CEO
Waste Management

David P. Steiner became Chief Executive Officer of Waste Management on March 8, 2004. Waste Management, Inc. is based in Houston, Texas, and has revenues of approximately $13 billion and 50,000 employees.

Mr. Steiner joined Waste Management, Inc. in November 2000 as VP and Deputy General Counsel and was appointed SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in July 2001.

In April 2003, he was named EVP and CFO with responsibility for all finance functions within Waste Management, including accounting, tax, treasury, internal audit, profit and budget analysis and investor relations.

Before joining Waste Management, Inc., Mr. Steiner was a partner in the New Orleans-based law firm of Phelps Dunbar. Before that, he worked for the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Mr. Steiner received his B.S. degree in accounting from Louisiana State University in 1982, graduating summa cum laude, and his law degree, with honors, from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1986. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association and the California Bar Association.