Dr. Paul C. DeLeo serves as a Senior Director for Chemical Management at the American Chemistry Council. Over the past 25 years, his career has focused on applied research and advocacy related to the human and environmental safety of food ingredients, pesticides, drugs, cosmetics, and cleaning products. During that time, he has worked at the Office of Food Additive Safety, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1999–2007), the American Cleaning Institute (2007–2017) and as a consultant to chemical manufacturers and users regarding the safety of their ingredients and products (2017–2021). He shares his professional passion for consumer, occupational and general population exposure to chemicals in commerce as an active member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the International Society for Exposure Science, the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and the Society of Toxicology, and has published dozens of articles in those topic areas in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. Dr. DeLeo obtained a PhD from Cornell University and a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.