Stericycle names new CEO

LAKE FOREST - Stericycle President and Chief Operating Officer Cindy J. Miller has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 2, the company announced Friday.

Miller will also join the Stericycle board of directors, effective immediately. Charles A. Alutto, whose career at Stericycle began in 1997 and who has served as CEO since 2013, will retire as CEO and from the board of directors effective May 2.

Miller joined Stericycle as President and COO in October 2018 as part of an executive leadership development and succession planning process. Previously, Miller had a 30-year career at United Parcel Service, where she served in multiple roles of increasing leadership and international responsibility. Most recently, she served as president of Global Freight Forwarding, a multibillion-dollar business unit with 8,000 employees. Prior to that role, she served as President of UPS Europe and as Managing Director for several global and U.S. operating regions.

The company also announced that Chief Financial Officer Daniel V. Ginnetti will transition to the role of executive vice president of international following the appointment of a new CFO. The company is conducting a search for Stericycle's next CFO with the assistance of a leading search firm.

Ginnetti joined Stericycle in 2003 as regional vice president of finance and subsequently moved into regional operations with leadership roles in increasingly large territories, eventually becoming senior vice president of U.S. and Canada operations for Stericycle. He was appointed CFO in 2014.