Peoples Returns as CARE Executive Director

Dalton, GA, Aug. 8, 2012 -- Robert Peoples will return to the Carpet America Recovery Effort as its executive director.

Peoples was CARE's first executive director from 2004-2008. He replaces Georgina Sikorski, who resigned in April after three years of service.

Peoples is currently executive director of the American Chemistry Society's Green Chemistry Institute. Before serving with CARE the first time, Peoples worked with two nylon carpet fiber producers, Solutia and Monsanto.

"Dr. Peoples' experience in sustainability, the carpet industry, and the CARE organization itself make him the ideal choice," said CARE board chairman and Carpet and Rug Institute President Werner Braun.

Peoples was one of CARE's founding members, and was named CARE Person of the Year in 2003. Prior to his first position at CARE, Peoples worked as director of nylon technology at Solutia.

"I guess this proves that executive directors can be recycled as well as carpet," joked CARE vice-chairman Brendan McSheehy, who headed the search committee for a new executive director.