J. Brett Harvey, age 72, was elected as the Chairman of our Board of Directors effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Harvey has served as one of our directors since April 2017, and served as our Lead Independent Director from February 2018 through December 2022. Mr. Harvey was the Chairman of CONSOL Energy Inc. from June 2010 to May 2016, where he also served as Executive Chairman from May 2014 to January 2015, Chief Executive Officer from January 1998 to May 2014, and President from January 1998 to February 2011. Prior to 1998, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of PacifiCorp Energy Inc. from 1995 to 1998 and served in several other management positions at PacifiCorp. Mr. Harvey has served on the boards of directors of Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE listed under “GOLD”) since 2005 and Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE listed under “ATI”) since 2007. He served on the boards of directors of CNX Gas Corporation from 2004 to 2014 and CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE listed under “CEIX”) from 1998 to 2016. Mr. Harvey graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering.
Ana B. Amicarella, age 56, has served as one of our directors since August 2018. Ms. Amicarella has served as Chief Executive Officer of Ethos Energy, a leading independent turbine services provider, since December 2019. From 2014 to 2019, Ms. Amicarella served as Managing Director for the Latin American business of Aggreko plc (LSE listed under “AGK.L”), a rental business of mobile power plants and temperature control solutions. Previously, she served as Vice President of various business units from 2011 to 2013. Prior to joining Aggreko, Ms. Amicarella served in various executive leadership roles with General Electric Company (NYSE listed under “GE”), including as General Manager of North America Services with GE Oil & Gas from 2007 to 2011, General Manager of Optimization Services from 2002 to 2004, and General Manager of Sales Operations with GE Energy Services from 2000 to 2002. Ms. Amicarella has served on the board of directors of Forward Air Corporation (NASDAQ listed under “FWRD”) since July 2017 and currently serves on its audit committee and corporate governance & nominating committee. Ms. Amicarella graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and received her Master of Business Administration degree from Oakland University. She is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Walter J. Scheller, III, age 62, was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer and as one of our directors in March 2016. Mr. Scheller was the Chief Executive Officer of Walter Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Walter Energy”), from September 2011 to March 2016, when certain mining assets of Walter Energy were acquired by Warrior Met Coal, LLC, the predecessor of the Company. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Walter Energy’s primary subsidiary, Jim Walter Resources, Inc., from June 2010 to September 2011. Mr. Scheller served on the board of directors of Walter Energy from September 2011 to March 2016 (formerly NYSE listed under “WLT”). On July 15, 2015, Walter Energy and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Prior to joining Walter Energy, he served as Senior Vice President — Strategic Operations of Peabody Energy Corporation (“Peabody”) from June 2006 to June 2010. Prior to his career at Peabody, Mr. Scheller worked for CNX Gas Corporation as Vice President and, prior to that, at CONSOL Energy Inc. where he held a number of executive and operational roles, the last of which was Vice President — Operations. Mr. Scheller graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering, and received his Juris Doctor degree from Duquesne University and his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh — Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.
Lisa M. Schnorr, age 57, has served as one of our directors since August 1, 2022. Before retiring in 2021, she worked for 17 years at Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), a Fortune 500 company and a leading international producer of beer, wine and spirits with operations in the U.S., Mexico, New Zealand and Italy. Ms. Schnorr joined Constellation Brands in 2004 and earned promotions through a series of positions with increasing responsibility, including Vice President of Compensation and HRIS (2011-2013), Senior Vice President of Total Rewards (2014-2015), Corporate Controller (2015-2017) and Chief Financial Officer of the Wine & Spirits Division (2017-2019). Before joining Constellation Brands, Ms. Schnorr held financial and accounting positions at various public and private companies and she began her career in 1987 at PricewaterhouseCoopers (formerly Price Waterhouse), all in Rochester, New York. Ms. Schnorr has been a member of the board of directors of Vintage Wine Estates (NASDAQ: VWE) since June 2021 and Graham Corporation (NYSE: GHM) since July 2014. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the State University of New York at Oswego.
Alan H. Schumacher, age 76, has served as one of our directors since April 2017. Mr. Schumacher worked for 23 years at American National Can Corporation and American National Can Group, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1997 until his retirement in 2000, and Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 1985 to 1996. Mr. Schumacher has served on the boards of directors of Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ listed under “BLBD”) since 2008, EVERTEC, Inc. (NYSE listed under “EVTC”) since 2013 and Albertsons Companies, Inc. since March 2015, and he currently serves on the audit committee of each of these companies. He also served as a director of other companies, including Quality Distribution, Inc. from 2004 to August 2015, Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (formerly NYSE listed under “NOR”) from 2008 to November 2016, and BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE listed under “BXC”) from 2004 to May 2021. Mr. Schumacher was a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board from 2002 through June 2012. Mr. Schumacher graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and received his Master of Business Administration degree from Roosevelt University. Mr. Schumacher is a certified public accountant.
Stephen D. Williams, age 59, served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors from March 2016 through December 2022. Mr. Williams served as the interim Chief Executive Officer of Coal Acquisition LLC, the predecessor of Warrior Met Coal, LLC, from November 2015 until March 2016. Mr. Williams has been a consultant at Stephen D. Williams Consulting since July 2015. He has extensive experience working as an executive in the coal industry. From January 2013 to February 2015, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Mechel Bluestone, Inc. Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating Officer of NRI, LLC, where he focused on coal acquisitions, from October 2010 to December 2012, and the Chief Operating Officer of INR Energy, LLC, a coal company, from October 2009 to August 2010. From August 2007 to September 2009, Mr. Williams was the Senior Vice President of North American Coal at Cliffs Natural Resources. Mr. Williams graduated from West Virginia University’s College of Mineral and Energy Resources with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering, and received his Juris Doctor degree from West Virginia University’s College of Law.