Ronald J. Naples

Trustee

Ronald J. Naples stepped down in February 2011, as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Stimulus Oversight Commission, having been named by Governor Rendell in April 2009. He was CEO of Quaker Chemical Corp from 1995 to 2008 and its Chairman of the Board from 1997 to 2009. Previously, he was Chairman and Chief Executive of Hunt Manufacturing Comp and Executive Director of a Presidential Task Force on energy problems. He is a former White House Fellow, appointed for 1974-75, and served in the Ford Administration as Assistant to the Counselor to the President for Economic Affairs, Kenneth Rush, and as a Special Assistant to the head of the Federal Energy Administration, Frank Zarb. Mr. Naples received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was awarded the Military Order of World Wars Award. After his graduation from West Point, he served in the Army, included tours in Germany and Vietnam as the Commander of a Field Artillery Battery and the Operations Officer of a Field Artillery Battalion. Among his military decorations are two Bronze Star Medals, the Air Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star. Mr. Naples holds a M.B.A. with Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was awarded first and second-year honors and a Walter E. Heller Fellowship. He also holds a M.A. in International Economic Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Mr. Naples is married to the former Suzanne Shoudy of Camillus, New York. They have three children, Regen, Marcus, and Tiffany, and reside in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Over the years, the Naples family has been home to 15 foster children through the Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth.