- Officers Re-Elected: P&G’s Sundar Raman as Chair, Stepan’s Scott Behrens as Vice Chair
- 22 Directors Elected During 2020 ACI Convention
- New Directors Include Liliana De Stefano, Firmenich; Jessica McCoy, GOJO Industries; Suzanne Carroll, Nouryon; Eric Stouder, Sasol
Four executives joined the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Board of Directors as the Association elected its 2020 slate of leaders for the trade association of the cleaning product supply chain.
During the 2020 ACI Convention in Orlando, Florida, 22 members were elected to a two-year term on the Board. The newest Directors include:
- Liliana “Lily” De Stefano, Vice President, North America, Body and Home Care, Perfumery, Firmenich
- Jessica McCoy, Chief Solutions Officer, GOJO Industries, Inc.
- Suzanne Carroll, Vice President, Home and Personal Care Specialties, Nouryon
- Eric Stouder, Senior Vice President, Performance Chemicals, Sasol
The Board re-elected its slate of officers for the coming year, including:
- Chair: Sundar Raman, Procter & Gamble
- Vice Chair: Scott Behrens, Stepan Company
- Treasurer: Wayne Ashton, DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences
- President: Melissa Hockstad, ACI
- Secretary: Douglas Troutman, ACI
The complete Board roster is as follows:
- Steve Tanner, President & CEO, Arylessence, Inc.
- Scott Thomson, Senior Vice President, Care Chemicals, North America, BASF Corporation
- Carlos Linares, Executive Vice President, Global Research & Development, Church & Dwight Company, Inc.
- Eric Reynolds, Executive Vice President, Household and Lifestyle, The Clorox Company
- Raj Kohli, Vice President, Global Personal Care, Global Home Care and Technology Strategy, Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Rick Hanson, Vice President, Croda
- Suzanne Thompson, Chief Technology Officer, Diversey
- Eric Peeters, Global Business Director, Home & Personal Care, Dow Inc.
- Wayne Ashton, Vice President, Fabric & Household Care, DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences
- Larry Berger, Executive VP and Chief Technical Officer, Ecolab Inc.
- David Del Guercio, Senior VP & General Manager, Household Care Consumer Specialties, Evonik Corporation
- Liliana “Lily” De Stefano, Vice President, North America, Body and Home Care, Perfumery, Firmenich
- Jessica McCoy, Chief Solutions Officer, GOJO Industries, Inc.
- Chuck Crawford, Head of R&D, Laundry & Home Care, NA, Henkel Corporation
- John Smyth, Vice President, Global Downstream Derivatives, Indorama Ventures Oxides, LLC
- Ernesto Lippert, Global Vice President of Portfolio Development, Consumer Care, Lonza
- Rene Garza, Vice President, Household Care Division, Novozymes
- Suzanne Carroll, Vice President, Home and Personal Care Specialties, Nouryon
- Sundar Raman, President, Fabric Care North America and P&G Professional, Global, Procter & Gamble
- Eric Stouder, Senior Vice President, Performance Chemicals, Sasol
- Sean Clarry, General Manager Intermediates, Shell Chemical LP
- Scott Behrens, Vice President & General Manager, Global Surfactants, Stepan Company
The American Cleaning Institute® (ACI – www.cleaninginstitute.org) is the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Products Industry® and represents the $60 billion U.S. cleaning product supply chain. ACI members include the manufacturers and formulators of soaps, detergents, and general cleaning products used in household, commercial, industrial and institutional settings; companies that supply ingredients and finished packaging for these products; and chemical distributors. ACI serves the growth and innovation of the U.S. cleaning products industry by advancing the health and quality of life of people and protecting our planet. ACI achieves this through a continuous commitment to sound science and being a credible voice for the cleaning products industry.