Shell’s Beelaerts Re-Elected as ACI Board Chair,
Procter & Gamble’s Raman Elected Vice Chair
- ACI Board Welcomes Two New Members: Church & Dwight’s Carlos Linares, Diversey’s Suzanne Thompson
Orlando, Florida – February 2, 2018 – 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