After a delicate transition, president and CEO of Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates faces multiple industry challenges Some might call it chemistry, the way Larry Sloan found his way to the top spot of an industry association. Trained as a chemical engineer at the University of Pennsylvania, he started out in practice. When his first working group folded, he took the opportunity to add a Northwestern University degree. Then in Chicago, he met an alumnus who happened to head a chemical company. “One thing led to another,” he said, and he started work there after business school in marketing and then sales, which took him to Florida. But straight sales (and… Read More