– USA, CO – Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADES), a leader in environmental solutions for power generation, industrial and municipal water purification markets, today announced the appointment of Laurie Bergman to its Board of Directors, effective on June 13, 2023, to replace Taylor Simonton who will resign.
“Laurie brings deep financial acumen to the Board and a proven track record of executive leadership within the environmental solutions industry. We are very excited to have Laurie on board at this critical time in our journey and we look forward to her contributions to our growth.” said Board Chairman, Spencer Wells, Chairman.
Ms. Bergman will also join the Audit Committee as the chair.
About Laurie Bergman
Ms. Bergman currently serves as CFO of Liquid Environmental Solutions, a leading provider of a full range of turnkey solutions for collecting, transporting, processing, recycling, reclamation, and disposal of non-hazardous liquid wastes. In her current capacity, Ms. Bergman oversees all finance-related activities, including the growth strategy, financial reporting, corporate financing, M&A due diligence and integration, and the Company’s relationship with its private equity sponsor.
“It is a privilege to be joining the Board of Directors of Advanced Emissions Solutions and I am thrilled to begin working with the team,” said Laurie Bergman. “ADES has an articulated, multi-year growth strategy and the Company’s recent acquisition of Arq offers an incredibly compelling opportunity to create a leading North American manufacturer of activated carbon technologies focused on ensuring a cleaner, healthier world around us. I look forward to serving on the Board of Directors and supporting the Company as it executes against this plan.”
Before her current role at Liquid Environmental Solutions, Ms. Bergman most recently served as a senior executive leader at UGI Corporation. In this $9B global energy company, she led all accounting and financial control functions. This included responsibility for external SEC reporting, internal financial reporting, Board of Directors reporting, and internal controls over financial reporting. She also held various other finance roles within UGI. Previously, she served as the Controller and CAO at AmeriGas, the largest propane company in the country. Before that, she held various finance and operations roles at Cigna Healthcare, a health benefits provider.
Ms. Bergman is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant. She received a bachelor’s degree in finance and a master’s in business administration from Temple University and completed Stanford University Graduate School’s Executive Education – The Emerging CFO: Strategic Financial Leadership Program. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors of QNB Corporation (OTC: QNBC), a publicly traded bank holding company, where she is a member of the Audit Committee as well as on the Board of Directors of the Institute of Management Accountants, a global organization of finance and accounting professionals.
About Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc.
Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. serves as the holding entity for a family of companies that provide environmental solutions to customers in the power generation, industrial, and municipal water purification markets.
ADA brings together ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of powder-activated carbon, and ADA-ES, Inc., the provider of ADA M-Prove Technology. We provide products and services to control mercury and other contaminants at coal-fired power generators and other industrial companies. Our broad suite of complementary products controls contaminants and helps our customers meet their compliance objectives consistently and reliably.
CarbPure Technologies LLC, formed in 2015 provides high-quality PAC and granular activated carbon ideally suited for treatment of potable water and wastewater. Our affiliate company, ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC manufactures the products for CarbPure.
FluxSorb, LLC, formed in 2022, is an emerging technology company that introduces highly engineered activated carbons focusing on emerging remediation markets. Our vision is to partner with our customers to collaborate, develop and deploy best-in-class activated carbon solutions to meet even the most extreme challenges.
Arq is an environmental technology business founded in 2015 that has developed a novel process for producing specialty carbon products from coal mining waste. Arq has the technology and large-scale manufacturing facilities to produce a micro-fine hydrocarbon powder, Arq powder, that can be used as a feedstock to produce activated carbon and as an additive for other products.
Source: https://www.adaes.com/
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