Our leadership team is highly experienced.

King brings more than 20 years of global leadership experience in manufacturing. Most recently, King was President and CEO of Pactiv Evergreen where he led a multi-year transformation that strengthened operations, improved financial performance and positioned the company for long-term growth.

Prior to Pactiv Evergreen, King held CEO roles at Graham Packaging and FRAM Group, and senior leadership positions at TI Automotive and Lear Corporation. Earlier in his career, he was awarded 24 U.S. patents for his work in product and polymer engineering.

King earned an MBA from Louisiana State University and earned both a bachelor’s and associate degrees in polymer and plastics engineering from Ferris State University.

Mikus brings over 30 years of manufacturing experience in the metals, mining, energy and aerospace industries. He is a proven strategic and financial business leader in all facets of business and finance with an emphasis on building shareholder value through strategic initiatives, enhancing profitability, developing domestic and international business solutions, process reengineering, and organizational development. Prior to Vibrantz, Mikus held CFO positions at Pace Industries, Liberty Tire Recycling, H-D Advanced Manufacturing, Latrobe Specialty Metals, Copperweld, and Halliburton-Dresser Equipment Group, among others. He spent the first 12 years of his career at PwC.

Mikus is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Robert Morris University.

Prior to Vibrantz, Whitney joined Prince International Corporation in 2014 and served as the company’s senior vice president and general counsel. He has over 30 years of corporate legal experience including serving as vice president, general counsel of GSE Environmental Inc., senior vice president and general counsel of GenCorp Inc., and senior counsel of Tyco International. 

Whitney received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bowdoin College and a juris doctor from the University of New Hampshire School of Law.

In addition to serving as interim chief human resources officer (CHRO) at Vibrantz, Rogers has been with American Securities since 2021. She focuses on all aspects of human capital leadership and organizational design across the firm’s portfolio companies.

Prior to joining American Securities, Rogers was EVP and CHRO at Pfizer. Her career with Pfizer spanned more than 20 years across their global business working as a key member of the executive team supporting growth and innovation of the organization. Previously, she was senior director of human resources at Kos Pharmaceuticals, where she established the human resources function and built their commercial organization in preparation for their first product launch and IPO.

Prior to joining Kos Pharmaceuticals, Rogers held human resources positions at Earth Tech Inc. and The Ares Serono Group/Serono Diagnostics. Rogers received a bachelor’s degree in psychology/human resources from Moravian College and a master’s degree in management from Lesley University.

Misquitta has spent over twenty years in the specialty chemicals industry serving in various capacities with demonstrated success in maximizing profitability and sustaining growth through integration of sales, technical and manufacturing resources. Prior to Vibrantz, he held the position of vice president and chief commercial officer at Ferro Corporation. At Ferro, Misquitta served as vice president, Americas – Asia, Color Solutions, innovation and strategic marketing from 2019 to 2020, and as vice president Asia Pacific from 2015 to 2018. 

Prior to that, Misquitta served as Asia-Pacific commercial director for Energy Storage Materials with BASF China from 2012 to 2015. He also served as vice president of Energy Storage Materials within Novolyte Technologies from 2008 to 2012. Novolyte Technologies was privately held and has over 30 years of experience in delivery of electrolytes to the global battery industry. Misquitta joined Ferro in 1999 as a senior chemist and held positions, including senior research chemist, technical marketing manager, manager of North American sales for the Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemicals business and global business manager for Electrolytes and Phosphines. Prior to joining Ferro, Misquitta worked at High Point Chemical Corporation in North Carolina. 

He has a bachelor of science from the University of Bombay, a doctorate in chemistry from Louisiana State University and a Master of Business Administration from Cleveland State University.

Brad serves as the Interim President of the Advanced Materials business unit at Vibrantz. In addition to serving as interim president, he has been with American Securities since 2023. Brad brings over 30 years of experience driving commercial and operations excellence, paired with multi-site manufacturing and full profit and loss leadership. He previously held CEO and president roles in specialty chemicals, additives and metals businesses, and has led global commercial teams as well as R&D and product commercialization efforts.  Prior to joining ASRG, Brad was Managing Director in Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Group.

Brad received his bachelor’s degree in management logistics from Florida State University – College of Business and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Prior to Vibrantz, he served as group vice president, global operations with Ferro Corporation and oversaw the global manufacturing, sourcing and supply chain, and corporate EHS and product stewardship functions. Most recently, Bell served as vice president, Americas and Color Solutions, and prior to his relocation to the U.S., as Ferro’s president for the Asia Pacific region based in Suzhou, China. 

Throughout his career with Ferro, Bell was at the forefront of organic growth initiatives, acquisitions, geographic expansion, innovation as well as large-scale manufacturing and footprint optimization projects. He joined Ferro in 2001 through the dmc2 acquisition and held numerous general, business and commercial management roles with Ferro, Degussa, Cerdec and dmc2 in Germany, Spain, Indonesia and Thailand. 

After his professional education as an industrial manager (Industriekaufmann, IHK, Frankfurt), Bell began his career in 1988 as a management trainee for international assignments with Degussa AG, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.