Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of seasoned business leaders Elizabeth C. Fascitelli and David A. Schellenberg as independent directors, increasing the size of the Board to 11 members. Elizabeth Fascitelli, age 65, is a businesswoman and philanthropist. Ms. Fascitelli had a 37-year career with Goldman Sachs Group, most recently serving as a Partner and Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Merchant Banking Division.

She served in multiple roles and on numerous firm wide committees including the divisional Investment, Risk and Client/Business Standards Committees. She led many initiatives over the years including those for Compliance, Diversity, Women Investing and Risk. Ms. Fascitelli has served on many public, private, and not for profit boards.

She recently finished her eight-year term as a Trustee of Dartmouth College. Ms. Fascitelli currently serves on the Boards of Cold Spring Harbor, Cure Huntington?s Disease Initiative (CHDI) Perella Weinberg Partners and Jaws Mustang Acquisition Corporation. She is also co-chair of the Milwaukee Health Equity Initiative.

Ms. Fascitelli earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and a Master?s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. David A. Schellenberg, age 60, is a seasoned businessman with over 30 years of operating and financial leadership and risk management experience. He is currently a Managing Director and Principal with Highland West Capital.

Prior to that, Mr. Schellenberg was with Conair Group and its subsidiary Cascade Aerospace for many years, including serving as President and Chief Executive Officer, where he and his team built these niche aviation and aerospace companies into industry leaders. In 2012, he was honored with a CEO of the Year award from Business in Vancouver. Mr. Schellenberg also acted as a Managing Director in the Corporate Office of the Jim Pattison Group.

Mr. Schellenberg has served on many company and charitable boards and currently holds the position of Chairman of Teekay Corp., and also serves on the board of its daughter company Teekay Tankers Ltd. Mr. Schellenberg is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (FCPA, FCA) and a member of the Young President?s Organization?s British Colombia chapter. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Manitoba and a Master?s in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.