Mr. Ervin joined American States Water with over 35 years of experience leading public and private sector organizations including serving in various director roles. He retired after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Blumont, Inc. from 2014 to 2020. Blumont provides global engineering and management support services for the US Government, UK Government and the United Nations in more than 20 countries. Prior to serving at Blumont, he was a member of the leadership team at LMI Consulting, a 50+ year-old US government contractor that provides operational and infrastructure support to the US Department of Defense, Department of State and US intelligence agencies. Mr. Ervin served as the Secretary of Revenue for the State of Wisconsin from 2007-2011, during which time he led the restructuring of agency operations, a rewrite of the state s tax code and positioned the agency for the digital age. He has had additional government experience, including serving in US Department of State, US Department of Commerce and The African Development Bank. Mr. Ervin provided consulting services relating to overseas businesses to Roche Diagnostics from 2022 to 2024, and on occasion continues to provide advice upon request. He also previously served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Business instructing students on the principles of Strategic Management and at the University s Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Policy. Since 2020, Mr. Ervin has served on the board of visitors at the Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and since 2023 has served as the chair of the board. Since 2020, he has also been a director and member of the audit committee of Ascendium Education Group, a non-profit and for-profit student loan corporation and has served on the audit and finance committees of several other not for profits since 1995. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.