LANGHORNE, Penn., Jan. 13, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Nesco Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:NESK) has announced the appointment of five additional members to its board of directors, bringing the total number of directors to seven. Joining existing directors Matthew Harriton and Richard Selinfreund, are the following new members, who shall serve as members of the Board until the next Annual Meeting, at which time they will stand for election, or until their respective successors are elected and qualified:
Joel S. Kanter -- Mr. Kanter is President of Windy City, Inc., a privately held investment firm. In that capacity and individually, Mr. Kanter is in the business of providing different forms of financing to small businesses.
Arlen Reynolds -- Arlen Reynolds is a private investor and a strategic advisor to healthcare companies. Mr. Reynolds is Chairman-Elect, Board of Directors of Brookwood Medical Center and currently serves on the President Council, Purdue University. Mr. Reynolds also currently serves as a Director of The Hawthorn Group, a Washington D.C. public affairs and marketing company. He was a Director of HealthMont, Inc., a rural hospital management company from 2000 to 2003, and was a Director of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, in Dallas, Texas from 1992 to 1994.
Gene Burleson -- Gene Burleson is an investor and advisor to healthcare companies. From January 2000 to June 2002, Mr. Burleson served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mariner Post- Acute Network Inc. an operator of long-term care facilities. Mr. Burleson also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alterra Healthcare Inc. a developer and operator of assisted living facilities from 2002 to 2003 and is currently on the Board of Deckers Outdoor Corporation Inc.
Geoffrey Donaldson -- Geoffrey Donaldson has served as Chief Executive Officer of Sea Change Group, LLC, a private firm specializing in consumer package innovations, located in New York City since its inception in 1999. Prior to Sea Change Group, Mr. Donaldson was CEO and President of Asian American Partners, a manufacturer and marketer of better women's and children's sportswear lines and prior to that was worldwide Chairman of the Revlon Prestige Products Group, managing Revlon's licensed and limited distribution cosmetic and fragrance companies.
Wayne M. Celia -- Wayne Celia is the President of Dicon Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. He has held this position since 1997. Dicon was founded by Mr. Celia and acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 1997. Mr. Celia is the author of a number of patents in the field of cosmetic household, medical and foot care.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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