Ven Poole , CEO of Raleigh-based Waste Industries , will succeed Jim Perry as chairman of the board effective March 31. Perry, who will continue as a director, was the company's first employee when Waste Industries was founded in 1970. has been at the core of the Waste Industries leadership team and his years of hard work, his steady hand and his steadfast integrity have built Waste Industries into one of the most well respected organizations not only in the solid waste industry, but all industries across the U.S.," Poole said in a release.