Board of Directors

Jim Abrahamson  has been a member of the Board since August 2015. He served as BrightView’s interim President and Chief Executive Officer from June 2023 through September 2023.

Mr. Abrahamson’s public company board experience includes currently serving as independent Board Chair of VICI Properties, Inc. (NYSE: VICI), a leading REIT comprised of large-scale experiential focused destination resort and gaming facilities across the country. Mr. Abrahamson has previously served as a board member with several publicly listed companies including CorePoint Lodging Inc. (NYSE: CPLG), La Quinta Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LQ), and IHG, plc. (LON: IHG). He also presently serves as a board member at several private companies.

Mr. Abrahamson’s corporate career includes prior service as Chairman and as Chief Executive Officer of Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a privately held leading global hotel management company from 2011 until the sale of Interstate in October 2019.

Prior to joining Interstate, Mr. Abrahamson held senior leadership positions with InterContinental Hotels Group (LON: IHG), Hyatt Corporation (NYSE: H), Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS), and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT). Mr. Abrahamson has also previously served as President of the Marriott International National Association, as Board Chair of the American Hotel and Lodging Association, as Board Chair of the U.S. Travel Association, and as Board Chair of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.

Dale Asplund  was appointed President and CEO of BrightView in October 2023. A respected and successful business executive, Mr. Asplund brings more than 25 years of extensive operational, service provider, and publicly traded company expertise to BrightView. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Asplund served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for United Rentals, Inc., the world’s largest equipment rental company. In this role, he served on the executive leadership team and had company-wide responsibility for operations and employee safety. At United Rentals, Mr. Asplund also held strategic senior leadership roles encompassing business services, shared services, supply chain, fleet management, and information technology. Earlier in his career, Mr. Asplund worked for United Waste Systems, Inc.

Mr. Asplund earned his bachelor’sdegree in Business from Northern Michigan University.

Kurt Barker has been an independent member of the Board since August 2023. Mr. Barker is an Operating Partner in the Business and Environmental Services vertical for One Rock Capital Partners, LLC.  Mr. Barker was a co-founder of United Rentals, Inc., the largest equipment rental company in North America.  From 1997 to 2007, Mr. Barker held a number of different operating positions at United Rentals. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Barker was Executive Vice President of Corporate Services, responsible for the Sales, Fleet, Fleet Maintenance, Information Technology, Customer Service and National Accounts. Prior to United Rentals, Mr. Barker was Vice President of the Midwest Region for United Waste Systems.

Mr. Barker earned a B.S. from South Dakota State University and an Advanced Management Program certificate from Harvard Business School.

Jane Okun Bomba has been an independent member of the board of BrightView since April 2019. Ms. Okun Bomba is President of Saddle Ridge Consulting and advises on a range of strategic issues, including investor relations, corporate perception, transaction integration, corporate governance, human resources and ESG.

From 2004 to 2017, Ms. Okun Bomba was an executive at IHS Markit, most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer. At IHS Markit she led 450 people worldwide delivering support to the company through many corporate functions including HR, Marketing, Communications, Sustainability and Investor Relations. Ms Okun Bomba led large transformational initiatives including the company’s 2005 IPO, the rebranding of the company (including the brand integration of more than 70 acquisitions), and the implementation of a single global ERP replacing over 40 distinct billing and financial systems globally.

Prior to IHS, she was a partner at Genesis, Inc. and headed investor relations at Velocom, MediaOne Group, and Northwest Airlines. She held various management positions in corporate finance at Northwest Airlines and American Airlines, and was a CPA at Price Waterhouse focused in the areas of general audit and litigation support.

Ms. Okun Bomba serves on the board of Clarivate Analytics PLC, ServiceSource, Kickstart International, and is a member of the International Women’s Forum. She is a member of the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board and the School of Literature, Science and Arts Dean’s Advisory Committee. Ms. Okun Bomba holds both a BGS and an MBA from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She completed graduate studies at the Stockholm School of Economics, and board director education in the Women’s Director Development Program at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and the Directors’ Consortium.

