Prior to joining ChemQuest in 2022, Julie Vaughn Biege most recently served as vice president business development and marketing services for Emerald Performance Materials, expanding the company’s business presence and growth in the personal care, household, food and beverage, and CASE markets.   Over her 40-year career in the specialty chemicals industry at Emerald, Lanxess, Lubrizol, Noveon, and BFGoodrich, Julie led numerous market-focused innovation teams responsible for developing and launching new products ranging from multi-functional additives to polymers, as well as business turn-around initiatives, and providing both buy- and sell-side M&A support. She earned a BS in chemical engineering and chemistry from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MBA from Kent State University.