The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) has announced the re-election of members to the ASC Board of Directors and changes to its Executive Committee, effective January 1, 2022.

Re-elected members of the ASC Board, who serve a three-year term, are:

• Robert Butera, VP, Research, Development, & Innovation, DAP Products
• Heather Campe, senior VP, H.B. Fuller Company
• Gerhard Haas, CTO, Jowat Corporation
• Dan Horner, board member and strategic advisor, Applied Adhesives
• Rebecca Miller, VP, Structural Adhesives,3M
• Rusty Thompson, president, Evans Adhesive

Dr. Al Crosby, professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, was elected for a two-year term to a non-voting seat representing academia.

Newly added to the ASC executive committee as supplier representative for a two-year term is Shamsi Gravel, global sales director, VP of Global Key Accounts at LANXESS. Returning to the executive committee as past chair, completing the term of Brian McSwigan who recently departed Henkel Corporation, is Chuck Williams, senior global technical director at Avery Dennison.

“ASC is led by an outstanding group of individuals committed to the professionalism and growth of the adhesive and sealant industry,” said ASC president, William Allmond. “This coming year they will lead us through one of the most momentous times in ASC’s history, as we host the 2022 World Adhesive and Sealant Conference, emerge from the Covid pandemic with greater demand for ASC’s networking opportunities, and launch new member programs and services through ASC’s new Long-Range Plan,” he said.