Delaware Power Moves: Croda’s local manufacturing site gets a new point person

Delaware professionals are moving up and into new positions, appointments and stages of life.

This month’s Power Moves spotlights sectors like advertising, manufacturing and higher education. Rapidly growing onetime Delaware startup Carvertise continues to expand its executive team, and Croda’s tech manufacturing site in New Castle has a new director.

Read on for all the details on these Power Moves below.

Carvertise continues its growth with a new VP of Sales

After landing on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fast-growing companies for the fourth consecutive year, Carvertise continues its mission to triple its revenue and implement its data analytics strategy.

Part of that strategy includes the addition of sales veteran Mark Hogan as Carvertise’s new VP of sales. 

Hogan, hired after a nationwide search, has more than 20 years of relevant experience, most recently serving as head of sales for internet hosting company IONOS. He oversaw the North American market position for its cloud and agency hosting platforms. 

Cofounder and CEO Mac Macleod first announced his plan to build up Carvertise’s executive ranks in June 2023, when the company opened its 15,000-square-foot headquarters in Wilmington’s Riverfront.

Croda’s New Castle plant hires a new site director

Manufacturing firm Croda Inc. announced Jeff LaBrozzi as site director of its Atlas Point facility in New Castle. The company develops ingredients and technologies for the pharma, beauty, industrial and agricultural industries. 

LaBrozzi has over 25 years of management and engineering experience, most recently as vice president of operations at Chester County chemical company Evonik where he was responsible for operations at multiple sites across North America. 

“We are thrilled to welcome someone of Jeff’s caliber to our team,” said Bradley Cook, vice president of North America operations for Croda.

Croda is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey with manufacturing sites in Pennsylvania, California and Alabama.

More Power Moves:

• Jenn Wells, cofounder of the local marketing agency BrandSwan and former director of marketing for the nonprofit Back on My Feet, announced on LinkedIn that she is joining Goldey-Beacom College as its new director of marketing.
• World Trade Center Delaware President Carla Stone has been appointed to two advisory councils of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, or EXIM. They are the Council on Small Business and the Council on Advancing Women in Business.
• Delaware Farm Bureau expanded its office staff by two this summer as Sydnie Grossnickle and Alexis Langenfelder came on board as program and policy coordinator and ag literacy and program coordinator, respectively.
• Robert Lhulier of the Brandywine Restaurant will completely revamp the formal dining room and turn it into a more casual traditional brasserie.
• Vice president of Delaware State University (DSU), Jackie Griffith has announced her retirement, DSU president Tony Allen announced on Linkedin.
• University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication is relaunching with a new director, Dannagal Young, professor of communication, political science and international relations. The rest of the team includes:
  • Erin Cassese, professor of political science and international relations, communication and women and gender studies
  • Phil Jones, associate professor of political science and international relations
  • Lindsay Hoffman, associate professor of communication and political science and international relations 
  • Paul Brewer, professor of communication and political science and international relations 
  • and Nancy Karibjanian, director of UD’s journalism program.