Vice President Legal & General Counsel of Ellwood Group, Inc.

Ms. Apel is the chief legal officer of EGI, which produces engineered, heavy metal sections for capital specialty equipment manufacturers in the United States and around the world.  Headquartered in Ellwood City, Pa., the company has nine operating business units, encompassing multiple plants in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Texas and Canada.  Prior to joining EGI in 2005, Ms. Apel was a partner at K&L Gates LLP in Pittsburgh, where she spent 14 years focused on corporate transactions and commercial law.  Ms. Apel also worked for Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Washington, DC, and clerked for a federal judge in Seattle, Washington.  She holds a B.A. from Kenyon College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.