Howard Ungerleider Senior Vice President of The Dow Chemical Company and President, Performance Plastics Division

Howard Ungerleider is a Senior Vice President of The Dow Chemical Company, is the President of Dow's Performance Plastics Division and is a member of the Company's Executive Leadership Committee.

With $15 billion in revenue, the Division is comprised of four high-growth business units that deliver technology-rich, market-driven solutions: Dow Performance Packaging, Dow Elastomers, Dow Electrical & Telecommunications and Dow Hygiene & Medical.

Ungerleider joined Dow in 1990 and his career has spanned a wide variety of commercial, financial, geographic, functional and enterprise-level leadership roles both in the United States and in Europe.

He joined Dow's Food & Specialty Packaging business in 1997 and the following year moved to Dow's European headquarters in Switzerland, where he held management responsibilities for several of Dow's specialty polyethylene and polyolefin brands.

Ungerleider was named business director for Dow's global Wire and Cable Compounds business in 2000, and in 2004 became the global director of Integrated Supply Chain for Plastics, Performance Chemicals and Thermosets, managing supply chain activities for global businesses across Dow's basics, specialties and market-facing portfolios.

In 2006, Ungerleider was appointed North American commercial vice president for Dow's $6 billion Basic Plastics business portfolio, which was comprised of 2,500 employees and served 500 customers throughout North America.

Before assuming his current role in March 2011, Ungerleider served as vice president of Investor Relations, where he was responsible for facilitating dialogue between Dow's stockholders and the Company's executive leadership. In this role, Ungerleider was responsible for creating and driving an investor outreach program that provided timely, credible information regarding Dow's strategic transformation and performance in the midst of the worst global economic crisis in decades. He was also a member of the Finance leadership team, providing counsel and support to Dow's Chief Financial Officer.

Ungerleider earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in Austin and a master's degree in business administration from University of California in Los Angeles. He serves on the Boards of Directors of Wolverine Bancorp (NASDAQ: WBKC) and Keep America Beautiful, a non-profit educational organization aimed at reducing litter and waste.

Revised: 11/02/11