Six executives from major cleaning product manufacturers and suppliers have joined the Board of Directors of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI – formerly The Soap and Detergent Association).

During its first meeting of the year at ACI’s 2012 Annual Meeting & Industry Convention, the Board welcomed the following new Directors, who will serve two-year terms:

·Dirk Buengel, Senior Vice President, Care Chemicals and Formulation Technologies, BASF Corporation.
·David Del Guercio, Global Senior Vice President and General Manager, Evonik Industries - Household Care Business Line.
·William Krueger, Vice President and General Manager, GOJO Global Group.
·John Smyth, Vice President, Europe-Africa and Middle East, Performance Products Division, Huntsman Corporation.
·William Littlefield, President & CEO,Phoenix Brands LLC.
·R. Alexandra Keith, Vice President-Fabric Care, North America and Brand Franchise Leader, Fabric Enhancers, The Procter & Gamble Company.

Re-elected to two-year terms on the Board were:

·Robert Margevich, President and Managing Director, Surface Chemistry, AkzoNobel Chemicals Inc.
·Catherine Ehrenberger, Vice President - R&D, Quality Assurance and Regulatory, Amway.
·Steve Tanner, President & CEO, Arylessence, Inc.
·Steven Cugine - Executive Vice President, Global New Product Innovation, Church & Dwight Company, Inc.
·Benno Dorer, Senior Vice President – Cleaning Division and Canada, The Clorox Company.
·Noel Wallace, President, Colgate U.S. and Global Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive Company.
Kevin Gallagher, President, Croda Inc.
·James Jackson – President, DeSoto L.L.C.
·Eunice Heath, General Manager, Dow Home & Personal Care, The Dow Chemical Company.
·Dr. Larry Berger, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Ecolab Inc.
·Eric Schwartz, General Manager, Laundry & Home Care, Henkel Consumer Goods Inc.
·Cynthia Bryant, Director of Business Development and Marketing, Household Care Division, Novozymes.
·Paul Ferrall, Jr., President – PQ Americas, PQ Corporation.
·Richard Conti, Chief Operating Officer - North America Markets, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
·Tom O’Brien, General Manager, Organics, Sasol Olefins & Surfactants GmbH.
·Robert Chouffot, General Manager Higher Olefins & Derivatives, Shell Chemical LP.
·John Venegoni, Vice President and General Manager - Surfactants, Stepan Company.
·Craig Slavtcheff, Senior Vice President, R&D, Quality, Regulatory, The Sun Products Corporation.
·Francine Glick, President, Water Journey, Ltd.

Board members also re-elected the following officers to serve one-year terms:

• Chair: Robert Chouffot, Shell Chemical LP
• Vice Chair: Catherine Ehrenberger,Amway
• Treasurer: Tom O’Brien, Sasol Olefins & Surfactants GmbH
• President: Ernie Rosenberg, ACI
• Secretary: Joanne Thelmo, ACI