Ann Beal Salamone, Board Chair, Rochal Industries, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and The Texas Academy of Medicine, Science & Engineering (TAMEST). She has developed products for electronics, water purification, personal care and healthcare and has invested in and served on the boards of several entrepreneurial companies, co-founded six companies, serves on several non-profit boards, and serves on the Board of Sanara MedTech (NASDAQ: SMTI). She is a cofounder of Rochal Industries (1986) and a principal inventor of Rochal’s products for wound treatment. Rochal’s products are market leaders - since 1992. Her US patent count is 26 issued and 11 pending plus their foreign counterparts. She is past Chair of the ACS Polymer Chemistry Division (8,000 members) and cofounder of the Intersociety Polymer Education Council (> 600,000 K-12 science teachers trained). She is the recipient of 2002 Crystal Slipper Award Executive Woman of the Year, 2011 Healthcare Businesswomen’s Assoc. LEAD Award, and 2019 SFB Technology Innovation and Development Award.