U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. announced that it has appointed Bonnie C. Lind to its board of directors. The election of Lind increases the size of the company’s board to seven members. Lind will also serve as an independent member of the Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees of the board.
Lind has served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Neenah Inc. since 2004. She currently serves on the board of directors of Hubbell Inc. Lind was an employee of Kimberly-Clark from 1982 until 2004, holding a variety of increasingly senior financial and operations positions. From 1999 until June 2004, Lind served as the assistant treasurer of Kimberly-Clark and was responsible for managing global treasury operations. Prior to that, she was director of Kimfibers with overall responsibility for the sourcing and distribution of pulp to Kimberly-Clark’s global operations.
Commenting on the addition of Lind to the U.S. Silica board, President and Chief Executive Officer Bryan Shinn said, “Bonnie brings a wealth of public company, financial and operating expertise to U.S Silica, and I am delighted to welcome her to our board.”
“Our board was committed to add a new member who would complement our board’s breadth of talent and background. We are thrilled to have identified such an outstanding individual in Bonnie,” said Charles Shaver, U.S. Silica’s chairman. “She will bring new business perspective and invaluable insight to our board as we look to continue to grow our business and seek new opportunities to create and deliver shareholder value.”
“I’m pleased to join Bryan, Charlie and the other U.S. Silica board members as this is a very exciting time for the company,” said Lind. “I look forward to leveraging my 30-plus years of experience to contribute to U.S. Silica’s success.”