Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 25th April 2024 Issue no. 1111
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Former CEO Ernie Rosenberg receives ACI Chairman's Award
Ernie Rosenberg, who served as the American Cleaning Institute's president & CEO for 17 years, is the recipient of the special ACI Chairman's Award, recognising his outstanding leadership of the Association for the cleaning product supply chain. He was honoured during the 2018 ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention.
Joining what was then known as The Soap & Detergent Association in 1999, Ernie shepherded the SDA's move from New York City to Washington, D.C. in 2000. He then helped build upon an already well-respected foundation of technical and consumer outreach expertise by strengthening a core team of scientific, advocacy, communications and outreach specialists that quickly established the Association as a go-to source for information in the nation's capital.
During Ernie's tenure, the Association became one of the first industry organisations to develop a core set of sustainability principles, programmes and public reports, which are now looked to as models for other trade associations. Under Ernie's leadership, SDA transformed into the American Cleaning Institute, a name which better reflected the marketplace it represents, the cleaning product supply chain that comprises the ACI's membership base, and the fundamental scientific and technical expertise that informs its policies, advocacy and outreach.
The ACI also moved into new headquarters and established a new location of the industry's critical business-to-business meeting, the ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention, which has grown in stature and reputation in the past decade.
"The organisation that was the SDA and became the ACI flourished under Ernie Rosenberg's leadership," says Rutger Beelaerts, general manager, Intermediates Americas, Shell Chemical and Chair of ACI's Board of Directors. "The foundation of ACI became stronger thanks to Ernie's dedication and stewardship over 17 years and building a terrific staff that is at the core of ACI's success over the years. The Chairman's Award recognises those contributions."
22nd February 2018