SAN
FRANCISCO, July 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Upwell Water
LLC, a leading tech-enabled water resource and infrastructure
company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart Bernstein and Nicole Neeman Brady to
its Board of Advisors.
Mr. Stuart Bernstein is a pioneer
in sustainable investing and finance. He is the Founder and
Managing Member of Sustainable Capital, having previously served as
a long-time Partner at Goldman Sachs Group. Mr. Bernstein founded
the Clean Technology and Renewables Group at Goldman Sachs, where
he advised, financed and invested in clean technology companies
worldwide. Mr. Bernstein holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School.
Ms. Nicole Neeman Brady joins the
board with a wealth of experience in water supply, treatment, and
utility management. She recently served as Vice President of the
Board of Water and Power Commissioners at the Los Angeles
Department of Water & Power, and has held executive roles at
Southern California Edison, including serving as Founding CEO of
Edison Water Resources, a distributed water treatment
company. Ms. Neeman Brady is a
graduate of Brown University and
Harvard Business School.
Mr. Geoff Adamson, Chief
Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Upwell Water,
said, "We are grateful for the opportunity to work with esteemed
operators and investors, such as Stuart and Nicole. They bring deep
and relevant backgrounds to our mission to ensure a safe and
sustainable water future."
Mr. Harsh Rajamani, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Asset
Management of Upwell Water, added, "Nicole's combined experience as
a water supply, treatment, and utility executive is rare in our
industry, and will help us grow our platforms in each of those
areas. Stuart not only has experience running a principal investing
business at the intersection of technology and natural resources
but also has almost two decades of experience in capital markets.
We're grateful that he will lend his decades of experience in
growing climate-focused companies to support our vision of a
sustainable water future."
The addition of Mr. Bernstein and Ms. Neeman Brady to Upwell Water's Board of Advisors
underscores the company's commitment to bringing world-renowned
leaders to enable growth of its solutions to water scarcity,
pollution, and aging infrastructure.
Mr. Bernstein and Ms. Neeman
Brady join Ms. Ann Veneman,
former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Brace Young, former CEO
of Mariner Investment Group and Partner at Goldman Sachs, Mr.
Raimund Grube, Managing Director at
Quinnbrook Infrastructure Partners, and The Honorable Mary K. Bush,
President of Bush International and former U.S. representative to
the board of the International Monetary Fund.
For more information, please visit www.water.llc.
About Upwell Water LLC:
Upwell Water LLC is a
tech-enabled water resource and infrastructure company and one of
the fastest-growing businesses in the water industry. The
firm addresses the increasingly acute problems of water scarcity,
pollution and aging infrastructure with solutions in water supply,
treatment, and utilities. Upwell Water is supported by an investor
consortium led by Crestview Partners, Watermark Capital, and Upwell
LLC.
Contacts:
Daniel
Yunger / Jeffrey Taufield
Partner, Kekst CNC on behalf of Upwell Water
daniel.yunger@kekstcnc.com / jeffrey.taufield@kekstcnc.com
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