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RPM Announces Consumer Group Leadership Changes

RPM has announced that Bill Spaulding, president of Rust-Oleum Corporation, will be promoted to president of its Consumer Group effective September 1, 2021. He will succeed Terry Horan, who will retire from the company on August 31.

Over the course of his 22-year career at Rust-Oleum, Spaulding has served in several key positions, including president of North America and executive vice president of consumer sales and marketing. Spaulding earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Indiana University Bloomington and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.

In conjunction with Spaulding’s appointment, DAP President Jeff Ackerberg will be promoted to president of Rust-Oleum. Prior to joining DAP, Ackerberg held senior executive leadership positions with global organizations such as Grohe AG, ACCO Brands, Kohler Company, Bosch and Emerson Electric. Ackerberg earned a bachelor’s degree in business from North Central College and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

In addition, Mark Heird, Rust-Oleum’s executive vice president of sales in North America, will be promoted to president of DAP. Heird has held multiple leadership roles at Rust-Oleum over the course of his 21-year career with the company. Prior to joining Rust-Oleum, he served as a sales executive with The Clorox Company and Procter & Gamble. Heird earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from University of Maryland, College Park.

“I look forward to working with Bill in his new role as Consumer Group president, along with Jeff and Mark in their new roles and the entire leadership team of the Consumer Group,” stated Frank C. Sullivan, RPM chairman and CEO. “I am also incredibly excited that we have leaders with great experience and proven track records of success to carry our Consumer Group businesses to new levels of growth, success and profitability for many years to come. That we were able to fill these vitally important leadership roles internally speaks to the depth of talent and dedication we have across the RPM Consumer Group companies.”

Terry Horan has held various leadership roles over the course of his 17-year career at RPM, including positions with DAP and Rust-Oleum. He was also president of Robert Bosch Tool Corporation and The Master Lock Company.

“As the first president of the Consumer Group, Terry created the blueprint and strategy for our success in steering the business to become the largest group within RPM for the past two years,” continued Sullivan. “He developed a leadership team capable of taking the RPM Consumer Group to even greater heights of customer innovation, collaboration and success. I am grateful to Terry for his 17 years of dedicated service and wish him the best in his retirement.”

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