Michael N. Piergrossi
Vice President, Human Resources
W. R. Grace & Co.
Michael N. Piergrossi is Vice President of Human Resources for W. R. Grace &
Co. He is a member of Grace's senior executive team and provides functional leadership
to Grace's HR staff around the world. His primary interests are in developing and
leading HR processes designed to identify and develop leadership talent, and to
develop programs that enable Grace to be a growth-oriented, challenging and rewarding
work place.
Mike has more than twenty years of human resources experience with Grace starting
as a plant personnel administrator in the company's packaging unit facilities in
Reading, Pennsylvania and Indianapolis, Indiana. He transferred to Grace Construction
Products, the company's concrete admixtures, cement additives, waterproofing and
fire protection materials business, in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1981. He held
management positions in training and development, compensation and benefits and,
in 1993, he became Vice President of Human Resources and Organization Development
for the Grace Construction Products worldwide business. In December 1998, he assumed
additional responsibility for the human resource function in Darex Container Products,
Grace's coatings and sealants business. In 1999 he relocated to Columbia, Maryland
to join the Grace corporate executive team as Vice President of Leadership and Organization
Development, and in 2001 he was promoted to his current position.
Before joining Grace, Mike was an educator in the Pennsylvania public school system,
where he led successful work-study programs benefiting special needs students.
He graduated from Kutztown University with a B.S. degree in education/economics.
He earned an M.Ed. from Millersville University.
Grace is a leading global supplier of catalysts and other products to petroleum refiners;
catalysts for the manufacture of plastics; silica-based engineered and specialty
materials for a wide-range of industrial applications; sealants and coatings for
food and beverage packaging, and specialty chemicals, additives and building materials
for commercial and residential construction. With annual sales of more than $3.1
billion, Grace has about 6,500 employees and operations in over 40 countries.
January 2008
Corporate Communications
W. R. Grace & Co.
7500 Grace Drive
Columbia, MD 21044
+1 410.531.4000