Board of Directors

2026 Chair

Matthew Driver

Stepan Company

2026 Chair-Elect

Stephanie Facuri

Solabia USA

2026 Secretary

Kenton Hipsher

2026 Treasurer

Serina Dai

Paklab

2026 Treasurer-Elect

Elle Kim

Barentz

2026 Advisor, 2025 Chair

Brittney Strickland

Croda Inc.

Area III Director I

Michelle Carrillo

By Laws

James Neil

Happy Innovations

Communications Chair

Catherine Hoang

Catalyst Technologies

Cosmegram Business Manager

Brian Kolevar

Coast Southwest, Inc.

Cosmegram Chair

Josie Wauford

Lubrizol

Dinner Dance Chair

Elle Kim

Barentz

Education Chair

Ryan Kudla

Barnet Products

Elections

Stephanie Facuri

Solabia USA

Employment

Mike Bekerejian

Above Rinaldi Labs

Historian

Erica Herrel

Merle Norman

Hospitality

Amanda Lam

Azelis

House

Stephen Baesemann

TCR Industries, Inc.

Membership Chair

Joey Bilotta

Gattefosse

Membership Co-Chair

Nondie Breshears

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.

NextGen Development Chair

Nasrat Hamid

John Paul Mitchell Systems

Photographer

Evan Werkema

PakLab

Registration Chair

Joel St. John

Left Coast Process

Registration Co-Chair

Sara Benoit

Sharon Personl Care

Registration Co-Chair

Pria Maineri

The University of Toledo

Regulatory Affairs

Ariana Farina

Ariana Farina Consulting, LLC

Scientific Seminar 2026

Jennifer Curtis

Lubrizol

Sponsorship

Yi Hsin Chang

Global Ingredient Solutions

Sponsorship

Diane Horne

LipoTrue Inc.

Sports Co-Chair

Catherine Hoang

Catalyst Technologies

Sports Co-Chair

Christopher Lesko

Catalyst Technologies

Summer Event

Stephanie Facuri

Solabia USA

Suppliers Day 2027 After Party Chair

Velvet Arriola

Norman Fox & Co.

Suppliers Day Chair 2027

Erin Breve

Barnet Products Corporation

Suppliers Day Chair 2027

Margarita Gomez-Nadin

Sunjin Beauty Science, USA Inc.