Covia announced that Duncan Stuart has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, effective immediately. Mr. Stuart joins Covia after having served in senior legal positions over his 28 years at The Dow Chemical Company, most recently as Deputy General Counsel. Through his tenure at Dow, he gained global experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Transactions and Strategy, Litigation, Operations, Human Resources, Commercial, Governance and Intellectual Property. Mr. Stuart?s experience also includes serving as a Partner at Bankston & McCollum in Anchorage, Alaska, with emphasis in complex financial institution and construction litigation. He has served on many non-profit boards, including recently serving as Chair for the Midland (MI) Area Community Foundation. He also is currently on the Board for the United Way of Midland (MI) County. In addition, Mr. Stuart is currently a Stakeholder Representative to the American Cancer Society?s Extramural Research and Training Peer Review Program for Translational Cancer Research, focusing on Tumor Biology and Genomics.