OAKLEAF's Gino Porazzo Named "CFO of the Year"

Award Recognition Comes on the Heels of OAKLEAF Hitting
$500 Million in Annual Sales
 

East Hartford, Conn. (November 19, 2007)- OAKLEAF, the nation's leading provider of waste and recycling solutions, has announced that Gino Porazzo, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of OAKLEAF, has won the 2007 "CFO of the Year" Award in the Large Private Companies category, a recognition program sponsored by the Hartford Business Journal.

The "CFO of the Year" Award honors financial professionals in the Greater Hartford region for outstanding performance in their roles as corporate financial stewards. Mr. Porazzo, who was selected by a panel of independent judges, accepted this prestigious honor during a recent awards luncheon in Hartford. The Hartford Business Journal also recognized a top CFO in each of the three other categories: Large Public Companies, Small Private Companies, and Non Profits.

"Gino has been instrumental in the tremendous growth and success of OAKLEAF," said Jim Barnes, CEO of OAKLEAF. "This honor is a testament to his hard work and dedication."

Prior to joining OAKLEAF in 2003, Mr. Porazzo, a Certified Public Accountant, held a number of senior financial positions, including Vice-President and Corporate Controller, Director of Acquisitions, and finally Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of American Medical Response.  Additionally, he was an Audit Manager of KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Porazzo has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bentley College.

 

About OAKLEAF 

OAKLEAF, founded in 1995, is an authority in providing waste and recycling solutions for a broad base of multi-location retail, restaurant, hotel, manufacturing, property management and mall clients including Sears, United Technologies, Kmart, GAP, TGI Fridays and more.  As the most rapidly growing waste outsourcing company in the nation with more than 450 employees and a nationwide network of over 4,800 certified haulers, OAKLEAF provides services to approximately 90,000 locations throughout North America.  OAKLEAF has been recognized nine times since 2001 by Inc. Magazine, including being named four times to the Inc. 500 List (now the Inc. 5000 List) and being recognized five times by ICIC, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.  For more information on OAKLEAF, please visit www.oakleafwaste.com.

 

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Mary Beth Tryon
Director of Marketing
Phone: 860-256-2018
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Email: marybeth.tryon@oakleafwaste.com