ABM announced that its Board of Directors has elected Art A. Garcia and Filippo Passerini as independent directors, effective immediately.  Committee appointments for Messrs. Garcia and Passerini will be finalized in March 2017. Mr. Garcia is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ryder System Inc. a position he has held since 2010.  Mr. Garcia has held several senior-level positions since joining Ryder in 1997, including the roles of Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and Group Director of Accounting Services.  Prior to joining Ryder, Mr. Garcia spent 14 years with the Miami office of the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand LLP as Senior Manager of Business Assurance.  Mr. Garcia brings extensive business, financial and management experience to the ABM Board of Directors. Mr. Passerini is an Operating Executive in U.S. Buyouts at Carlyle Group, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to his tenure at the Carlyle Group, Mr. Passerini was an executive at Procter & Gamble most recently serving as Officer on Special Assignment to the President and CEO of Procter & Gamble. Prior to that, Mr. Passerini served as Procter & Gamble’s Group President, Global Business Services (GBS) and Chief Information Officer (CIO), respectively.  Mr. Passerini joined Procter & Gamble in 1981 and held executive positions globally. Mr. Passerini currently serves on the Board of Directors for Integer Holdings Corporation and United Rentals Inc.