Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. announced that Salvatore Zizza will join the company's Board of Directors, effective February 15, 2023. As a Board member, Mr. Zizza brings decades of experience in institutional finance, commerce, and public company practices. In addition to serving as an independent Board Member, Mr. Zizza will help implement governance procedures that include establishing and chairing the Audit Committee (and other committees) that will be set up during the next 30-60 days so that Bion meets the requirements of a listing on a national exchange.

Mr. Zizza is currently a Director of 19 funds in the Gabelli Asset Management and GAMCO Investors, Inc. fund families, including several that trade on the NYSE. He serves as Chairman of Bergen Cove Realty Inc., and as Director and Chairman of Trans-Lux Corporation. Mr. Zizza is a retired Chairman of BAM.

From 1985 to 1997, he was Chairman and CEO of the LVI Group, Inc. Mr. Zizza previously served Bion in a senior management role between 2005 and 2008.