Corporate

Terence J. Cryan

Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board
Member of the Safety and Sustainability Committee

Terence J. Cryan rejoined the Westwater Resources Board as its Chairman in August 2017, and he became Executive Chairman on February 26, 2022. He previously served as a director from October 2006 to March 2016, served as Westwater’s Interim President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2012 to March 2013, and served as Chairman of the Board from June 2014 through March 2016. Mr. Cryan is also Chairman of the Board of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: OPTT), a renewable energy company providing electric power and communications solutions and services for offshore applications, where he has served as a director since October 2012.

Mr. Cryan currently serves as a Managing Director of MACCO Restructuring Group, LLC, which provides qualified interim leadership and advice to stakeholders across a broad spectrum of business sectors. Mr. Cryan served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Power Equipment Group Inc., a publicly traded provider of construction and maintenance services to power, energy and industrial customers, from March 2015 until July 2017. Previously, Mr. Cryan served as Co-founder and Managing Director of Concert Energy Partners, an investment and private equity firm based in New York City, from 2001 until 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Cryan was a Senior Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division at Bear Stearns. Additionally, Mr. Cryan was a Managing Director, Head of the Energy and Natural Resources Group and member of the Investment Banking Operating Committee at Paine Webber, which he joined following its acquisition of Kidder, Peabody in 1994. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Cryan also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Medical Acoustics LLC.

Mr. Cryan served as a Director on the Board of Global Power Equipment Group Inc. from January 2008 until July 2017. Mr. Cryan was previously a Director on the Board of Superior Drilling Products, Inc. from June 2014 to December 2016. He was also previously a Director of The Providence Service Corporation from May 2009 to May 2011, and Gryphon Gold Corporation from August 2009 to December 2012. Mr. Cryan has also been an adjunct professor at the Metropolitan College of New York Graduate School of Business. Mr. Cryan received a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics in 1984 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Tufts University in 1983. Mr. Cryan is a Board Leadership Fellow and member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Cryan’s extensive financial industry experience provides him with a wealth of knowledge in dealing with financial, accounting and regulatory matters. Mr. Cryan’s prior professional experience also permits him to provide valuable advice to the Company with respect to potential capital raising and merger and acquisition transactions, and his prior Board service and service as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company provides him a deep understanding of the operations of the Company.

Frank Bakker

President and Chief Executive Officer
Chair of the Safety and Sustainability Committee

Frank Bakker was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer and was appointed a director on January 16, 2023. Mr. Bakker served as Vice President and General Manager — Alabama Graphite Products from October 2022 until January 2023. Mr. Bakker has over 30 years of experience in engineering, project management, operations, and general management. Prior to joining the Company, from 2017 to 2021, he was responsible for engineering, project management, and plant operations at several methanol plants in Houston, Texas and in Charleston, West Virginia, including serving as the Chief Executive Officer for US Methanol LLC, as the Project Director for BD Energy, and as the Project Manager for Altivia AOC. From 2013 to 2017, Mr. Bakker served as President & Chief Executive Officer, and earlier as General Manager, in the ammonia and methanol business for OCI Partners LP in Beaumont, Texas. Mr. Bakker began his career at DSM in the Netherlands in 1989, working in various increasing management roles in the ammonia, engineering plastics and resins production businesses, eventually serving as the Manufacturing Director and Site Manager. Mr. Bakker received a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Twente Netherlands, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.

Mr. Bakker has the necessary experience and education to serve the Company well through the construction and operation of the Kellyton advanced graphite processing plant.

Tracy D. Pagliara

Director, Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee

Tracy D. Pagliara has served as a director since July 2017. Beginning in February 2024, Mr. Pagliara served as a contractor in an acting capacity as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: OPTT), and in January 2025 he accepted a permanent position as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for OPTT. From April 2018 to September 2023, Mr. Pagliara served as CEO of Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. (f/k/a Global Power Equipment Group Inc.) (NYSE American: WLMS), a publicly traded provider of construction and maintenance services to power, energy and industrial customers (“Williams”). From July 2017 to April 2018, Mr. Pagliara served as Co-President and Co-CEO of Williams. Mr. Pagliara joined Williams in April 2010 as General Counsel, Secretary and Vice President, Business Development and served in multiple other positions of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President, Administration, prior to his appointment as Co-President and Co-CEO in July 2017. Prior to joining Williams in April 2010, Mr. Pagliara served as the Chief Legal Officer of Gardner Denver, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered compressors, blowers, pumps, and other fluid transfer equipment, from August 2000 through August 2008. He also had responsibility for other roles during his tenure with Gardner Denver, including Executive Vice President of Administration, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Mr. Pagliara held positions of increasing responsibility in the legal departments of Verizon Communications/GTE Corporation from August 1996 to August 2000 and Kellwood Company from May 1993 to August 1996, ultimately serving in the role of Assistant General Counsel for each company. Mr. Pagliara has a B.S. in Accounting and a J.D. from the University of Illinois. He is a member of the Missouri and Illinois State Bars and a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Pagliara brings to the Board extensive experience advising public companies and companies in the energy industry, in addition to companies with similar capital needs to Westwater. Mr. Pagliara’s background in accounting also permits him to contribute substantially as a member of the Audit Committee.

