Cincinnati, Oh., USA - May 16, 2016, Cincinnati, Oh., USA - CECO Environmental Corp., an environmental, energy, and fluid handling technology company, announced that Valerie Gentile Sachs and Dennis Sadlowski have been elected to its board of directors.
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Ms. Gentile Sachs was the Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of NYSE-listed OM Group, Inc., a global developer and manufacturer of magnetic technologies, battery technologies and engineered specialty chemicals, from September 2005 through the completion of the sale of the company in November 2015 to Apollo Global Management.
Ms. Sachs had executive responsibility for OM Group’s worldwide legal, internal audit and environment, health & safety operations.
Prior to joining OM Group, Ms. Sachs served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Jo-Ann Stores, a US-based NYSE-listed retailer. Before that, she was General Counsel of Marconi plc, a London-based, LSE and NASDAQ-listed global communications and information technology company.
Ms. Sachs earned her bachelor’s degree (B.L.S.—Chemistry), with honors, from Bowling Green State University and her Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where she was a member of Law Review and a DeWitt Scholar.
Mr. Sadlowski was the Chief Operating Officer of LSG Sky Chefs North America, a provider of food and food-related services for transportation providers, from April 2013 until March 2015.
Prior to that, from September 2011 until April 2012, Mr. Sadlowki served as the Chief Executive Officer of International Battery, an early stage green tech company focused on large format lithium ion batteries for the grid storage markets.
He worked at Siemens from July 2000 to March 2010, serving as President & Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., an operating subsidiary of the global manufacturer Siemens AG, from July 2007 until October 2009. He has also previously worked at General Electric and Thomas & Betts.
Mr. Sadlowski serves on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Trojan Battery, a privately-held global leader in deep cycle lead-acid batteries.
Mr. Sadlowski earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Nuclear Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Seattle University. ■