Ms. Fust combines sixteen years of partner-level search experience with an extensive knowledge base and network developed during her prior career in industry. She began her career at Frito–Lay in environmental engineering. She was also responsible for developing the company’s first programs for strategic energy sourcing and energy hedging. Her recent search experience includes board director, chief executive officer’s, president, chief operating officer's and chief finance officer’s roles. Her other functional roles include corporate development and strategy, business and project development, project finance, engineering and construction, EHS and corporate sustainability and responsibility. Her industry experience included work in energy consulting, power project development, natural gas marketing, structured finance, strategy and regulatory affairs. Ms. Fust holds a master’s in environmental science from the University of Texas at Dallas and a bachelor’s in zoology (biology and environmental science) from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. She is also a member of the AIChE Sustainability Credentialing Advisory Council.