PCPC appoints TechNet executive to president, CEO post

WASHINGTON The Personal Care Products Council has appointed TechNet executive Lezlee Westine as its new president and CEO. Westine succeeds former PCPC president and CEO Pamela Bailey, who left the council in December 2008 to head the Grocery Manufacturers Association.

Westine will assume her role at the council in May. She currently serves as president and CEO of TechNet, a bipartisan political network of CEOs and senior executives of U.S. technology companies. As TechNet president and CEO, Westine directs and oversees day-to-day operations, strategic planning and development and implementation of TechNet's public policy and political agenda.

Prior to TechNet, Westine served as the White House director of public liaison. In that role, she serves as White House chief liaison to all constituency groups, national trade associations and non-profit organizations and developed relationships with advocacy groups from both sides of the aisle to find areas of common ground. She also directed the administration?s women?s outreach programs, organized an initiative to draw needed attention to the plight of Afghan women and garnered support for the Trade Promotion Authority, the presidential fast-track negotiating authority for U.S. trade agreements.