Nance Dicciani:
CLASS OF 1965
Ancilla Domini AcademyClass of 1965
Philadelphia, PA
Nance's Story
NANCE K. DICCIANI, Ph.D., MBA
FOUNDER, PRESIDENT & CEO of RTM VITAL SIGNS, LLC; DIRECTOR, HALLIBURTON CO., LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV, and PRAXAIR, INC.; FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY MATERIALS
Dr. Nance Dicciani has over 30 years of experience in the chemicals and materials industry, including significant positions of leadership in business, business development, international operations, manufacturing, research& development and engineering. Before her retirement in 2008, Dr. Dicciani was the president and chief executive officer of Specialty Materials, a ~$5 billion strategic business group of Honeywell. Under her leadership, the group was completely transformed from a break even business operating in disadvantaged market sectors with undifferentiated products to a market driven, technology based, highly profitable and growing international industry leader. On the basis of an expanded and strengthened patent portfolio, new products grew from less than 10% of the portfolio to over 25%. Dr. Dicciani has a proven track record of developing new technology into profitable businesses, acquiring as well as selling businesses and product lines, and initiating joint ventures with both large and small enterprises throughout the world.
Dr. Dicciani joined Honeywell in November of 2001 from Rohm and Haas where she held the position of senior vice president and business group executive of Chemical Specialties and director, European Region, including Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In addition to overseeing the European Region, she was responsible for business strategy and worldwide operations of five business units. Dr. Dicciani was an executive at Rohm and Haas from 1991 until 2001 and during her tenure initiated new research programs, revamped existing businesses, expanded global operations and transformed businesses through new ventures.
Prior to joining Rohm and Haas, Dr. Dicciani worked for Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. for 14 years where she held leadersh...Expand for more
ip positions in research, engineering, commercial development and business management.
Dr. Dicciani earned a bachelorâs of science degree in chemical engineering from Villanova University (1969), a masterâs of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia (1970), and after several years as Superintendant of Reservoirs for the Philadelphia Water Department, earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania (1977). She also earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1986). Dr. Dicciani has received distinguished alumni awards from both Villanova University and the University of Virginia.
She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Praxair, Inc, a large, multinational industrial gases company; Halliburton, one of the worldâs largest providers of products and services to the energy industry; and LyondellBasell, a world leader in plastics, chemicals and refining. She is the Non-Executive Chair of AgroFresh Solutions, a specialty chemical company focused on preventing food waste. Dr. Dicciani also served on the board and was Lead Director of Rockwood Holdings, Inc., a global specialty chemicals and advanced materials company; and PPL Corporation, a large energy utility company.
Dr. Dicciani also serves on the Board of Trustees of Villanova University; the Advisory Board of the Drexel University Center of Corporate Governance; and the University Research Association in Washington D.C.. In 2006, Nance was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Presidentâs Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Dr. Dicciani was the Warren K. Lewis Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at MIT and has also served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committees of the American Chemistry Council and the Society of Chemical Industry. Dr. Dicciani has been named twice as one of âThe Worldâs 100 Most Powerful Womenâ by Forbes magazine and has received numerous other professional awards and honors. August 2015
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