Quanta Services adds director Ellen Rubin to board
Quanta Services expanded its board to eleven members and added technologist Ellen Rubin, assigning her to key board committees with standard pro-rated director compensation.
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Quanta Services, Inc. (PWR) reported that its Board of Directors increased its size from ten to eleven members and elected Ellen Rubin as a director on September 9, 2026, to serve until the next annual meeting or until earlier resignation, removal, or successor qualification.
Rubin was appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee and Safety, Operations and Risk Committee. For the remainder of the 2026–2027 director service year, she will receive pro-rata annual cash retainers totaling approximately $105,000 and a pro-rata annual restricted stock unit award valued at approximately $131,000, vesting in full at the end of the service year, under the standard non-employee director compensation program and indemnification agreement.
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UNITED STATES
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On September 9, 2026, pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) by the Bylaws of Quanta Services, Inc. (“Quanta” or the “Company”), as amended and restated, the Board increased the size of the Board from ten to eleven directors and, upon the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board, elected Ellen Rubin to serve as a director, filling the vacancy created by such increase. Ms. Rubin will serve as a director until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or until her earlier resignation or removal or when a successor is duly elected and qualified. Ms. Rubin has been appointed to the Audit Committee and the Safety, Operations and Risk Committee of the Board.
Ms. Rubin will participate in the same compensation program and receive the same other benefits as each of the Company’s non-employee directors. Specifically, for her service on the Board from her election through the end of the 2026-2027 director service year, Ms. Rubin will receive (i) a pro-rata annual cash retainers in the aggregate amount of approximately $105,000 for her service on the Board and committees of the Board and (ii) a pro-rata annual award of restricted stock units, which has a value of approximately $131,000 and vests in full upon conclusion of the director service year. Ms. Rubin has also entered into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement for directors and officers. Additional information regarding the Company’s non-employee director compensation program and the standard indemnification agreement are set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2026.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Rubin and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as a director, and there are no transactions in which Ms. Rubin has a material interest that require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor are any such transactions currently proposed.
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On September 9, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Rubin to the Board. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
The information furnished in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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| 99.1 | Press Release of Quanta Services, Inc. dated September 9, 2026 | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: September 15, 2026 | Quanta Services, Inc. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Donald C. Wayne | |||||
| Name: Donald C. Wayne | ||||||
| Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||
Exhibit 99.1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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| Contact: | Kip Rupp, CFA, IRC |
| Sean Eastman |
| Quanta Services, Inc. |
| (713) 629-7600 |
ELLEN RUBIN JOINS QUANTA SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Adds Deep Technology Expertise, Executive-Level Leadership and Board Experience
HOUSTON – Sept. 9, 2026 – Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) announced today the appointment of Ellen Rubin to the company’s Board of Directors. She brings deep expertise in a wide range of technology matters, along with executive-level leadership and public company board experience, to Quanta’s board.
Doyle N. Beneby, Quanta Services’ independent Chairman of the Board, commented, “We are pleased to welcome Ellen to the Quanta Services Board of Directors. She is an accomplished technology entrepreneur with deep expertise in AI and cloud computing innovation, technology strategy and cybersecurity risk management, and she brings valuable executive leadership and public company board experience to our boardroom. We look forward to working with Ellen and welcome the perspective she will provide to Quanta.”
Ms. Rubin currently serves as an Operating Partner at Glasswing Ventures LLC, a venture capital firm investing in AI and frontier technologies, a role she has held since January 2025. She previously served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Causely, Inc., an AI software company, from January 2022 to August 2024, and as General Manager of Hybrid Cloud Storage Services at Amazon Web Services (a division of Amazon.com, Inc.), a cloud services company, from January 2020 to June 2021. Prior to that, she was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ClearSky Data, Inc., an enterprise hybrid cloud storage company, from January 2014 to December 2019. Ms. Rubin also serves as a director of Allegion plc (NYSE: ALLE), a global provider of security and access solutions, a role she has held since June 2023.
About Quanta Services
Quanta Services is an industry leader in providing specialized infrastructure solutions to the utility, power generation, load center, communications, pipeline, and energy industries. Quanta’s comprehensive services include designing, installing, repairing and maintaining energy, load center and communications infrastructure. With operations throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and select other international markets, Quanta has the manpower, resources and expertise to safely complete projects that are local, regional, national or international in scope. For more information, visit www.quantaservices.com.
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