Billy Soffera, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Soffera has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, since January 2025. He joined GFL as Senior Vice President, Operations in May 2021. Mr. Soffera has over 35 years of leadership and operations experience in the solid waste industry, including working for Waste Management, Inc. as Vice President responsible for the integration of the Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. business from October 2020 to April 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Soffera served as Senior Vice President, Operations of Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. from February 2015 to October 2020, and in increasingly senior roles at Republic Services, Inc. from March 2001 to February 2015. Mr. Soffera is a former member of the Board of Governors of the National Waste & Recycling Association and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the College of Charleston.