A native of Coos Bay, Oregon, Roger L. McCarty received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1977 and an MBA in 1981 while working in Chicago. He began his 30-year career in the chemical industry in 1977 as a Sales Engineer for The Dow Chemical Company in Denver, Colorado. His current role is Corporate Director of Strategy Development and is the author/owner of Dow’s business strategy processes. About half of his career has been centered in new business development (NBD). He has been involved in and/or directed more than five new start-up businesses at Dow. He served on the Growth council and in 2006 was the architect of the exploration and selection process of the new Dow Market facing businesses.

Roger has been active in AIChE, serving on the national program committee for a number of years as well as serving as the Marketing Division National Program Chairman and division director for three years. He has also been a speaker and panel member for NPRA, Gas Processors Assoc, and the U of O Gas Conditioning Conference.

In 2000 Roger was named the Global Director of Staffing and Learning for the NBD function. He has facilitated and/or authored more than 30 training programs. He has recruited Chemical Engineers from BYU for almost 20 years, and for the last 10 years has been the team captain for all Dow recruiting at BYU. He has also served as Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board for the ChemE Department since its inception.

Roger has served in various leadership roles at the ward, stake, and regional level, and was recently released after 9 years in the stake presidency. He has performed in numerous choirs/musicals, is currently a director of the Midland Theater Guild, and also served on city commissions, advisory boards, and on the executive council for the area BSA. He loves time with his family and has traveled with his wife and children to all 48 contiguous states. He and his wife Marsha have eight daughters and are in the process of moving from Midland, Michigan, to Provo, Utah.

At the end of 2007, Roger will retire from Dow Chemical and has been appointed the Director of Experiential Learning in the MBA program of the Marriott Business School at BYU. He hopes to teach, coach, and mentor students to have lives and careers as interesting and rewarding as the ones with which the Lord has blessed him.