Bion Environmental Technologies Inc., a developer of advanced livestock waste treatment technology and premium sustainable beef, announced on Feb. 6 that Salvatore Zizza will join Bion’s Board of Directors, effective Feb. 15, 2023.
Bion said he brings decades of experience in institutional finance, commerce, and public company practices. In addition to serving as an independent Board member, he will help implement governance procedures, including establishing and chairing the Audit Committee and other committees, which will be set up during the next 30-60 days so that Bion meets the requirements of a listing on a national exchange.
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., with substantial holdings in residential real estate, and as Director and Chairman of Trans-Lux Corp., a provider of integrated multimedia systems for communications environments.
Zizza is a retired Chairman of BAM, an advanced material science company that provides carbonization, graphitization, pyrolysis, carbon vapor deposition, and other high-temperature processing services for semiconductor, aerospace, military, environmental, and other specialized applications. From 1985-1997, he was Chairman and CEO of the LVI Group Inc., an NYSE-listed firm. Zizza previously served Bion in a senior management role between 2005-2008.