Ashley Christopher, Esq. is President and CEO of the HBCU Week Foundation. Their mission is to encourage enrollment into HBCU's, provide scholarship dollars for matriculation, and sustain a pipeline of employment from undergraduate school to corporate America.

Chris Jahn is President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Jahn joined ACC in 2019 after serving six years as President and CEO of The Fertilizer Institute (TFI). Jahn earned an MBA from the University of Maryland and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University in New York. 

 Mark Vergnano serves as a board member for The Chemours Company. He previously served as the company’s initial President and CEO upon its spinoff from DuPont in July 2015 until July 2021. Vergnano has over 40 years of industrial experience with a legacy of thoughtful and results-driven leadership.

Darlene S. Schuster, Ph.D. is an established chemical engineer, with over 20 years of experience leading a technology and development professional consulting company, along with vast work experience in the chemical and bio-pharmaceutical fields, who now serves as the Executive Director and CEO of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). She previously served as Chief of Technical Operations, Membership & Business Development at AIChE.

Chairman, FOSSI Advisory Board

Dow

Jim Fitterling is the chairman and chief executive officer of Dow, a global materials science company with 2020 sales of approximately $39 billion. He has played a key role in the Company’s transformation, from lower-margin, commodity businesses to one more deeply focused on higher-growth, consumer demand-driven markets that value innovation – with the goal of creating the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world.

Vice Chairman, FOSSI Advisory Board

Eastman

Mark J. Costa is Chief Executive Officer of Eastman Chemical Company and Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. The fourth CEO in Eastman’s 20-year history as a public company, Mark has been instrumental in developing the strategies and strengthening the capabilities that have positioned Eastman for consistent, superior growth.