Donald R. Young has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors since November 2001. Prior to joining Aspen Aerogels, Mr. Young served as Chief Executive Officer of HighWired, a leading venture capital backed software and e-learning company. Prior to that, Mr. Young worked in the United States and abroad in a broad range of senior operating roles for Cabot Corporation, a leading global specialty chemical company. Prior to Cabot Corporation, Mr. Young worked in the investment business at Fidelity Management & Research. Mr. Young holds a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

John F. Fairbanks has been Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since October 2006. Prior to joining Aspen Aerogels, Mr. Fairbanks was a Senior Vice President of New England Business Service, Inc., or NEBS, and served as treasurer, chief financial officer and in several senior operating roles for NEBS during his tenure. Immediately prior to joining NEBS, Mr. Fairbanks was vice president and treasurer of M/A-Com, Inc. Mr. Fairbanks holds a BA in Economics from Middlebury College and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.

Gregg R. Landes joined Aspen Aerogels in September 2016 and currently serves as Vice President, Innovation and Strategic Development. Prior to joining Aspen Aerogels, Mr. Landes was employed by Hess Corporation where he served as Vice President, Business Development for Hess LNG. Prior to Hess Corporation, Mr. Landes worked in a broad range of senior financial and business leadership roles for Cabot Corporation. Mr. Landes holds a BSBA in Finance from the University of Florida and an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.

Rebecca Blalock has served on our board of directors since June 2016. Ms. Blalock is a partner at Advisory Capital LLC, which provides strategic consulting in the areas of energy and information technology. She has served in that role since October 2011. From October 2002 to October 2011, Ms. Blalock was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Southern Company, a Fortune 500 energy company. From 1979 to October 2002, Ms. Blalock served in various positions at Georgia Power and Southern Company Services, which are subsidiaries of Southern Company. Ms. Blalock’s management experience during her tenure at Georgia Power included serving as Vice President of Community and Economic Development from January 2000 to October 2002 and Director, Corporate Communication from February 1996 to February 2000. Ms. Blalock currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Electric Power Research Institute as a member of its audit and executive committees. She has also served on the Board of Directors of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HASI), including on its Compensation Committee since March 15, 2017; She will also start serving on its Finance and Risk Committee effective May 15, 2017. She also serves on the Advisory Boards of Catavolt, Gigabark and Sol America. Ms. Blalock is also a Trustee of the Woodruff Arts Foundation and serves on the Board of Councilors of The Carter Center. Ms. Blalock holds a BBA in Marketing from the State University of West Georgia, an MBA in Finance from Mercer University and completed the Program for Management Development (PMD) at Harvard Business School.

Steven R. Mitchell has served on our board of directors since August 2009. Mr. Mitchell has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Argonaut Private Capital L.P since July 2016 prior to which he was the managing director of Argonaut Private Equity, LLC, or Argonaut, since November 2004. Prior to joining Argonaut, Mr. Mitchell was a principal in both Radical Incubation and 2929 Entertainment. He currently serves on the boards of directors of several privately owned companies, including Global Client Solutions, LLC; Stepstone Group; Green Hills Software, Inc.; S&R Compression, LLC; DMB Pacific, LLC; Sanford Energy, Inc.; Norberg-IES, LLC; Otis Eastern Services, LLC; Specific Systems, LLC; Applied Industrial Machining, LLC; The Fred Jones Companies, LLC; Falcon Flowback Services, LLC; Alkami Technology, Inc.; Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC; Pivot3, Inc. and Global Technology Partners, LLC. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Mitchell was a corporate attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Mr. Mitchell holds a BBA in Marketing from Baylor University and a JD from the University of San Diego School of Law.

William P. Noglows has served on our board of directors since our initial public offering in June 2014 and previously served on our board of directors from January 2011 to April 2013. Mr. Noglows has served as Chairman of the Board of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation since November 2003 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from November 2003 until December 2014. Mr. Noglows also is a director of Littelfuse, Inc. From 1984 through 2003, Mr. Noglows served in various management positions at Cabot Corporation, culminating in serving as an executive vice president and general manager. Mr. Noglows had previously served as a director of Cabot Microelectronics from December 1999 until April 2002. Mr. Noglows received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Donald R. Young has been our President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since November 2001. Prior to joining us, Mr. Young served as Chief Executive Officer of HighWired, a leading venture capital backed software and e-learning company. Prior to that, Mr. Young worked in the United States and abroad in a broad range of senior operating roles for Cabot Corporation, a leading global specialty chemical company. Prior to Cabot Corporation, Mr. Young worked in the investment business at Fidelity Management & Research. Mr. Young holds a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.