PBI-Gordon promoted Eric Smith to vice president of regulatory, formulation and GLP and Jason Manz to vice president of strategic marketing and new business development.
Most recently, Smith was a senior director of regulatory, formulation and GLP. After holding regulatory and research positions with United Industries Corporation and Incyte Genomics, Smith joined PBI-Gordon in 2014 as federal registrations manager.
Since then, Smith’s duties have expanded to include oversight of the company’s lab services team, oversight of state and federal regulatory affairs, the development and execution of strategic and tactical plans and staff mentorship.
“Since joining the company eight years ago, Eric’s leadership skills, insights, values and focus have become a tremendous asset to PBI-Gordon, our employee-owners and our customers and business partners,” Neil Cleveland, senior vice president of PBI-Gordon, said. “This is a well-deserved promotion, and we wish him all the best for continued success.”
Manz joined PBI-Gordon in 2020 as senior director of national accounts and will maintain his responsibilities as he transitions to his new role. Prior to joining PBI-Gordon, he held product management and sales positions with BASF and Bayer Crop Science.
“Jason has been an excellent coach and mentor to many employee-owners within and outside of our team,” Cleveland said. “His attitude, values and willingness to do whatever is necessary to drive excellent results will serve him well in his new role. This is a well-deserved promotion for Jason.”