Meet the Board: Charles Price

Elizabeth Slagel

President and Chief Executive Officer, Charah LLC



    Braidy Industries certainly has its bases covered with its board of directors from a leading world economist, to MIT technology developers, to a Kentucky industrialist.

Charles Price of Louisville completes the Bluegrass portion of a well-rounded board with 35 years of experience in the construction and ash management industries.  For those unfamiliar with ash management, coal ash is a byproduct of coal fired electric plants and fly ash is used in concrete and other products. 

Price began his career in a family-owned construction business and founded Charah in 1987 to service the construction industry and perform utility construction and infrastructure installation. In 1992, Price changed the direction of the company and began focusing exclusively on electric utility services and coal ash management.

He is now recognized as an industry leader and expert, currently serving as chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA).

Charles was selected as Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010 in the Midwest Region by Ernst & Young and was a finalist for national Entrepreneur of the Year.  The Ernst & Young Award recognizes entrepreneurs who are changing the world as leaders in their industries. 

Not only is Price a board member for Braidy, but has been listed as a local investor for the company.