Brian Herington is Chief Executive Officer of PureStar and serves on the Company’s Board of Directors.

Brian has more than 30 years of industrial and commercial experience leading complex, technology-driven businesses both regionally and globally. He most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Univar Solutions, a publicly traded, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients, following Univar’s acquisition of Nexeo Solutions, where Brian served as Executive Vice President of Chemicals from 2016 to 2019. Prior to that, Brian was a Region Division Head, Americas at ABB and a President at Thomas & Betts. Earlier in his career, he spent more than 20 years in various positions of increasing responsibility in the United States, Latin America and Europe at General Electric, SABIC, a portfolio company of Sun Capital, and Amoco Chemical.

He has a B.S. from Illinois State University and an MBA from Ashford University.

Dave Kimmel is PureStar’s Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the finance, accounting, treasury and risk management functions for the Company.

Prior to joining PureStar, Dave spent the last 15 years in progressively senior financial positions with both publicly traded and private equity owner business services companies including ARAMARK, Iron Mountain, CDI Corporation, and Magna Legal Services.

He also has 10 years’ experience in public accounting with Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen providing audit and transaction advisory services.

Dave received his Bachelor of Science from La Salle University and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a member of AICPA and PICPA.

Andy Kratky is Chief Executive Officer of Emerald and has been instrumental in positioning Emerald as the leading choice for healthcare’s linen and laundry service. His focus is driving value for customers, service experience, investing in people, facilities, technology, and customers. 

Andy’s leadership includes 15+ years of executive management, operations, strategic business development and procurement in Fortune 300 companies and large private equity firms, with 10 years in the healthcare linen service industry. 

Prior to Emerald, Andy served as Chief Revenue Officer and Senior Vice President of Procurement & Supply Chain for Angelica, a national provider of healthcare linen and medical laundry services.

Sebastian Mitchell is Chief Operating Officer of PureStar, and is responsible for all aspects of PureStar’s operations as well as global Environment, Health & Safety and Engineering.

Prior to joining PureStar, Sebastian served as Regional Vice President at Aramark. In this role he delivered cross-functional excellence in operations, sales, finance, and human resources to distributed client locations for 12 years. He served in senior leadership roles in Aramark’s Healthcare, Sports and Entertainment and Facility Management sectors. Sebastian previously held senior consultant positions at Grant Thornton and KPMG.

He holds a BA from Emory University and an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Patrick O’Reilly is PureStar’s Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Development Lead, overseeing the company’s legal strategy and spearheading mergers and acquisitions initiatives that support PureStar’s long-term strategic growth objectives.

Since joining PureStar in 2020, Pat has held multiple leadership roles, including General Counsel and President of the Hawaii Region. In his role as Regional President, he led PureStar’s key Hawaiian brands—United Laundry Services, Maui Linen Supply, Ali’i Linen Services, and Hawaiian Linen Supply.

Prior to PureStar, Pat served as Corporate Counsel for BrightView Holdings, Inc., the nation’s largest commercial landscaping services provider, and previously practiced law in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group at Blank Rome LLP.

Pat holds a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law, an MBA from Rutgers Business School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Franklin & Marshall College.

Amy Vaughn is Chief Human Resources Officer for PureStar, where she oversees the HR team and functions including talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation, benefits administration, labor relations and performance management.

Amy spent the previous 15 years of her career with Aramark in HR leadership roles supporting various regions and lines of business including Uniform Services, Facility Services, Higher Education, Education K-12, Correctional Services, Sports and Entertainment, and Healthcare. Her most recent role before joining PureStar was with the global HR team supporting the integration of the HR system for the entire organization as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Amy holds a BS from Purdue University, and a Master of Human Resources Management from Keller Graduate School of Management. She is also a member of SHRM.

Ed Chen currently serves as Senior Advisor to PureStar, following his most recent role as President of PureStar’s Five Star Laundry and On-Premise Operations.

Ed co-founded Five Star Laundry, a PureStar Company, in 1998. Five Star is the national leader in working with large hotel properties to optimize laundries they operate on-premise.

Under Ed’s leadership, PureStar has expanded its presence in Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Nashville, Orlando, Portland and Washington, DC.

Prior to founding Five Star, Ed was the Director of Catering Operations for the Chicago Hilton. His relationship working for or with Hilton spans 42 years.

Ed is past President of the Alexander Graham Bell Montessori, a school in suburban Chicago that he and his wife co-founded to serve the needs of hearing-impaired students.

Ed holds a BA in Business Management from University of Bombay.

Angel Pis-Dudot serves as Senior Advisor for PureStar, following his most recent role of President for PureStar’s Southeast region.

In 2005, Angel co-founded Hotelier Linen Services, a PureStar Company, which provides laundry service to luxury hotels throughout central and southern Florida.

Angel has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality outsourced laundry industry. He is a member of TRSA’s Hospitality Committee, a member of the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association, and a member of Central Florida Hotel Lodging Association.

Angel holds a BBA in Marketing and Finance from the University of Florida.