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The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Board of Directors re-elected Rutger Beelaerts, General Manager Intermediates Americas, Shell Chemical LP, as its Chair, and elected Sundar Raman, Vice President, North America Fabric Care, Procter & Gamble, as Vice Chair.

The Board’s returning officers include Treasurer Joy Atkinson, President, Body and Home Care, North America, Firmenich Inc; Melissa Hockstad, President and CEO; and Douglas Troutman, ACI General Counsel and Vice President, Government Affairs, as Corporate Secretary.

During the 2018 ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention, the Board also welcomed two new Directors: Carlos Linares, Executive Vice President, Global Research & Development, Church & Dwight Co., Inc.; and Suzanne Thompson, Chief Technology Officer, Diversey.

The full roster of ACI’s newly elected 2018-2019 Board of Directors is as follows:

·       Wayne Ashton, Vice President, DuPont Industrial Biosciences
·       Joy Atkinson, President, Body and Home Care, North America, Firmenich Inc.
·       Rutger Beelaerts, General Manager Intermediates Americas, Shell Chemical LP 
·       Scott Behrens, Vice President & General Manager Global Surfactants, Stepan Company
·       Larry Berger, Executive VP and Chief Technical Officer, Ecolab Inc.   
·       Mike Clark, Vice President, Organics Performance Chemicals, Sasol
·       Chuck Crawford, Head of R&D, Laundry & Home Care, NA, Henkel Corporation
·       Audra Davies, Vice President Health, Beauty & Home Product Development, Amway
·       David Del Guercio, Senior VP & General Manager, Household Care Consumer Specialties, Evonik Corporation
·       Rene Garza, Vice President, Household Care Division, Novozymes  
·       Rick Hanson, Vice President, Croda 
·       Jeff Jirak, Vice President and General Manager Surface Chemistry, Americas, AkzoNobel Chemicals LLC
·       Carlos Linares, Executive Vice President, Global Research & Development, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 
·       Ernesto Lippert, Vice President, Global Marketing and Technology, Consumer Care, Lonza Inc.
·       Eric Peeters, Global Business Director, Home & Personal Care, The Dow Chemical Company
·       Sundar Raman, Vice President, North America Fabric Care, Procter & Gamble
·       Linda Rendle, Senior Vice President and General Manager, The Clorox Company 
·       Kelly Semrau, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Communication & Sustainability, SC Johnson   
·       John Smyth, Vice President, Americas Performance Products, Huntsman Corporation
·       Steve Tanner, President & CEO, Arylessence, Inc. 
·       Suzanne Thompson, Chief Technology Officer, Diversey
·       Scott Thomson, Senior Vice President, Care Chemicals North America, BASF Corporation
·       Juan Pablo Zamorano, President, North America, Colgate-Palmolive Company