Sandra Beach Lin

Co-Chair, Paradigm for Parity Coalition

Sandra Beach Lin is a member of the Board of Directors of American Electric Power, PolyOne Corporation, Trinseo and Interface Biologics. She previously served as a board member of WESCO International from 2002-2019. She is the retired President & Chief Executive Officer of Calisolar, Inc. (now Silicor Materials). She previously served as Corporate Executive Vice President of Celanese Corporation, where she led a group of businesses with more than $2 billion in revenue. Prior to Celanese, Ms. Beach Lin held senior executive positions at Avery Dennison Corporation, Alcoa and Honeywell International. Ms. Beach Lin graduated from the University of Toledo with a Bachelor of Business degree, and received her MBA from the Ross School at the University of Michigan. In 2013 she was named to the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100. Ms. Beach Lin is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow. She is a 2014 Honoree of the Dallas Business Journal’s Outstanding Directors Award. Ms. Beach Lin is a Co-Chair of the Paradigm for Parity® Coalition. She is a member of the Executive Board of Delta Delta Delta sorority, a member of the Committee of 200, the International Women’s Forum and the Dallas Assembly.

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