The Goldfield Corporation announced the passing of Chief Executive Officer, John H. Sottile. Mr. Sottile, 72, joined the Company in 1971. He managed two of the Company’s principal subsidiaries, Tropicana Pools Inc. and Harlan Fuel Company, before becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 1983 and Chairman of the Board in 1998. Under Mr. Sottile’s leadership, the Company became a leading provider of electrical construction services for the utility industry and industrial customers, operating in the Southeast, mid-Atlantic and Texas-Southwest regions of the United States. He also guided the Company’s real estate operations, which focus on the development of residential properties on the east coast of Central Florida. As previously announced, on August 5, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed its Chief Financial Officer, Stephen R. Wherry, and the President of its electrical construction subsidiary Power Corporation of America, Jason M. Spivey, as Acting Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company. They will continue to serve in those positions.