Meet our site leader

Sharon Cole, Louisiana Operations Site Leader

Sharon Cole began her career at Dow in 1981 at the Plaquemine site and has returned to begin her role as Site Director for Dow’s Louisiana Operations.

Sharon has served in a variety of manufacturing roles with Dow. She moved into the Louisiana Operations Vinyl 2, VCM plant in 1992 and was named Production Leader in 1993.  In 1997, she moved to Dow’s Freeport, Texas Operations where she was named Technology Director for the Dow Ethylene Dichloride/Vinyl Chloride Monomer business and in 1999 assumed additional responsibilities for process research in that business.

Sharon moved into Dow’s Hydrocarbons & Energy business in 2003 as Technology Director for Light Hydrocarbons, Aromatics, Butadiene and Alpha Olefins.

Sharon received a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1981 and is originally from the Baton Rouge area.  She and her husband Stan, a Dow retiree, are relocating to Brusly, LA.