Alto Ingredients, Inc. announced the shareholders approved all of the proposals in the proxy at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, including electing Maria G. "Gabby" Gray, 45, as an independent director of the board, effectively immediately. The board membership remains at seven, and Gray replaces John L. Prince, 79, who retired as part of a Board refreshment and focus on increasing board diversity. Maria G. "Gabby" Gray has been an advisor to the Alto Ingredients board since June 2021.

From 2012 to 2021, Ms. Gray served in several capacities, including as a Senior Health, Safety, and Environmental Professional and as a Project Process Engineering Lead, at Marathon Petroleum Company, an petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company. From 2001 to 2012, she held various engineering and supervisory roles at Motiva Enterprises LLC, which operates North America's largest refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, producing and distributing fuels and specialty chemicals. Ms. Gray also served as a Process Engineer for Union Carbide Corporation.

Ms. Gray has a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, Minor in Business and Minor in Architecture from Tulane University.