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Princeton,
NJ -
TRI is proud to announce the election of the 2007-2008 Board
of Trustees. Dr. Glennis Orloff, Program Director of New Products
at Schick/Wilkinson Sword, an Energizer Company, will serve
her third term as the Chair of the Board. Dr. Karl Krummel,
Assistant Vice President of Innovative Raw Materials at Loreal
USA, Inc., will succeed Mr. Nunzio Cernero as Vice Chair.
And Mr. Nunzio Cernero, former Vice Chair and the President
of Nunzio E. Cernero & Company financial consulting firm,
has been elected to his fourth term as Chair of the Finance
Committee. "We are incredibly pleased with this year's
leadership. Their dedication to TRI is unwavering and their
support and guidance will allow us to advance in the coming
year in immeasurable ways," says Dr. Gail R. Eaton, President
of TRI/Princeton.
The
Board also elected two new general Trustees. Dr. Kurt Adams,
an Innovation Leader for DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise,
and Dr. Lynn Penn, a Professor and Head of the Department
of Chemistry at Drexel University, will now work with the
TRI Board in developing strategic initiatives aimed at furthering
TRI's mission.
Additionally,
two long-term members will be departing this year. Dr. Thomas
Malafronte served on the Executive Committee from 2001-2007.
He is the Director of Global Sales, Personal Care and Pharmaceuticals
at Noveon, Inc. Ms. Sheri McCoy has been a member of the TRI
Board of Trustees for ten years. During her tenure, Sheri
served as Chair of the Board of Trustees from 2001-2004 and
served on the Executive Committee from 2001-2007. Ms. McCoy
is the Johnson & Johnson Company Group Chairman responsible
for the worldwide Ethicon franchise. Dr. Eaton adds, "TRI
is very grateful for the work Dr. Malafronte and Ms. McCoy
have done over the years. Their leadership helped to set new
directions for TRI that we will carry into the future."
View
the full 2007-2008 Board
of Trustees.
TRI/Princeton
was founded in 1930 as the Textile Research Institute to help
the American textile industry stay competitive. Over the decades,
TRI has evolved into a full-service research and testing facility,
specializing in hair, fibers, porous materials, polymers,
and films. TRI provides research solutions to a wide variety
of domestic and international industrial companies, governmental
organizations, and academic institutions.
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