Bill Cornog has been a member of the Board since May 2022. Mr. Cornog was with KKR Capstone, the portfolio operations team of KKR & Co. Inc., from 2002 to 2022 and served as a member of KKR’s Americas, EMEA, APAC, Infrastructure, TMT Growth Portfolio Management, Investment & Distribution and Valuation Committees. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Cornog was with Williams Communications Group as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Network Services. Prior to that, Mr. Cornog was a partner at The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Cornog currently is a director at Channel Control Merchants, which is a KKR portfolio company, and LiveWire (NYSE: LVWR). Mr. Cornog serves as Chairman of the audit committee and the conflicts committee of LiveWire and as a member of its human resources committee. Private company and philanthropic boards include Griffin Highline, Blue Crow Sports Group, and The Knight Campus at the University of Oregon. Mr. Cornog earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Josh Goldman has been an independent member of the Board since August 2023. Mr. Goldman is a Partner of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC.  Prior to joining One Rock, Mr. Goldman was an Associate at Ripplewood Holdings, focusing on investments across multiple industries.  In addition, Mr. Goldman was actively involved in the oversight of Ripplewood portfolio companies in the telecommunications and industrials sectors. Prior to Ripplewood, Mr. Goldman was an Investment Banking Analyst at UBS Investment Bank in the Global Technology and Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance groups.

Mr. Goldman earned a B.B.A. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. with Dean’s Honors and Distinction from Columbia Business School.

Frank Lopez has been an independent member of the board of BrightView since September 2021. Mr. Lopez is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Ryder System, Inc., a global commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation and supply chain solutions company. From July 2013 to January 2016, Mr. Lopez was Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources Operations, responsible for business segments throughout U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia, as well as for corporate human resources, talent management, recruiting, diversity and inclusion, labor relations and human resource service center operations. Mr. Lopez joined Ryder in October 2002 as Associate General Counsel – Global Labor and Employment Law, with responsibility for global employment law and labor relations. Prior to joining Ryder, Mr. Lopez spent several years in private practice at a national law firm. Mr. Lopez has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Florida International University and a law degree from Emory University School of Law. He is member of the Board of Directors of the Florida International University Foundation.

Paul E. Raether has been a member of the Board since May 2015. Mr. Raether is a Senior Advisory Partner at KKR. He joined KKR in 1980, became a General Partner in 1986, and currently serves on two of three of KKR’s regional Portfolio Management Committees. Mr. Raether also served on the board of directors of KKR Acquisition Holdings I Corp. from March 2021 to December 2022. Mr. Raether served as a director of WM111 Corp. from May 2015 until May 2017. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at BrightView Holdings. He has played a significant role in numerous portfolio companies including Apple Leisure Group, Beatrice Companies, Inc., Cole National Corporation, The Duracell Company, Fleet/Bank of New England, IDEX Corporation, KSL Recreation Corporation, Masonite International Corporation, PT Components Inc., Randall’s Food Markets, Inc., RJR Nabisco, Inc., Seaman Furniture Company, Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, Storer Communications, Inc., Walter Industries, Inc. and Wometco Enterprises, Inc. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Raether served as an officer in the United States Navy and started his professional career in the Corporate Finance Department of Reynolds Securities.

Previously, he was a Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department of Blyth Eastman Dillon & Company. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Mr. Raether serves as a director or trustee for several educational and non-profit institutions. He retired from the Board of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 2014 after 25 years of service including the last 12 years as Chairman. He also serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Mara Swan has been a member of the Board since April 2019. Since October 2020, Ms. Swan serves as the President of Acceleration, LLC and advises on human capital strategy, talent, D, E & I, compensation, workforce productivity and performance issues. In March 2020, Ms. Swan retired as the Executive Vice President of Global Strategy and Talent at ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN). In this role, which she held since 2009, she led corporate strategy, marketing, human resources, thought leadership, public relations, communications, risk management and ESG. In 2014, she assumed global leadership responsibility for ManpowerGroup’s Right Management brand, where she was responsible for driving growth and improving profitability. Prior to ManpowerGroup, Ms. Swan was the Chief Human Resources Officer at Molson Coors Beverage company. Ms. Swan currently serves on the GOJO Industries (PURELL brand) board of directors where she has been the chair of the compensation committee since 2011. In July 2020, Ms. Swan joined the board of ULINE, North America’s leading distributor of shipping packaging and industrial supplies. Ms. Swan also was previously the Executive Chair of the Center on Executive Compensation in Washington, D.C.

In 2012, Ms. Swan was inducted as a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. Ms. Swan holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, magna cum laude, from the University of Buffalo and a master’s degree, magna cum laude, in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota.”