KATHY HALL is the Executive Editor and founded PetroChem Wire in 2007. Prior to starting PetroChem Wire, Kathy spent more than 10 years as a commodity markets reporter, editor and manager at Platts.
kathy@petrochemwire.com | +1 720.480.6288
DAVID BARRY is PetroChem Wire’s Associate Director – PE, PP and PS. David is based in Marietta, Georgia and has more than a decade of experience covering the polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene markets. Prior to joining PetroChem Wire in 2011, he covered various commodity markets for ICIS. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Rice University, and master’s degrees in chemistry from the University of California and science journalism from Texas A&M University.
david@petrochemwire.com | +1 803.740.2160
DONNA TODD is a PetroChem Wire Associate Director, PVC & Pipe. Donna reports on the PVC resin and pipe markets. Donna has more than 30 years of experience as a commodity chemicals editor. Before joining PetroChem Wire in 2012, Donna covered PVC and pipe for Harriman Chemsult and IHS for seven years. She has also worked at Shell Chemical Risk Management, as the Managing Editor at the Phillip Townsend Associates Plastic Market Monthly, and as the Senior Editor for Plastics and Olefins at ICIS. Donna is based in Garrison, TX.
donna@petrochemwire.com | +1 936.615.7825
XAVIER CRONIN is Senior Editor of PetroChem Wire’s Recycled Plastics Weekly. Before joining PetroChem Wire in 2013, he was a staff editor for McGraw-Hill Platts covering a wide range of products from metals to crude oil. Xavier has also worked as a reporter for Energy Intelligence Group, The New York Times and the Hartford Courant.
xavier@petrochemwire.com | +1 203. 829.6313
ANNA MATHERNE MALDONADO joined PetroChem Wire in March 2022 as Associate Director covering the daily aromatics markets and PCW’s Refinery Focus report. Her background spans nearly 20 years in industry, editing and writing for trade publications, and focusing on public relations and marketing at Dow Chemical and GAC Shipping and Logistics. She also previously worked at ICIS covering methanol and acetyls.
amatherne@opisnet.com | +1 985.696.3215
ADAM BURKIN joined PetroChem Wire in May 2022 as a principal journalist covering olefins and derivatives markets. He is a seasoned analytics professional with over a decade’s experience in various verticals including energy, petrochemicals, data products and finance. Previously, he was a markets reporter at ICIS, covering aromatics and derivatives. He holds a bachelor’s in economics and government from The University of Texas at Austin, and a master’s in strategic analytics from Brandeis University. He is also the co-founder and board member of The Association of Industry Analytics, a vocational non-profit for analytical professions.
aburkin@opisnet.com | +1 713.515.9699