Arianna is a Global Market Segment Leader at IFF Health & Biosciences in Wilmington, DE. In her current role, she leads innovation and new product development projects within the Home and Personal Care Business. Previously, she was a Commercial Leader in IFF’s Health business where she led the Women’s Health platform and new product development projects with probiotics.
In addition to Arianna’s role at IFF, she is the global co-leader of NextGen, IFF’s employee resource group for early career professionals in the first 12 years of their first career.
Within ACI, she is a member of the Future Leaders Program as well as Microbial-Based Cleaning Product Task Force.
She holds a MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from Indiana University.
Hal is the Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Policy at Reckitt after serving as Senior Director of Regulatory and Government Affairs and Director of Regulatory and Government Affairs in North America for over 16 years. He spent 7 years at BF Goodrich developing and leveraging innovative polymers and technology to improve existing applications and to allow entry into new markets as their Technical Service & Application Development Group Leader. Beyond this, Hal has spent time at Procter & Gamble and Noveon in R&D and Product Development, and he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University.
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Andras has been working at Evonik (formerly Degussa) for 14 years in Richmond, Virginia in new product development and application in oleochemicals and organomodified silicones supporting home- fabric- car care and I&I.
Prior to his current employment he held various academic and industrial positions at the University of Akron, OH, at the Central Research Institute for Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and at Capital Chemical Co. in OH.
He holds a Masters degree in chemical engineering a Doctorate degree in polymer chemistry and a Ph.D. in macromolecular science.
Beyond work and family Andras tries to find time for his hobbies which includes landscaping, baking and running.
Steve is VP of Business Development at NXTLEVVEL Biochem - a commercial scale manufacturer of next generation biomass derived chemicals, with world leading technology in bio-solvents based on levulinic acid. Steve has been involved in the specialty chemicals industry for over 30 years. During his career he has held leadership positions in Business Management, Technology Management, International Sales Development, Application Engineering, and Product Development.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Wichita State University.
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Clive Davies leads the Safer Choice Program in the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. He is committed to advancing EPA’s chemical safety mission, and is proud to work with a talented, innovative, and dedicated staff of environmental professionals.
Clive built Safer Choice, the Agency’s program to distinguish and label safer products, such as cleaners and detergents. Safer Choice-labeled products – more than 2,000 branded cleaners, detergents, and other classes of products – can be found in retailers and distributers across the country. The program also developed and maintains the Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL), which includes hundreds of high-functioning chemical ingredients that meet rigorous health and environment criteria. These ingredients can be used to manufacture Safer Choice-labeled products, and are being used to process or manufacture safer products around the world.
Clive also began the DfE Alternatives Assessment Program to inform industry decision making in selecting alternatives to hundreds of millions of pounds of high-priority chemicals. He convened multi-stakeholder partnerships that guided the transition for chemicals that included high-volume flame retardants, and BPA in thermal paper.
Clive has worked in EPA’s Office of Water and in the Office of Air and Radiation. Clive led the first Survey of Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs, which Congress used to allocate up to $1billion per year in infrastructure funding.
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Jessica graduated from Duke University with a BS in Biology; she then went on to gain a MS in Microbiology from the University of Florida. Following this she spent 7 years in education and science program development. Jessica has experience in working in cosmetic testing and tissue R&D, and prior to joining Perfectus Biomed in 2021, she spent 3 years working in developing and managing customized and regulatory testing for medical devices and biologics. In her current role as a Senior Scientist- Commercial Manager, Jessica works closely with clients from a number of industries, including biocides and disinfectants. Supporting R&D, product development, product manufacturing, and post market claims by providing exceptional microbiological testing services.
Jennifer Sass is a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (since 2001) and part-time faculty at George Washington University Milken School of Public Health (since 2008). She served on the NIEHS National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors (2016-2020), the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology working group to review the National Nanotechnology Initiative (2010), and numerous federal advisory committees. She was nominated by President Biden to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (2021). She has published over 50 articles on topics include environmental health and U.S. federal chemical policy issues. She holds BSc, MSc, and PhD (1998) degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, and a Post-Doctoral Certificate (2000) from the University of Maryland, College of Medicine, Program in Human Health and the Environment.
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