Joanne Sekella

Joanne Sekella, global business director, Dow Coating Materials, is responsible for the overall management of all strategic and operational Marketing and Customer Relationship activities. This includes strategy and business development, planning and analysis, and capital investment. Prior to this role she was the global business director for Performance Monomers and Plastic Additives for three years. Previously she served as the finance director for Performance Monomers for four years. Joanne had been the global finance manager within Functional Materials for the Dow Microbial Control and Home and Personal Care businesses. Joanne began her career as an International Auditor at Rohm and Haas in 1990. During her 30 years at Dow/Rohm and Haas, Joanne has held positions of increasing responsibility, including roles in Cost Accounting, Strategic Planning, Capital Budgeting and Global R&D Finance. She participated on the Finance Gender Diversity Steering team and has served as the implementation and site lead for the WIN (Women’s Innovation Network) Philadelphia/Collegeville chapters for the past ten years. Joanne recently received a WIN Ambassador award in recognition of her diversity efforts across the organization. Joanne holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from LaSalle University.