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Measuring the Size of the Cleaning Products Industry
The combined upstream and downstream economic impact connected to cleaning product manufacturing in the United States helped support nearly $200 billion in annual output and almost 700,000 jobs.
The report, reflecting economic data from 2019, provides detailed snapshots of the essential nature of the cleaning product supply chain in the year prior to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus.
For the first time, the ACI…
ACI’s Future Leaders represent a broad cross-section of the membership network that spans cleaning product manufacturers to ingredient suppliers. The purpose of this dedicated cohort is two-fold:To act as “agents of change” to advance ACI’s objectives and to support innovation and success for the cleaning products industryTo provide professional development and opportunity for industry-wide engagement to emerging leaders within the ACI membershipIf you’d like to learn more, or nominate someone…
The American Cleaning Institute honors individuals and groups through a variety of award programs for their efforts in promoting the goals of the cleaning product and oleochemical industries.
ACI Elva Walker Spillane Distinguished Service Award
The ACI Elva Walker Spillane Distinguished Service Award recognizes an…
The origins of personal cleanliness date back to prehistoric times. Since water is essential for life, the earliest people lived near water and knew something about its cleansing properties - at the very least that it rinsed mud off their hands! Fast forward to the Seventh Century when soap making was an established craft in Europe. Soap maker guilds guarded their trade secrets very closely. Vegetable and animal oils were used with ashes of plants, along with fragrances to enhance the cleaning…
Senior Vice President, Communications, Outreach & Membership
Brian Sansoni is the Senior Vice President, Communications, Outreach and Membership at the American Cleaning Institute, the Washington, D.C.-based association representing the cleaning product supply chain.
For more than 20 years, Brian has worked to communicate the value, benefits, safety and sustainability that cleaning products and their chemistries bring to every-day life in home, commercial…
The ACI Elva Walker Spillane Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and service to ACI and the cleaning products or oleochemical industries. Award recipients are honored at ACI's Annual Meeting & Industry Convention.Award Recipients2025 - Dr. Wayne Ashton2024 - Dr. David Macinga2023 - Steve Christenson2022 - Steve Tanner2020 - Rob Bartolo2019 - Bill Phillips2018 - Tom O'Brien2017 - Dale Steichan2016 - Suzanne…
Chief Operating Officer
Korie A. Traver is the Chief Operating Officer at American Cleaning Institute (ACI). In her role at ACI, she directs financial operations and manages the Information Technology, Human Resources, Meetings, and Operations departments. Korie previously served as Chief Financial Officer at ACI. Prior to joining ACI, she was Director of Finance at The Education Trust, Inc. in Washington, D.C., a non-profit organization that advocates for equity in…
Meet the ACI team!
We are experts in our fields and veterans and specialists in communications, consumer education, government affairs, international work, research and technical affairs. We understand health and hygiene issues and apply our strategic expertise to issues that will help achieve a safer, healthier and cleaner world.
Jennifer Abril
President and CEO…
Senior Director, Human Health & Safety
Dr. Kruszewski is Senior Director, Human Health and Safety at the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) where his duties focus on the human safety, toxicology, and public health issues relating to cleaning products and their ingredients and to related activities on research, regulations, and outreach. Prior to joining ACI in 2001, he worked as a Staff Scientist for The Gillette Company for seven years and as a Senior…
SUMMARY/PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE OF POSITIONReporting to the Director, Environmental Health and Safety, the Manager, Environmental Science Affairs supports ACI’s environmental science work through management of research, modeling, and technical initiatives focused on the environmental fate, transport, and exposure of cleaning product ingredients.While positioned within the Environmental Health function, this role is dedicated to environmental systems and ecological pathways,…