Introducing Jill Whelan
Introducing Jill Whelan
New President and Owner as of July 1st, 2021
We are pleased to announce that effective July 1st, 2021, Swagelok Northwest (US) | Swagelok Alaska will now be owned and led by Jill Whelan. Jill brings over 26 years of experience to our organization, beginning with the Supply Chain group at Swagelok Company in 1995. Since then, Jill has held managerial and director-level positions within operations, customer service, supply chain, and engineering at Swagelok.
Jill brings a wealth of Swagelok corporate leadership experience, having held the position of vice president of corporate communications, leading global strategic communications for Swagelok, including communications, marketing, eBusiness, and knowledge management. For the last four years, Jill was the owner and President of Swagelok Michigan | Toledo.
Whelan graduated from the University of Toledo with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a minor in business. She also holds a law degree from Cleveland Marshall College of Law.
Since 1962, we have served the Pacific Northwest as an independently owned sales and service center for Swagelok. Whether you are buying a single component or need support assembling complex fluid systems, our focus is on providing the highest quality service to you.
This leadership transition is well underway and follows the same careful planning and structure imbedded in Swagelok’s quality culture. This planful and proven process allows our associates to stay focused on serving you, our valued customers. Here at Swagelok Northwest (US) | Swagelok Alaska, we take great pride in offering uninterrupted supply chain performance during times of change and transition. Supporting this commitment, the name Swagelok Northwest (US) | Swagelok Alaska will remain the same post-transition, and all current associates will be retained in order to support our customers.
We look forward to continuing to serve the Pacific Northwest and Alaskan communities.