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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On October 3, 2022, Walter Littlejohn and Harriet hentges resigned as members of the Company’s Board of Directors. They did not indicate that their decisions to resign was a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
On October 5, 2022, Brian C. Essman, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Essman’s biographical information is provided below. As an officer of the Company, Mr. Essman will not receive compensation for his duties as a director, but will receive reimbursement of out of pocket expenses in connection with attendance of meetings of the Board of Directors.
Brian C. Essman, 64 - Mr. Essman joined Renovare in November 2015 as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior thereto, from 1997 through 2014, Mr. Essman held various senior executive management positions with Data Communiqué, Inc. a Havas company where he most recently held the position of Chief Executive Officer. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Essman was Data Communiqué’s Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer and from 1997 to 2004 was the Chief Financial Officer. Prior thereto, Mr. Essman was the Chief Financial Officer at a Fidelity Investments Private Equity operating company and a Senior Manager and CPA at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Essman graduated with a BS in Accounting with High Honors from Boston College’s School of Management.
On October 5, 2022, Nicolaus Rohleder resigned as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, Mr. Rohleder did not indicate that his decision to resign was a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: October 7, 2022 | RENOVARE ENVIRNMENTAL, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Brian C. Essman | ||
| Name: | Brian C. Essman | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||