Board of Directors

Gordon Lindell

Chairman of the Board

As Chairman of the Board, Gordy is responsible for guiding Anvil and ensuring we continually follow our Mission and Operating Principles. Gordy has served on Anvil’s Board of Directors since 2014 and became Chairman in 2022.

Gordy joined Anvil in 2003 and served as Anvil’s President from 2014 – July 2021. He has extensive experience in business and project management for oil refinery, oil production, co-generation, and pulp and paper facilities. Gordy has led Anvil’s growth into new regions and sectors,
including forming Redi Anvil in Lakewood, CO to further expand our upstream and midstream capabilities.

Gordy holds a B.S. in Construction Management from Louisiana State University.

Dena Lund

President & Chief Executive Officer

As Anvil’s President & CEO, Dena is committed to leading Anvil to help our clients engineer the future of energy. Dena and the management team focus on building and enhancing relationships with all clients we serve throughout each of our local markets and beyond. She collaborates with senior management to develop a long-term strategy and vision for the company that leads to creation of ESOP value.

Dena joined Anvil’s Board in 2019 as an Independent Director until taking over as Anvil’s President & CEO in July 2021.

Before joining Anvil full time, she served as EVP & Chief Operating Officer for Sterling Energy where she led the teams managing all operations, capital projects, and regulatory compliance for the company. Dena also spent many years at Encana in a variety of leadership and commercial development roles. She has extensive field operations/engineering experience, including several years on site engineering at large gas processing facilities and as a Plant Superintendent and Field Operations Leader.

Dena holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Scott Anderson

Board Member

Scott has served on Anvil’s Board of Directors since 2008 as an Independent Director.

After an early career as an attorney, Scott joined McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T) in 1986 and rose to Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development, a role he filled until departing in 1997. Since then, Scott has remained active in the communications and tech industries, investing in numerous early-stage companies and serving on several boards. He is currently President of Northeast Wireless Networks, a regional wireless provider, and serves on three other boards of directors (including one public-company board).

Scott holds a B.A. in History and a Law Degree from the University of Washington.

Bert Valdman

Board Member

Bertrand (Bert) has served on Anvil’s Board of Directors since 2022 as an Independent Director.

Bert is currently the President & CEO of NorthStar Energy, a leading provider of fuel options to communities from Alaska to Hawaii to California and throughout the Northwestern US and Northern Rockies. Prior to this role, he was the President & CEO of Optimum Energy, the leading provider of data-driven cooling and heating optimization solutions for enterprise facilities and the Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at Edison International.

He brings over 35 years of experience in the energy industry in various roles, including Executive Vice President, COO, and CFO for Puget Sound Energy, and Managing Director for JP Morgan’s investment banking group in New York and Paris.

Bert also serves on the Board of Lakeside School and the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle and on the Board of portfolio companies of Oaktree Capital Management.

Bert holds a Ph.D.  in French Medieval studies from Stanford University and a B.A. in History from Northwestern University.

Emily Zanto

Board Member, Process Work Group Lead

As a Process Work Group Lead, Emily is responsible for leading Anvil’s Mountain Process Program, simultaneously coordinating multiple projects and Process engineer workloads, and developing proposals, estimates, and schedules. She also promotes strong Anvil relationships with clients. Since joining Anvil’s Bellingham office in 2010, then transferring to the Billings office in 2012, Emily has worked as a Process Engineer until becoming a Work Group Lead in 2020.

Emily brings over 10 years of in-depth industry knowledge and expertise in all phases of refining projects—from design conception and definition to detailed design. Her experience spans optimizing and running refinery process units, participating in plant-wide turnarounds, project scope development, hydraulic analysis, refinery unit process hazard reviews (PHAs), and PSV sizing and evaluation. She joined Anvil’s Board of Directors in 2021.

Emily holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University.

Rob Farrow

Board Member

Rob joined Anvil’s Board of Directors in 2020.

Rob served as Anvil’s Chief Financial Officer from 2008-2019 where he was responsible for Anvil’s reporting, accounting, planning, financial analysis, treasury, and human resource services.

He brings over 32 years finance experience with 23 years in Chief Financial Officer roles in both small and large consumer products companies. Rob has successfully restructured and managed finance teams, managed debt restructurings, initiated and led strategic planning processes, and accomplished financial turnarounds. He has extensive experience in acquisitions and divestitures and has led audit functions as Director Internal Audit for a $5 billion company and as a client manager of a big-four public accounting firm.

Rob holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. He was also a Chartered Accountant in Canada.

Diana Hoff

Board Member

Diana has served on Anvil’s Board of Directors since 2023 as an Independent Director.

She was most recently the Senior Vice President of Operations at Antero Resources, an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil properties located in the Appalachian Basin. Prior to this role, she was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer for The Unconventional Group, providing consulting to international clients implementing unconventional oil and gas developments outside of North America. Diana was also the Vice President Technical, Engineering and Innovation for Santos, one of Australia’s biggest domestic gas suppliers and a leading LNG supplier in the Asia Pacific region.

Diana brings over 35 years of domestic and international operations, engineering, and management experience in the oil and gas industry, holding progressive roles from drilling foreman to engineering and management roles with Chevron, Basin Exploration, Amoco, Barrett Resources/Williams, and Questar/QEP. She has led upstream development and production operations and capital projects, including corporate level accountability for major projects and health, safety and environment (HSE).

Diana holds a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Marietta College (Ohio).

Ben Taylor

Trustee

Ben has served as an ESOP Trustee since 2018.

He joined Anvil in 2005 as a Control Systems Engineer. Ben is currently the Resource Manager for Anvil’s Control Systems group.

Cindy Greene

Trustee

Cindy has served as an ESOP Trustee since 2020.

She joined Anvil in 2002 as a Project Assistant. Cindy currently works out of Anvil’s Billings office as the Project Controls Lead for the Mountain Program.

Rod VanderWerff

Trustee

Rod has served as an ESOP Trustee since 2022.

Rod is currently the Resource Manager for Anvil’s Piping Design group.