Board of Directors

Mr. Jones was named Chairperson of the Board of Directors in December 2025, and Interim President and CEO in October 2025 after joining our Board in April 2025. Mr. Jones served as the Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Covanta Holding Corporation from 2015 to 2020 (formerly a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, now owned by a private equity firm and renamed Reworld Waste), a leading global provider of sustainable waste and energy solutions. Mr. Jones previously held a variety of senior-level management positions at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. from 1992 to 2014, including in the company’s tonnage gases, equipment and energy businesses, as well as in the industrial chemicals division, and culminating with his role as Air Products’ China president based at the company’s office in Shanghai. Prior to joining Air Products and Chemicals, Mr. Jones practiced corporate law at Dechert LLP in Philadelphia, PA, primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Jones is a director of Tronox Holdings plc, a NYSE-listed company which is a global leader in the mining, production, and marketing of inorganic minerals and chemicals. Mr. Jones is a member of the board of directors of Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd., a TSE-listed Canadian infrastructure solutions company specializing in nondestructive excavation services. Mr. Jones also serves as a Special Advisor to the Supervisory Board of Kanadevia Inova AG, a global cleantech company.

Mr. Jones holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) degree from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Temple University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Mr. Jones participated in the Institut European d’Administration des Affairs (INSEAD) Advanced Management Program in Fontainebleau, France. Mr. Jones is also Chairperson of the Bloomsburg University Foundation.

Mr. Pawloski joined our board in June 2025, and most recently serving as the President & CEO of Regeneration and Recovery Solutions at Veolia North America, LLC until September 2023. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing a diverse portfolio within the environmental services sector, focusing on liquid waste management and efficient recovery solutions. During his tenure at Veolia, Mr. Pawloski successfully managed a $300 million line of business while also overseeing P&Ls totaling $500 million in revenue. Mr. Pawloski was instrumental in driving operational efficiencies and scaling the regeneration business from $40 million to $80 million EBITDA. Before his time at Veolia, Mr. Pawloski spent 25 years with DuPont, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in business leadership, operations, strategy, M&A and business transformation. Mr. Pawloski spent 5 years managing DuPont’s Clean Technologies business, which specializes in delivering innovative services and solutions to the refining sector.

Mr. Pawloski holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and an MBA degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Dr. Deschusses is a co-founder of 374Water and patent inventor of the supercritical water oxidation AirSCWO system. He served as the Chief Technology Officer of 374Water from inception in July 2018 until 2022. Dr. Deshusses holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (1994) and a BS in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (1990). He is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University since 2008. Previously, he was a professor of civil and environmental engineering and department chair at the University of California Riverside from 1994 – 2008. He is a world-renowned researcher in biofiltration, odor, and novel waste-to-energy technologies. Dr. Deshusses has been the principal investigator for the supercritical water oxidation development project at Duke University since 2013.

Since December 2018, Mr. Vanderhider has served as President of Aspen View GP, LLC. Previously, Mr. Vanderhider served as a Principal, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EnerVest, Ltd. from 1996 until 2018. He was responsible for building EnerVest’s private equity business and for the oversight of the institutional investments. During such tenure, he led initiatives for raising over $8 billion of private equity and over $12 billion of total institutional capital, securing over 150 institutional investors. Such investors included a diversified group of pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices, insurance companies, fund of funds, international investors and other financial institutions.

Mr. Vanderhider currently serves as President of the Foundation of Goodwill Industries of Houston, along with serving on the Audit Committee of Goodwill Industries of Houston. During 2019, he joined the Advisory Board of Midway Companies, a privately owned, multi-billion dollar fully integrated real estate development and investment firm based in Houston, Texas. During 2023, he joined Container Holdings, LLC (CH), a holding company for Equipment Management Services, LLC (EMS), as a managing member. EMS is a Texas-based business of CH providing shipping and storage container solutions to numerous industries.

Mr. Vanderhider holds a BA of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Weiser brings extensive experience with public and private companies in finance and accounting, strategic planning, business development, turnaround, and private equity. He is currently Chief Financial Officer of Alonti Catering Kitchens, overseeing finance, accounting, tax, budgetary planning, and strategic planning. Prior to joining Alonti Catering Kitchens, Mr. Weiser was Managing Director at Imperial-Texas where he provided accounting and consulting services to a wide range of businesses around the world. Previously, Mr. Weiser served as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer at American Green Technology, a leading manufacturer and distributor of lighting products for commercial, heavy industries and healthcare sectors throughout the world. Mr. Weiser holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance/Accounting and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) General Business, from the University of Texas, Austin. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas and Florida.

Mr. Freels is a veteran real estate investor, developer and serial entrepreneur. In his current role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Midway, a privately owned real estate investment, development, and construction firm in Houston, Texas he has successfully built a highly respected business that has played a positive impact in the Houston market and across several leading US metro markets. He is also the founder of Midway Holdings, L.P., the holding company for an integrated group of real estate and investment-related companies operating under the Midway name. Under his leadership, Midway has grown into one of the most active developers and investment owners in the greater Houston area. The firm has developed and/or acquired more than 55 million square feet of office, industrial, hospitality, multifamily, student housing, medical, and retail properties throughout the United States and Northern Mexico, along with more than 5,000 acres of business and residential communities across more than a dozen cities. In addition to his work at Midway, Mr. Freels has been involved in the startup and early-stage financing of numerous diverse enterprises, including 374Water, InterStaff, NextSeed/Republic/BitGo, Otto Aerospace, MedTG, and Oakwood/b1Bank. Mr. Freels earned both his BBA and MBA from Texas A&M University.