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Joe Alberts is a Senior Litigation Counsel at Dow AgroSciences LLC in Indianapolis, where he handles national and international litigation. Joe graduated magna cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law and cum laude from Hanover College. Joe was Articles Editor of Volume 27 of the Indiana Law Review. He served as law clerk for Hon. John D. Tinder, Hon. Patrick D. Sullivan and as a litigation attorney with Wooden & McLaughlin. Joe has published numerous articles and has presented over thirty seminars. As a member of DTCI, Joe has served as the Chair of the Product Liability Section (1999-2001), a member of the Long-Range Planning Committee (2001-02) and currently serves as Chair of the In-House Counsel Section. He is the recipient of the 2002 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. Joe is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association; Corporate Counsel Section chair, 2002, the Indianapolis Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the National Registry of Who's Who. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Indiana Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the all Indiana U.S. district courts.

Phil Cook assumed his current position as Senior Advisor in June 2006 and became a member of the Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) in September 2004. Cook joined Dow in 1970 as a Research Engineer in the Urethanes Development Laboratory in Freeport. In 1979, he moved to Epoxy Resins Technical Service & Development (TS&D), becoming Group Leader later that year. He transferred to Midland in 1983 as Market Development Manager for Epoxy Resins and became Group Marketing Manager for Structural and Design Resins in 1985. In 1987, Cook was named Business Operations Manager for Epoxy Resins and Intermediates in the Corporate Product Department and was named Commercial Vice President for Dow-United Technologies Composite Products, Inc. in 1989. He was named Global Business Manager for Epoxy Products in 1993. In 1995 Phil was named Vice President, Business Development for Greater China. He was named Vice President and Global Business Director for ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, chlorine, caustic soda and HCL in 1998. Cook was named Global Business Vice President for Epoxy Products & Intermediates in 2000. He was named Senior Vice President, Performance Chemicals and Thermosets in 2003. In September 2005, Phil was named Corporate Vice President of Strategic Development and New Ventures. Cook is a member of the Board of Directors of Methanex Corporation, the Board of Managers of Univation Technologies, and the Members Committee of Dow Agrosciences. He is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committees of the National Paint and Coatings Association. He is a member of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Chemical Engineering and member of the College of Engineering Foundation Advisory Council of The University of Texas at Austin. Cook is the Office of Chief Executive's representative to Dow's Diversity & Inclusion steering team and is the corporate sponsor for the GLAD Employee Network (Gays, Lesbians, and Allies at Dow). Locally, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Midland Country Club. Cook holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.