During its annual convention in Orlando, member companies of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) elected a group of senior executives to two-year terms to serve on the association’s board of directors, while the board re-elected its slate of officers to a one-year term.
Rick Strittmatter, director of technology and sustainability at Arxada, is the newest member of the board.
Below is the list of officers re-elected for the coming year:
Chair: wayne ashtonIFF
Vice-president: Eric ReynoldsThe Clorox Company
Treasurer: Eric PetersDow Inc.
President: Melissa HockstadAIT
Secretary: Douglas TroutmanAIT
The full composition of the Board of Directors is as follows:
Rick StritmatterDirector of Technology and Sustainability, Arxada
Steve TanerPresident and CEO, Arylessence, Inc.
Marcelo LuSenior Vice President, Care Chemicals, North America, BASF Corporation
Carlos LinaresExecutive Vice President, Global Research and Development, Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Eric ReynoldsExecutive Vice President, Home and Lifestyle, The Clorox Company
Raj KohliVice President, Global R&D and Technology Strategy, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Scott TuchinskyCEO, Consumer Care North America, Croda Inc.
Eric PetersVice President of Sustainability, Performance Materials and Coatings, Dow Inc.
Larry BergerExecutive Vice President and CTO, Ecolab Inc.
Deborah AndersonVice President, Global Cleaning Solutions, Evonik Corporation
Jessica McCoyDirector of Solutions, GOJO Industries, Inc.
Stefan StrathmannR&D Manager, Laundry & Home Care, North America, Henkel Corporation
wayne ashtonVice President, Home and Personal Care, IFF
Joseph SchwalbachVice President, Downstream Derivatives, Indorama Ventures Oxides, LLC
Suzanne CarrollVice President, Home and Personal Care, Nouryon
Arnaud MelinVice President, Consumer Biosolutions, Novozymes
Luc ReynaertSenior Vice President, Global Fabric & Home Care Sourcing, Procter & Gamble
Hoppe silkVice President, Essential Care Chemicals, Sasol
Diego RuizVice President, Global Government Relations, SC Johnson
Zoe BaldwinGlobal Marketing Director, Ethylene Value Chain, Shell Chemical LP
Sean MoriartyVice President and General Manager, Surfactants, Stepan Company
About AIC
The American Cleaning Institute is home to the US cleaning products industry and represents the US$60 billion cleaning products supply chain. ICA members include manufacturers and formulators of soaps, detergents and general cleaning products used in household, commercial, industrial and institutional settings; the companies that supply the ingredients and finished packaging for these products; and chemical distributors. ACI serves the growth and innovation of the American cleaning products industry by improving people’s health and quality of life and protecting our planet. ACI achieves this through an ongoing commitment to sound science and by being a credible voice for the cleaning products industry.
