Women in Chemicals

Women in Chemical's interviews, Kaitlyn Ray, Business Director - Base Oils and Extracts at American Refining Group, Inc. for Woman of the Week 4/28/2025.

We hosted an empowering virtual webinar led by April Yeager, Senior Vice President & General Manager at Essential Ingredients, designed to equip women with the tools and techniques needed to excel in negotiations. This session provided valuable insights and practical strategies to help women navigate and succeed in various negotiation scenarios, from salary discussions to business deals.

Key Topics discussed:

1. Mastering the Negotiation Process: Understanding the key stages and how to prepare effectively.
2. Building Confidence: Learning techniques to boost self-assurance and overcome negotiation anxiety.
3. Effective Communication: Discovering strategies for clear, assertive, and persuasive communication.
4. Addressing Gender Bias: Exploring ways to handle and overcome gender-related challenges in negotiations.

This webinar is ideal for women at all career stages who want to enhance their negotiation skills and achieve better outcomes in their professional and personal lives.

This event was sponsored by GreenChem.

Women in Chemical's interviews, Suzie Douglas, Regional Manufacturing Manager at Chemtrade for Woman of the Week 4/14/2025.

Women in Chemical's interviews Sneh Pandey, Manager of HR and Administration, Clean Air’s SBU at Johnson Matthey for Woman of the Week 3/24/2025.

We celebrated International Women's Day by delving into the findings of the Women in the Workplace 2025 report by McKinsey & Company, in partnership with LeanIn.Org. This landmark study, now in its tenth year, provided a comprehensive analysis of the progress and challenges faced by women in corporate America. 

You can read the report here.

Following the presentation of reported results, Christine Johnson of McKinsey & Company, facilitated an insightful panel discussion with distinguished women in the industry:

• Tatiana Berardinelli, Chief Human Resources Officer at Clariant
• Alison Jones, Chief Strategy Officer at ICIS
• Michelle Wu, Chief Digital Data & Technology Officer at Brenntag
• The panel discussion was moderated by Christine Johnson, Partner at Global management consulting | McKinsey & Company

This event was sponsored by Clariant.

Women in Chemical's interviews Linda Armitage, NA Business and Product Manager at Arkema for Woman of the Week 3/10/2025.

On February 18th, Women in Chemicals celebrated its four-year anniversary during a fireside chat with your co-founders, Kylie Wittl & Amelia Greene. We chatted about what was accomplished in our fourth year, key updates and current and future programs.

In the engaging discussion, we welcomed insights and Q/A from our growing leadership team:

🌟 Christine Grybos  - Takeaways from Women in Chemicals Conference 2024

🤝 Sara Manganelli - Experiences from the Leadership Offsite 

💡Kasia Jankowska - Perspective on the Mentorship Program

🙋🏽‍♀️ Pooja Aggarwal, Stephanie Folkmire, Jessica Quearry, Linda Madden, Sandeep Kaur & Vera-Maria Pitot - Q/A

🚀 Amber Thichangchong - A Look at 2025 and Beyond

This event was sponsored by TRiiSO.

Women in Chemical's interviews Melissa Rus, Vice President at Garland Industries, Inc for Woman of the Week 2/24/2025.

On January 30th, Women in Chemicals started off the new year with a chemical markets outlook! Watch this recorded presentation on the current state of the chemical industry from the team at ICIS (Independent Commodity Intelligence Services), State of the Industry with ICIS, to get insights on the economic outlook, sustainability & circularity initiatives & trends, supply/demand imbalances, and other major supply chain trends for 2025. 

Panelists included: 

• Kevin Swift - Senior Economist, Global Chemicals
• Alex Lidback - Vice President, Head of Chemical Analytics
• Corbin Olson - Senior Analyst/Researcher, Plastics Recycling
• Joshua Dill - Analyst, Plastics Recycling

This event was sponsored by Chemformation.

Click HERE to download the slides from this event.