Board of Directors

Joseph V. Salvucci, Sr.

Chairman

Joseph V. Salvucci, Sr. has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2021 Mr. Salvucci acquired PEAK Technical Staffing USA (“PEAK”), peaktechnical.com in 1986 and has grown the business to be a premier provider of USA-based contract engineers and technical specialists, on assignment worldwide through a comprehensive, customer focused, enterprise-wide Managed Staffing Solution. PEAK has expanded from Pittsburgh to do business in all 50 States, Canada, Europe, South America, India, and the Philippines.

He served 10 years on the board of directors culminating as President of the National Technical Services Association, a trade association representing 300,000 contractors on assignment in the technical staffing industry, later merging with the American Staffing Association.

He is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization Gold, formerly known as the World Presidents Organization (WPO) and has served as a member of the WPO International Board, as well as chairman of East Central US (ECUS) Region and Pittsburgh chapters As a 1976 Civil Engineering graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he was member of the Triangle (Engineering) Fraternity and its Alumni Association.

He earned the Triangle Fraternity Distinguished Alumnus Citation and currently serves on the Board of Directors.

Mr. Salvucci is also active in several professional and charitable organizations including being awarded the Manifesting the Kingdom Award by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and the “Big Mac Award” from the Ronald McDonald Charities.

He earned his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1976 and attended Harvard Business School’s OPM 33.

Joseph V. Salvucci, Jr.

Director

Joseph V. Salvucci, Jr. has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2021, and is head of the compensation committee.

Mr. Salvucci began his career with PEAK Technical Staffing USA in November 2010 and is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer PEAK has hundreds of employees including nine branches focused on engineering and IT recruitment and a Managed Staffing group which coordinates recruitment actives across any labor category across multiple staffing vendors.

Before joining PEAK, Mr. Salvucci worked with Merrill Lynch in various banking and brokerage back-office functions from 2007 to 2009.

Mr. Salvucci Jr received his Executive MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, which included international education in Czech Republic and Brazil.

A graduate of Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, Mr. Salvucci earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with emphasis in Finance and studied Business in London.

Mr. Salvucci serves on the board of Temporary Services Insurance Limited, a Workers’ Compensation company serving staffing companies.

Mr. Salvucci is a member of Young President's Organization (YPO), the world’s largest leadership community of chief executives with over 34,000 extraordinary global members.

Mr. Salvucci brings extensive experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, including his education and expertise in finance and his management and executive experience as CEO of PEAK

Byron Blount

Director

Mr. Blount joins the HNRA Board of Directors and will be the head of the audit committee.

Mr. Blount has extensive experience in finance, investments and acquisitions. He was Managing Director for the Blackstone Real Estate Group from 2011 to 2021 where he: had Primary Asset Management responsibilities for several industries and portfolio companies; oversaw the onboarding of acquisitions and establishment of Blackstone-affiliated PortCos; and had Primary Disposition responsibilities for several portfolios and companies across several industries.

Mr. Blount was the LXR/Blackstone Executive VP from 2005 to 2010. His responsibilities involved: underwriting and acquisition of domestic and international property and mortgage loan portfolios; asset management; renovation and reconstruction projects, debt and business model restructuring; and dispute resolution.

He was a Principal of Colony Capital from 1993 to 2004 and was responsible for sourcing and structuring new investments; consummating transactions valued in excess of $5 billion. His Primary Acquisitions responsibilities included domestic and international acquisitions of real property, distressed mortgage debt, and real estate-related assets and entities.

From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Blount was Vice President of WSGP which was formed to capitalize on the struggles of the US Savings and Loan industry and the FSLIC. He was responsible for structuring and managing/working out new investment opportunities, generally acquired from failed financial institutions.

He graduated from University of Southern California in 1982 with a B.S. in Business Administration Mr. Blount earned his MBA from University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business in 1987 and is a member Beta Gamma Sigma (International Business Honor Society).