Governance at a Glance

Mr. Fogarty joined our Board as non-executive Chairman in April 2022, after having retired as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Kraton Corporation, Inc. following its sale to DL Chemical. Before joining Kraton, Mr. Fogarty spent 14 years with the Koch Industries, Inc. family of companies, where he held a variety of roles, including President for Polymer and Resins at Invista and President of KoSa’s Polymer and Intermediaries business. Since 2012, Mr. Fogarty has been a member of the Board of Directors of Glatfelter Corporation, and he currently serves as its non-executive Chairman and as a member of its Compensation Committee. Since July 2022, he also has served as a member of the Board of Directors of OPAL Fuels Inc., where he serves on its Audit Committee. Mr. Fogarty previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Chemistry Council from 2017 through 2022. Mr. Fogarty holds a B.S. in Engineering from Dalhousie University.

Mr. Bitting was named president of Ecoservices in March 2019.  He joined Ecoservices, at the time a division of Rhodia, in 2006, serving as Vice President, Business Director, and Sulfur Products Manager.  Mr. Bitting led transformational growth in all of Ecoservices’ product lines and played a key role in Ecoservices’ divestiture from Solvay and eventual merger with PQ Corp. Prior to joining Ecoservices, Mr. Bitting held management positions at Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Sprint Corporation. As a Captain in the U.S. Army, Mr. Bitting served as a Company Commander in the 10th Mountain Division. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Villanova University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Rider University.

Don Althoff has over 40 years of experience in the chemical and energy industries. From September 2019 to September 2022, he served as Director and Chairman of the Board of Vereson Midstream LP, and from September 2019 to December 2022, he served as Director of Alliance Pipeline and Aux Sable LP. From October 2017 to September 2019 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Veresen Midstream LP, and he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Veresen Inc. from November 2012 to September 2017. From October 2008 to September 2012 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Flex Fuel. From 1981 to 2008, Mr. Althoff served in roles of increasing responsibility with Amoco Corporation and BP PLC. Mr. Althoff holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Mr. Bradley has extensive management and operational experience in the chemical industry, currently serving as President and Chief Executive Officer at SI Group, Inc. He was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Nexeo Solutions, Inc. from March 2011 until February 2019. Prior to working at Nexeo, Mr. Bradley was the Chief Operating Officer of Kraton Corporation. Mr. Bradley holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Louisville.

Mr. Brown is an accomplished business advisor of publicly traded companies, and he currently serves as a partner with Jones Day in their Capital Markets practice. Earlier in his career, he worked in the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Brown enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve in 1986, eventually serving the U.S. Army JAG Corps until he was honorably discharged at the rank of Captain in 2006. Mr. Brown holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Sam Houston State University, and an M.B.A. in Finance and a Juris Doctorate from Tulane University.

Ms. Catalano has served on our Board since July 2022, and she is an experienced director with over 30 years of business experience, including two decades of public and private board service.  From 1979 to 2003, she held a variety of positions with BP plc and its predecessor company, Amoco Corporation, concluding as Group Vice President, Marketing for BP at the time of her retirement in 2003.  In 2010, Ms. Catalano co-founded The World Innovation Network, a network of innovators to work toward global prosperity, and continued work with that organization until 2021.  Since 2017, she has served on the board of directors of HF Sinclair Corporation, where she is a member of the Nominating/Governance and Compensation Committees.  Since 2018, Ms. Catalano has served on the board of directors of Frontdoor, Inc., where she is the chair of the Compensation Committee.  From 2006 until 2022, she was on the board of directors of Willis Towers Watson and also served on its Nominating and Corporate Governance and Audit Committees.  From 2011 until its sale to DL Chemical in 2022, Ms. Catalano was a member of the board of directors of Kraton Corporation, where she was chair of the Compensation Committee and member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.  From 2010 until its sale to Reckitt-Benckiser in 2017, she served on the board of directors of Mead Johnson Nutrition, where she was Chair of the Nominating/Governance Committee and a member of its Compensation and Science and Nutrition Committees.  From 2011 until its sale to Lanxess in 2017, Ms. Catalano was a member of the board of directors of Chemtura Corporation, where she served on its Nominating/Governance, Compensation and EHS Committees.  She holds a B.S. degree in Marketing and Business Administration from the University of Illinois, Champaign – Urbana and also has been active with the National Association of Corporate Directors (including its Corporate Directors Institute), the Alzheimer’s Association and the Houston Grand Opera.

Sarah Lorance joined our Board in March 2024.  She has over 25 years of business experience, including as Owner and Executive Consultant at Autumn Advisors, LLC since 2021 and in various capacities from 1997 to 2020 at Elevance Health, Inc. (formerly Anthem, Inc.), where she most recently served as Chief Compliance Officer. Ms. Lorance currently serves on the board of directors of the Alzheimer's Association, where she is Chair of the Board, Chair of the Executive Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee.  Additionally, Ms. Lorance currently serves on the board of directors of VSP Vision, where she is a member of the Finance and Audit Committees.  Ms. Lorance also currently serves on the board of directors of the Knoebel Institute of Healthy Aging at the University of Denver, where she is an Advisory Board Member.   She holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of Iowa. She also is a certified public accountant and is NACD Directorship Certified®. 

Susan F. Ward has served on our Board since 2020. A respected accounting professional, Ms. Ward spent 27 years serving in a variety of roles at United Parcel Service, Inc., most recently as its Chief Accounting Officer from 2015 until her retirement in 2019. Prior to her tenure at UPS, Ms. Ward spent 10 years at Ernst & Young in Assurance Services. Ms. Ward has served on the board of Saia, Inc. since 2019 and currently serves as the chairperson of its Audit Committee.