David Howard

David Howard serves as the EVP of Customer Operations. With over 25 years of Solid Waste industry experience, David brings deep financial and operational skills to the Heartland team and our customers.

Prior to joining Heartland, David held lead operational roles for Hanover County, VA and WM (Waste Management, Inc.). As a senior district manager with WM, David managed all aspects of safe daily landfill site operations, leading a team which processed over 1.8M tons of waste annually.

In his role leading Heartland’s customer operations, David will focus on supporting Heartland’s customers and helping to solve customer problems. His broad landfill management experience including permitting, landfill gas capture, and public relations will help Heartland deliver and operate complete turnkey solutions.

David earned a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science Business Administration from Strayer University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. David lives near Richmond, VA with his family.