Board of Directors

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.

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.

Mr. McKnight joined our board in February 2026, and currently is a principal of Pitt Southwest Investors, a private real estate and development company, which he co-founded in 1989. He brings extensive experience in commercial banking including underwriting and risk management, having spent 14 years with Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, PA, holding senior roles within the commercial real estate department. During his independent real estate career, his firms have acquired and syndicated numerous apartment, office, condominium, and land investment properties totaling more than 2.5 million square feet. Mr. McKnight also has an extensive history analyzing and investing in private companies across industries. He has also served as a member of the St. Margaret Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, the Advisory Board of Wilmington Trust FSB, New York, and as director of Wilmington Trust Company’s federal savings bank subsidiary. Mr. McKnight holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.