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Akzo Nobel, Ecolab Executives To Lead SDA Board of Directors

• Board Elects Akzo Nobel’s Frank Sherman as Chair, Ecolab’s Susan Nestegard as Vice-Chair
• SDA Membership Elects 25 Executives to Two-Year Board Terms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 4, 2008 – The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) Board of Directors elected executives from Akzo Nobel and Ecolab to serve as 2008 Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, at the Board’s meeting in Boca Raton, Florida.

Frank Sherman, President and General Manager of Akzo Nobel’s Surfactants Business Unit, is the new Board Chair. Succeeding Mr. Sherman as Vice Chair is Susan Nestegard, Senior Vice President, Research, Development, Engineering & Chief Technical Officer, Ecolab Inc.

A total of 25 executives from the cleaning product and chemical industries were elected by SDA’s membership to two-year terms on the SDA Board of Directors. That unanimous vote occurred during SDA’s 82nd Annual Meeting & Industry Convention.

New members of the SDA Board include:

• Simon Medley, Group Vice President, Care Chemicals & Formulators, BASF Corporation.
• Nancy Vincent, Business Director, Surfactants & Alcohols, Cognis Corporation.
• Tom O’Brien, Vice President, Alcohols & Surfactants, Sasol Olefins & Surfactants GmbH.
• Francine Glick, President, Water Journey, Ltd.

In addition to Mr. Sherman and Ms. Nestegard, the following executives are continuing their service on the SDA Board:

• George D. Calvert, Vice President, Research and Development/Quality Assurance, Access Business Group, a division of Alticor, Inc.
• Steven Cugine - Corporate Vice President, Global New Product Innovation, Church & Dwight Company, Inc.
• Catherine Ehrenberger - Head of Business Line, Home and Personal Care, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation.
• Lawrence Peiros – Chief Operating Officer, North America, The Clorox Company.
• Seamus McBride - Executive Vice President, President Colgate North America and Worldwide Commercial Effectiveness, Colgate-Palmolive Company.
• Kevin F. Gallagher, President, Croda Inc.
• James L. Jackson – President, DeSoto L.L.C.
• Greg Tipsord, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Laundry Care Business Unit, The Dial Corporation – A Henkel Company.
• Tony Frencham, Global Business Director and General Manager –Dow Fabric & Surface Care.
• Reinhold Brand - President, Evonik Goldschmidt Corporation.
• David Parkin - Vice President, Performance Intermediates, Huntsman Corporation.
• Paul J. Ferrall, Jr., President – PQ Americas, PQ Corporation.
• Jorge Mesquita, Group President-Global Fabric Care, The Procter & Gamble Company.
• William Mordan, Area Vice President & General Counsel, Reckitt Benckiser Inc.
• Jane M. Hutterly - Executive Vice President, Worldwide Corporate & Environmental Affairs, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
• Robert Chouffot, General Manager for Higher Olefins and Derivatives, Shell Chemical LP.
• June A. Stahl – President, Stahl Soap Corporation.
• John V. Venegoni, Vice President and General Manager - Surfactants, Stepan Company.
• William Littlefield, Vice President/General Manager, Laundry Care - Unilever US.

The complete list of SDA officers for 2008 elected by the SDA Board include:

• Chair – Frank Sherman, Akzo Nobel Inc.
• Vice Chair – Susan Nestegard, Ecolab Inc.
• President - Ernie Rosenberg, SDA President & CEO
• Treasurer – Seamus McBride, Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Corporate Secretary - Michelle Radecki, SDA General Counsel

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