
Ana Davis heads Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) in North America for Syngenta, a global agriculture company. She manages Syngenta¡¯s corporate HSE programs, which cover a wide array of business units. She also serves as the Global HSE Business Partner for the Seeds Development business. Ana began her career as a process control engineer with Exxon, later working as facilities engineer for Advanced Micro Devices. Prior to joining Syngenta in 2009, she held a variety of production and HSE management roles with Kao Specialties Americas. Before that, she was a plant manager at Dow and held several positions with Union Carbide Corp., becoming a plant production manager after the Dow Chemical merger. A native of Spain, Ana was recognized in 2005 with the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award for Professional Achievement in Industry. She serves on the advisory boards of AIChE¡¯s Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), North Carolina State Univ.¡¯s Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and North Carolina A&T's Dept. of Chemical, Biological, and Bioengineering. In 2019, she was elected to AIChE¡¯s Board of Directors. Ana received her BS in chemical engineering from NC State Univ., where she was named a Distinguished Alumnus. Ana and her husband have established an endowment for chemical engineering undergraduate students.