– USA, CA – Willdan Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WLDN) today announced the election of Cynthia Downes to its Board as Independent Director, effective August 4, 2021, expanding the board to nine members, eight of whom will be independent.
“We welcome Cynthia Downes to our Board and look forward to the financial insight and unique perspective she will provide,” said Tom Brisbin, Willdan’s CEO and Chairman.
Ms. Downes has also been appointed to the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.
About Cynthia Downes
Ms. Downes has 38 years of experience in federal contracting and financial operations. Ms. Downes has served as the CFO of Constant and Associates, Inc., a disaster and crisis management firm, since 2020. Additionally, Ms. Downes provides outsourced CFO and strategic consulting services for Fide Professions Services, which she founded in 2017. Previously, from 2017 to 2019, she provided accounting and finance leadership consulting services to Guidehouse Inc., a management consulting firm. Ms. Downes also previously served as EVP, CFO, and Treasurer at Versar, Inc. (NYSE: VSR), a global engineering and construction management services company, from 2011 to 2017. From 2009 to 2011, Ms. Downes was VP and CFO of Environmental Design International Inc., an engineering firm based in Chicago, specializing in environmental and civil engineering. From 2008 to 2009, she was VP Finance of GDI Advanced Protection Solutions, and from 2005 to 2007, she provided financial consulting services to Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HURN).
Ms. Downes also spent 15 years at Tetra Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTEK), ultimately serving as VP and CFO of its subsidiary, Tetra Tech, EM Inc. Ms. Downes also currently serves on the Board of Trustees and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Riverside Research, a not-for-profit scientific research organization, and on the board of the Women in Business Initiative at George Mason University. Ms. Downes has an active CPA license and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Ms. Downes received a B.S. in 1983 from Purdue University and an M.B.A. in 2002 from Northwestern University.
About Willdan
Willdan is a nationwide provider of professional technical and consulting services to utilities, government agencies, and private industry. Willdan’s service offerings span a broad set of complementary disciplines that include electric grid solutions, energy efficiency and sustainability, engineering and planning, and municipal financial consulting.
For more information: https://www.willdan.com/
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