George C. Pedersen - Kimre Founder and Chairman of Board
George C. Pedersen - CEO
George C. Pedersen is the son of a Danish immigrant who farmed vegetables and instilled the values of hard work and determination. As a result, Mr. Pedersen made the Dean’s List and received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, minoring in Nuclear Chemical Engineering, in 1962. He earned his Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering Practice in 1963 and completed his Chemical Engineer degree in 1966, having met all requirements for a doctorate in Chemical Engineering except for the thesis, all at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Additionally, he studied graduate-level courses in Nuclear Chemical Engineering, Computer Education, Human Relations, Business, and Professional Engineering.
In 1974, Mr. Pedersen founded Kimre, Inc. with only an idea for a solution to a very real problem. At that point, he did not have clients, a factory, or any funding, and focused the business activities of Kimre, Inc. on utilizing materials for which patents were issued worldwide for air pollution control and in the chemical process industries.
His hard work and determination have been highly successful; the technology for utilizing these products has been extensively developed and is currently used worldwide for diverse applications in Air Pollution Control (APC) and other gas and liquid cleaning functions.
Mr. Pedersen is happily married to his wife, Terry, and is the proud father of George C. Pedersen III, Mary, Kimberly, and Rachelle. He enjoys fishing, traveling, spending time with family, and more fishing.
After almost three decades of legal experience representing Fortune 100 companies in high-stakes claims across the country, Mary Gaston is using her technical skills and business acumen to lead Kimre, a company that has spent the last fifty years cleaning the air on every continent—with more than 40,000 installations worldwide. She plans to continue and expand the company’s mission: “To design and innovate technologies that clean and protect our environment to create a better world for future generations.”
Mary Gaston’s background makes her uniquely qualified for her role. She has spent decades collaborating with experts across numerous technical and scientific disciplines, including aerodynamics, materials science, mechanical engineering, forensic accounting, tribology, epidemiology, software engineering, digital computer forensics, economics, statistics, piloting, human factors, accident reconstruction, and chemical composition analysis and testing.
In her spare time, Mary provides pro bono legal representation focused on protecting the rights of society’s most vulnerable: foster children, domestic violence survivors, immigrants, and those who have been wrongfully targeted. She has extensive experience prosecuting constitutional and civil rights claims in both state and federal courts.