Karli S. Anderson

Director, Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Audit Committee and the Safety and Sustainability Committee

Karli S. Anderson was the Executive Vice President, Chief People and Environmental, Safety, and Governance (ESG) Officer, and Head of Communications at Summit Materials, Inc. (NYSE: SUM), a leading vertically-integrated materials company with operations throughout North America from August 2019 until February 2025. She previously served as Vice President, Investor Relations for Royal Gold, Inc., a precious metals stream and royalty company engaged in the acquisition and management of precious metal streams, royalties, and similar production-based interests with over 190 properties on six continents, from 2013 to 2018. Previously, from 2010 to 2013, Ms. Anderson was a Senior Director of Investor Relations for Newmont Mining Corporation, one of the world’s largest gold producers. Ms. Anderson’s 20 years of capital markets experience includes stockholder engagement related to ESG factors with both equity and fixed income investors as well as proxy advisory firms. From 2012 to 2018, Ms. Anderson served as Chair of the Board of the Denver Gold Group, an organization representing seven-eighths of the world’s publicly traded gold and silver companies. Ms. Anderson holds a Bachelor’s Degree in telecommunications from Ohio University and a Masters of Business Administration (finance) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Anderson is a Governance Fellow and member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and Women Corporate Directors.

Ms. Anderson’s insights and guidance, her wealth of experience in the mining industry leading an environmental and safety function, as well as her advocacy towards better corporate governance, will continue to be critical assets to Westwater.

Deborah A. Peacock

Director, Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Ms. Peacock is an attorney licensed to practice law in New Mexico, Colorado, and New York, and she is a Registered Patent Attorney. Ms. Peacock is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Colorado and New Mexico. Ms. Peacock is the President, CEO, Managing Director, and owner of Peacock Law P.C. located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which she founded in April 1995.

From 2011 until March 2023, Ms. Peacock served on the Board of Regents of the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology and served as the Chair thereof in the last six years. She now serves on the Board of Governors of the Colorado School of Mines Foundation (2024 – present), is Vice Chair of the Development Committee, and is also on the Nominating/Governance Committee.  Ms. Peacock served on the New Mexico Mining Safety Board from 2015 until 2021. From 2017 to 2022, Ms. Peacock served on the Board of Directors of THEMAC Resources Group, Ltd. (CVE: MAC), chaired its Corporate Governance Committee and was a member of its Audit Committee, as well as its wholly-owned subsidiary New Mexico Copper Corp. Since 2017, Ms. Peacock has served on the Board of Directors of New Mexico Gas Company, and from 2018 to February 2023, she served on the Board of Directors of Emera Technologies, LLC (a/k/a Block Energy) — both of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of Emera, Inc. (TSE:EMA). She also serves on advisory boards of several start-up companies involved in mineral processing.  In addition to her corporate Board service, Ms. Peacock is on the Board of NewSpace Nexus (2024 – present), and served on the National Academy of Sciences, Earth Resources Committee (2020 2023). Ms. Peacock previously served on the Board of The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum on both its Audit and Executive Committees, and was Chair of its Audit Committee. She previously served on the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board and as Chair thereof for four years. In 2014, Ms. Peacock co-founded the Greater New Mexico Chapter of Women Corporate Directors. Ms. Peacock served on the Board of New Mexico Angels from 2005 to 2022.

Ms. Peacock obtained her Bachelors of Science degree (B.S.) in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, and her Law Degree (J.D.) from Harvard Law School. She is also a Governance Fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors. Ms. Peacock brings to the Board extensive experience in or with corporate governance, financial oversight, ESG, a wide variety of business and corporate legal matters including intellectual property and mergers & acquisitions, and has knowledge of mining and metallurgy industries, environmental regulations, permitting, and social license.