Kaethe Schuster Earns Charlie Raymond Membership Award Kaethe Schuster is originally from the great state of Michigan where she grew up enjoying all things outdoors. She attended Northwood University where she earned a BBA in Business and Marketing. It was also at Northwood that Kaethe met her husband, Jeff. The Dow Chemical Company made a wise decision in 1999 when they hired Kaethe to work in their Customer Service Department where she quickly rose to Operations Management. As her career progressed, she and Jeff relocated to some familiar Dow company towns, Marietta, GA and Wilmington, IL, as part of the acquisition of Flexible Products by Dow. Kaethe has remained in the spray foam market ever since. In 2007, Kaethe returned home to Michigan to take on the role of Product Manager for Dow’s spray foam line. She was named Marketing Director for the line in 2010 where she orchestrated significant growth of the spray foam division. Over the course of her career, she has received multiple sales awards for exceptional performance within the Dow and Dupont organizations. We’re told that those awards are in recognition of her outstanding drive, talents and dynamic personality. We are fortunate that Kaethe and Jeff relocated to Ponte Vedra Beach in 2015, where she took on her current role as Sales Director and transitioned the business unit to the new Dupont organization. She has been involved with FRSA since her arrival in Florida.
She currently serves on the FRSA Codes and Membership Committees, where her input is valued. Kaethe is always looking for ways to promote FRSA membership to associate members and is known for not only coming up with good ideas, but for taking action to bring those ideas to fruition. Her can-do attitude is noticed by all who meet her and especially by the FRSA staff. When we spoke to Kaethe’s industry peers, the adjectives that were most used to describe her were “professional,” “honest” and “talented.” She still enjoys the outdoors whenever possible and, – although the outdoors is considerably different in Florida than in Michigan – kayaking, biking and fishing remain free time interests. FRSA is proud to present the 2020 Charlie Raymond Membership Award to Kaethe Schuster for her efforts in expanding FRSA Associate membership and we are hopeful that this will be a working partnership for years to come. Congratulations, Kaethe!
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