Carol Traister
Carol Traister graduated from Hanover College with a B.A. in Chemistry and a M.A. in Business from Webster University.
She has 35 years of experience in the coatings field. She began her career as a Chemist for Flint Ink Corporation in 1985 and has worked for Porter Paints as Sr. Group Leader, Dar-Tech as Technical Sales for Distribution, and BYK-Gardner as Regional Sales Mgr.
Since 2012, she has been with BYK USA as a Distribution Technical Support Specialist, then a Sr. Technical Sales Representative. She is now End Use Manager for Special Coatings with responsibility for North America; this includes the areas of Can, Coil, General Industrial, and Powder Coatings.
Carol is the past President of the Louisville Society for Coatings Technology.