Mark Harding
President, CFO
Mark W. Harding joined the Company in April 1990 as Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed President of the Company in April 2001 and joined the Board in 2004. He brings a background in public finance and management consulting. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Harding worked for Price Waterhouse, where he provided public finance and other investment banking related services. Mr. Harding is the President and serves on the board of the Rangeview Metropolitan District. Mr. Harding has a B.S. Degree in Computer Science and a Masters in Business Administration in Finance from the University of Denver.
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Kevin McNeill
Controller
Kevin B. McNeill joined Pure Cycle in September 2004 as our Controller. Mr. McNeill began his career with Ernst & Young LLP in Denver, CO in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services group focusing mainly on entrepreneurial and growth oriented companies. After five years at E&Y Mr. McNeill spent nearly two years with Qwest Communications, Inc. as a Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting, where he left to be an Audit Manager at a local Denver public accounting firm. Just prior to joining Pure Cycle Mr. McNeill was the Internal Audit Manager for a privately held investment management company located in Boulder, CO. Mr. McNeill received his Bachelors degree in accounting as well as his Masters of Accountancy from the University of Denver. Mr. McNeill is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Colorado Society of CPA’s and the American Institute of CPA’s.
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Scott Lehman
Corporate Secretary
Scott E. Lehman has provided consulting engineering services for Pure Cycle since 1996. He was hired as a fulltime employee in January 2003. He is responsible for all phases of planning and designing of the water and wastewater systems as well as the development of terms and conditions for service agreements. He is the operator in charge for Pure Cycle’s water and wastewater facilities. Mr. Lehman acts as Corporate Secretary of Pure Cycle and also serves on the board of the Rangeview Metropolitan District. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder (1978) and a Masters of Science Degree in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University (1981).
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Outside Directors
Mark D. Campbell
Director
Mr. Campbell joined the board on August 31, 2006. Mr. Campbell has spent the past eight years as President of Southwestern Investment Group, Inc. (and its predecessor), a developer of land, shopping centers, water assets and water storage facilities. Since August 2001, Mr. Campbell has also been a manager of High Plains A&M, LLC, a real estate and water rights investment company in the Denver metropolitan area. Mr. Campbell graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Colorado State University and became a CPA in 1978. Mr. Campbell also serves as a director of several special districts in Colorado. Mr. Campbell is active in supporting the communities in which he does business, organizations that support people with disabilities, programs for troubled teens and areas that enhance education.
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Harrison Augur
Chairman
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
Mr. Augur joined the Board and was elected Chairman in April 2001. For more than 20 years, Mr. Augur has been involved with investment management and venture capital investment groups. Mr. Augur has been a General Partner of CA Partners since 1987, and General Partner of Patience Partners LLC since 1999. Mr. Augur received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, an LLB degree from Columbia University School of Law, and an LLM degree from New York University School of Law.
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Richard Guido
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
Mr. Guido served as a member of the Company’s board from July 1996 through August 31, 2003, and rejoined the Board in 2004. Mr. Guido was an employee of Inco Limited from 1980 through February 2004, and previously served on the Company’s board pursuant to a voting agreement between Inco and the Company. That agreement is no longer in effect. Mr. Guido was Associate General Counsel of Inco Limited and President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Inco United States, Inc. Mr. Guido received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University, and a Juris Doctor degree from the Catholic University of America.
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Peter C. Howell
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Peter C. Howell was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board on February 3, 2005. From 1997 to present Mr. Howell has served as an advisor to various business enterprises in the area of acquisitions, marketing and financial reporting. From August 1994 to August 1997, Mr. Howell served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Signature Brands USA, Inc. (formerly known as Health-O-Meter) and from 1989 to 1994 Mr. Howell served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Mr. Coffee, Inc. Mr. Howell is a member of the board of directors of Libbey, Inc., and numerous other privately held companies. Mr. Howell received a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Cambridge University.
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George Middlemas
Compensation Committee
George M. Middlemas has been a Director of the Company since April 1993. Mr. Middlemas has been a general partner with Apex Investment Partners, a diversified venture capital management group, since 1991. From 1985 to 1991, Mr. Middlemas was Senior Vice President of Inco Venture Capital Management, primarily involved in venture capital investments for Inco Securities Corporation. From 1979 to 1985, Mr. Middlemas was a Vice President and a member of the Investment Committee of Citicorp Venture Capital Ltd., where he sourced, evaluated and completed investments for Citicorp. Mr. Middlemas is a director of Tut Systems and Pennsylvania State University - Library Development Board. Mr. Middlemas received a Bachelors degree in History and Political Science from Pennsylvania State University, a Masters degree in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
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Inside Directors
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