Convergence Ethanol Announces Election of New Board Member.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Convergence Ethanol[TM] Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CETH CETH Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (Rutgers University) ) announced today the election of John C. Fitzgerald to the company's board of directors. This election fills the vacancy left by a November 2006 resignation and brings the board to the quota called for in company by-laws. Fitzgerald is a financial adviser and investment banker Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. with over 25 years' leadership experience in project finance. He has directed over 1,700 financings, raising in excess of $16.3 billion for diverse projects, including alternative energy projects such as waste-to-energy, hydroelectric and electrical power distribution systems; and non-energy projects for factories, hospitals, fire stations, schools and parks. Fitzgerald has served as chief financial officer for the city of Inglewood, CA; vice president of public financing for both White Weld & Co. and Paine Webber Paine Webber and Company was an American stock brokerage firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS AG in 2000. The company was founded in 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, by William Alfred Paine and Wallace G. Webber. ; and managing director for Merrill Lynch's Western Region municipal finance office. He co-founded and served for 16 years as managing director of Seidler-Fitzgerald Public Finance, and in 2002 he founded his current municipal finance firm. He received his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Cornell University, with an emphasis in finance and transportation. "John is eminently qualified to serve on the Convergence Ethanol board, and the company is very happy to welcome him," said James A. Latty, PhD, PE, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Convergence Ethanol. "Given the breadth of his alternative energy investment banking experience, his financial reporting and analysis skills and his integrity, John's strategic-level financial advice will be invaluable as the company expands in biorenewable energy project development." The board's second outside member, Fitzgerald will oversee board committees including the financial reporting review and executive compensation committees. Steven Newsom was elected in October 2006 as the first outside board member. Newsom practices general civil law in Texas, with a focus on real estate development transactions. He is a licensed patent attorney and has also previously earned both an MBA and an engineering degree. Dr. Latty, the board's sole inside member, earned his doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal , and has over 25 years' experience leading energy and environmental businesses. With the contributions of all its members, the Convergence Ethanol board possesses appropriate financial, technical, business and legal skills in order to guide the company as it fulfills its promise to build the world's largest synthetic-process woodchip-to-ethanol plant. Fitzgerald and Newsom, both elected to multi-year terms, will be introduced to shareholders at an upcoming shareholder's meeting, which is soon to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. . California-based Convergence Ethanol is a biorenewable energy project developer and an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000-certified provider of engineered products and systems to the energy industry. The company mission is to cost-effectively support the energy industry's production of cleaner-burning fuels. For more information visit http://www.c-eth.com Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Disclosure This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ from the company's expectations. In addition to the matters described in this press release, risk factors listed from time to time in the reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission may affect results achieved by the company. |
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