Kathleen Stanton, senior director of scientific and regulatory affairs with the Personal Care Products Council, has started her three-year term on the ASTM International board of directors.

ASTM International’s board is made of 25 leaders from a variety of companies, associations, universities, government bodies, and other organizations around the world.

Stanton was previously associate vice president of technical and international affairs for the American Cleaning Institute, where she managed international and environmental health and safety-related issues affecting members and stakeholders.

A member of ASTM International since 2003, Stanton is an active member of the committee on soaps and other detergents (D12). She previously served as vice chair and then chair of the committee, receiving the D12 Outgoing Chair Award in 2017. Stanton is also a member of the committees on bioenergy and industrial chemicals from biomass (E48), environmental assessment, risk management and corrective action (E50), sustainability (E60), industrial biotechnology and synthetic biology (E62), and consumer products (F15).

Stanton holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Manhattan University and a master’s degree in applied ecology/conservation biology from Frostburg State University.

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