Ashland’s VP Corporate Affairs, Marketing, Brand and Business Communications Tapped for "Top Women in Business" Recognition
As a female business executive, strategist, marketing and communications expert and philanthropist, Carolmarie Brown understands how to shape the brand and reputation of multinational companies, drive business growth, and put the power of Ashland’s people and products in the hands of customers and communities around the world.
Brown, Ashland’s Vice President Corporate Affairs, Marketing, Brand and Business Communications has a passion for problem-solving that is well-served in a company whose purpose is to responsibly solve for a better world™. But what makes her different is her unique ability to jump across functional lines, from the boardroom to the STEM classroom, from communications to business operations, and from philanthropy to employee engagement with both ease and understanding. Brown has led the development of a comprehensive philanthropic strategy, Responsible Solvers,™ that allows Ashland leaders and local employees to customize their philanthropic community programs to fit the unique needs of countries and cultures from Thailand to Texas and Newark to New Delhi. It’s a business philosophy that has paid significant dividends with a focus on bringing more women and minorities into the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) that taps the business leaders of tomorrow today.