Tony Corey (Chair)

In October, 2002 Tony Corey retired as President and CEO of Rodel, Inc. after 5 years with this upcoming semiconductor company. During his tenure, which included the two worst recessions in the history of the semiconductor industry, Rodel witnessed outstanding growth in sales and profits, propelling its valuation from $260 million to over $2 billion during his stewardship. It is valued at more than $3 billion today.

Rodel is the global leader in Chemical Mechanical Planerization materials (CMP), a key process to make semiconductor chips. Rodel technology touches almost every chip made in the world today. Rodel was fully acquired by Rohm and Haas in 2002.

Prior to Rodel, Tony held many positions of increasing responsibilities around the world with Rohm and Haas (a $13 Billion company). His last position at Rohm and Haas (now Dow Chemical) was Executive Vice President where he also served as a member of the senior management leadership council.  His assignments took him and his family for ten years overseas in England, Germany, France and Brazil. During his career he worked in the textiles, leather, paper, plastics and coatings industries.

Before entering the corporate world, Tony was a Senior Lecturer at Widener University for two years (Chemical Engineering and Industrial Management).

Tony's academic background includes a B.S. in Biology (American University of Beirut), M.S. in Chemical Engineering (The Ohio State University) and M.B.A. (Widener University). He is fluent in English, French, Arabic, Portuguese and adequate in Spanish.

Since retirement from the corporate world, Tony has started and co-founded a number of ventures including: Corey Capital (global equity investments), UrbanLogic (real estate development), MtCedar Properties (real estate management) and TradeCom (commodities trading).  Tony is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of L.I.T. Surgical, a medical device startup.

Tony's community work has focused mainly on education and mentoring young entrepreneurs.