Ken Bentfeld

Senior Vice President

Ken Bentfeld is a member of the executive leadership team at Valicor Environmental Services, a portfolio company of PPC (Pritzker Private Capital), where he is responsible for institutionalizing operational excellence and supporting strategic growth through the company's acquisition platform.

Based in Monroe, Ohio, he leads the Environmental Compliance team and oversees the due diligence, integration and synergy capture work behind the company's acquisitions, connecting corporate strategy to site level execution. Since joining Valicor in 2012, Ken has been central to the company's expansion, opening its first greenfield facility in Huntington, West Virginia, and advancing through roles as Regional Vice President and Senior Vice President of Operations.

Before Valicor, he served as Vice President of Sales for Magnus International Group and held regional sales leadership roles at General Environmental Management and OMNI Northeast Chemical. He began his career in 1995 at Environmental Enterprises, Inc., specializing in RCRA Part B regulatory compliance, a technical foundation that remains vital to Valicor’s risk mitigation strategy today.

Ken recently completed a six-year term on the Executive Committee of ENFINITE, the Liquid Industrial Recycler's Association, including two years as President from 2022 to 2024. He holds a BS in Environmental Sciences from The Ohio State University and has more than 30 years of experience in the industrial waste and liquid recycling industry.