JOSEPH "JOE" CARLEONE is an acclaimed business leader with over 45 years of executive experience spanning the aerospace, defense, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetics sectors. He held various leadership roles at Aerojet General Corporation and American Pacific Corporation—serving as Chairman and CEO during a pivotal transition from public to private ownership—and currently serves as Chairman of Avid Bioservices and Lead Director of Sensient Technologies.

Joe earned various honors including inductions into the Drexel 100 and the College of Engineering Alumni Circle of Distinction. He established the Joseph and Shirley Carleone Endowed Fellowship Fund at Drexel to assist PhD students. Joe developed a course on business leadership, forming the basis for his book, The Touchstones of Leadership. He resides with his wife Shirley in the Las Vegas area—they have two daughters and four grandchildren.