News: Suppliers
18 July 2025
AXT board member Christine Russell passes away
AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA — which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials — says that Ms Christine Russell, a member of the board of directors, passed away on 11 July.
Russell joined the board in December 2019 as an independent director, and served as chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
“AXT is grateful for Christine’s exemplary dedication and service to our company,” comments CEO Morris Young. “She brought tremendous intelligence, strategic planning and thoughtful decision-making to our board and she will be greatly missed,” he adds. “On behalf of AXT’s management and board of directors, we extend our sincerest condolences to her family and the breadth of Silicon Valley executives who hold her in high esteem.”
