Rebecca M. O’Mara was appointed as a Director of Enviri Corporation in June 2023. She also serves as a Director at Kadant, Inc.
Prior to joining the Board, Ms. O’Mara served at Stanley Black & Decker as President of Stanley Industrial Services. In this role, she spearheaded the creation of a new business unit that focused on sustainability and services while leveraging artificial intelligence to drive continuous improvement and new sources of revenue. Prior to her time at Stanley Black & Decker, Ms. O’Mara was Vice President of Service & Solutions at Grundfos for the Americas Region. Before Grundfos, Ms. O’Mara was Vice President at Sullair, LLC (currently a Hitachi company). In this role, she created a remanufacturing program and one of the most popular and profitable air compressor product offerings. Earlier in her career, Ms. O’Mara worked for Caterpillar, Fiat Industrial SpA, and AT&T.
Throughout her career, Ms. O’Mara has been a champion for diversity and has served as founder/president of Employee Resource Groups at Caterpillar and AT&T. She is a National Hispana Leadership Institute Fellow (1999), a Chicago United Business Leaders of Color Honoree (2019), and a Chicago Maestro Award Recipient (2022). She holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an Executive MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.