Former congressman joins board of enVerid Systems
Updated April 13, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Former congressman joins board of enVerid Systems
Westwood-based clean-tech firm enVerid Systems has tapped former congressman Joe Kennedy III to join its five-member board of directors. Kennedy takes over for Ron Stern, who represented one of enVeridâs investors on the board, venture capital firm OurCrowd. EnVerid makes air scrubbers that remove carbon dioxide and other contaminants in buildings, saving landlords on HVAC costs and curbing carbon emissions by reducing the need to pump fresh air into rooms from the outside. (EnVerid also installs ceiling-mounted HEPA filters to curb the spread of viruses.) Chief executive Christian Weeks, a former EnerNOC executive who joined enVerid in 2019, said Kennedy will help the company with its business development strategy, particularly as it tries to get its equipment into public buildings amid an anticipated wave of infrastructure spending. âJoe has been great in terms of helping us understand how to engage [policymakers] and what the strategy should be,â Weeks said. âJoeâs not going to directly lobby, but help us build a public affairs strategy for the federal state, and local levels.â â JON CHESTO