
- Jon Vander Ark - President and CEO since 2021
- Brian M. DelGhiaccio - EVP, CFO since 2020
- Gregg K. Brummer - EVP, COO since 2023
- Brian A. Bales - EVP, CDO since 2019
- Catharine D. Ellingsen - EVP, CLO since 2018
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-04-08
- CEO
- Jon Vander Ark
- CEO span
- 3
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 4.8 yr
Operations oversight expanded with addition of COO in August 2023.
Named executive officers (4)
- Jon Vander Ark - President and CEO since 2021
- Brian M. DelGhiaccio - EVP, CFO since 2020
- Brian A. Bales - EVP, CDO since 2019
- Catharine D. Ellingsen - EVP, CLO since 2018
Year-over-year changes
The addition of a COO increased CEO span and formalized centralized operational control.
- CEO span: 3 → 4
- C-suite size: 4 → 5
- Avg tenure: 4.8 → 5.2 yr
- new Gregg K. Brummer - EVP, COO (DEF 14A 2025-04-07)
Leadership structure remained stable with increasing average tenure.
- CEO span: 4 → 4
- C-suite size: 5 → 5
- Avg tenure: 5.2 → 5.6 yr
The board
Board of directors
3 directors. 3 of 3 independent (100%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Manny Kadre
Chair Independent
CEO, Kollective Auto Group
Ian Craig
Independent
CEO, Coca-Cola FEMSA
Brian S. Tyler
Lead Indep. Independent
CEO, McKesson Corporation
The board, organized
Board committees
1 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit Committee
100% independent
- Ian Craig Chair
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Republic Services?
Jon Vander Ark has served as President and CEO since June 2021.
What type of organizational structure does Republic Services use?
Republic Services uses a divisional enterprise structure organized around three operating groups with P&L accountability.
How many direct reports does Republic Services's CEO have?
The CEO has four direct reports: the CFO, COO, Chief Development Officer, and Chief Legal Officer.
How has Republic Services's leadership changed recently?
In February 2026, Ian Craig was appointed to the Board of Directors, and the operating structure remained centered under the COO.
Who reports directly to Republic Services's CEO?
The CFO, COO, Chief Development Officer, and Chief Legal Officer report directly to the CEO.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Feb 2026
- 2026 DEF 14A
- SEC EDGAR: Republic Services, Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Republic Services, Inc. 10-K Annual Report
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