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Chicago Drug & Chemical Association is a non-profit professional and philanthropic trade association based in the Chicagoland area.  CD&CA services manufacturers and distributors of drugs and chemicals in the Midwest. The association offers networking, social, and educational opportunities to the members with a secondary mission of offering educational scholarships to college students. 

Current Board of Directors: 


President:      Jeff Nelson,  VLS Environmental, Inc.,  jeff.nelson@vlses.com

VP/Treasurer: Erik Olson, Producers Chemical, erik@producerschemical.com

Secretary: John Orfe, jorfe4@gmail.com

Executive Administrator: Dawn Drass,  admin@cd-ca.org

Director:     Tommy Turriff, TLC Ingredients  tbt@tclingredients.com

Director:  Chery DePasquale, TLC Ingredients cheryld@tlcingredients.com

Director:  Judi Swain, Columbus Chemical Ind, Inc.  jswain@columbuschemical.com

Director: John LaDonne, johngldg@aol.com

Director: Greg Devereaux, EMCO Chemical, gdevereux@emcochem.com

Director: David Gross, Clutch Global, david.gross@clutchglobal.com

Director: Carleigh Shannon, Producers Chemical, carleigh@producerschemical.com


Ex Officio:  Derek Paulowski, Columbus Chemical Ind, Inc. dpaulowski@columbuschemical.com    


Current Association By-laws. (Latest revision:  2025)


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CD &CA is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. 2762 Greenfield Dr., Lisle, IL 60532

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