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Mr. Castleman has served as one of our directors and as a member of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee since March 2004. Mr. Castleman is also a member of our Acquisition Committee. Since July 1999, Mr. Castleman has also served as a director of our former parent, Waste Corporation of America. Mr. Castleman is a limited partner in WCA Partners, L.P. Mr. Castleman also has indirect interests in other entities that own our Common Stock. Mr. Castleman is also a limited partner of EFO Holdings and is responsible for identifying and underwriting private and public companies for investment by EFO Holdings and structuring and executing private equity transactions for EFO Holdings. Mr. Castleman joined EFO Holdings as an associate in July 1997 and became a limited partner in 1999. From 1995 to July 1997, Mr. Castleman was a vice president with Heller Financial’s Corporate Finance Group, where he was responsible for origination, underwriting and structuring leveraged debt and mezzanine transactions of private buy-outs and acquisitions. While at Heller, he was involved with approximately 10 transactions and over $300 million of capital. Mr. Castleman received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, and a B.A. in History from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Castleman has served as, or is currently serving as, a director on a number of other boards of private companies, including Navigator Communications, LLC, NTE Aviation, Ltd., Stampede Holdings, Inc. and Melbourne Greyhound Park, LLC. | 