Broadwind Energy names Kushner president, CEO

CICERO - Broadwind Energy announced that Stephanie K. Kushner has been named president and chief executive officer,

Kushner, 60, has been the company's interim president and CEO since December 2015. She is a member of the board of directors and has served as the company's chief financial officer since August 2009.

The board voted to appoint Kushner to her new position during its May meeting.

"As our Chief Financial Officer for the last seven years, Stephanie has been instrumental in leading the company's financial activities including improving liquidity, successfully completing a multiyear restructuring plan and implementing cost control procedures throughout the Company targeting an $8 million reduction in fixed overhead and operating expense in 2016," said Broadwind Chairman David Reiland. "During her recent tenure as Interim CEO, Stephanie has led Broadwind's team through the initial stages of a major turnaround in operating and financial performance."

Prior to joining Broadwind in 2009 as Chief Financial Officer, Kushner served as CFO for publicly traded Federal Signal Corporation for six years, and as Vice President, Treasury and Corporate Development at FMC Technologies Corporation. Before that, she held several global finance leadership positions with FMC Corp., and earlier positions with Homestake Mining and Cypress Minerals. Stephanie holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor's degree in economics from Douglass College at Rutgers University.

"I am thrilled to work with the Board and our talented team to take the Company to the next level. I am incredibly proud of the high-quality towers and gears that we produce and look forward to leading the Company on our path forward," Kushner said.