Star Team

Tara Chambers, a graduate of Marshall University and native of Ravenswood, West Virginia and has worked in the plastics industry for nearly 20 years. She began her sales career in the metals market, selling foundry and billet aluminum for six years. Since 2002, she has been a key resource for customers in specifying engineering and commodity-grade materials into applications. As Global Business Development Manager, Tara identifies and pursues new business opportunities that align with our organizational goals and values. She also cultivates relationships with OEMs to explore collaborative opportunities for Star and our global partners. She monitors industry developments and the competitive landscape to stay ahead of market shifts and to capitalize on emerging opportunities.

Cheyenne Shankle is Star Plastics’ business development executive. Cheyenne graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in chemical engineering and public policy, with a minor in business administration, She has held positions in functional development areas including sales and account management, business development, sustainability advocacy and analysis, industrial marketing, and product management.

She is experienced with circular economy products and strategies, as well as understanding customers’ needs, products, and applications in order to determine how to best meet performance requirements and technical support needs.

As a business development executive, Cheyenne uses her holistic perspective in regard to corporate, economic, regulatory and technical lenses to build relationships with and add value for customers, while also identifying opportunities for future business.

Randy Ritchey is a Southern Illinois University graduate, and he came to the Star team with nearly 25 years of plastics experience, including OEM new business development and account management. Randy began his career with Polymer Resources as an account manager, growing and developing new business across a five-state region. He has also worked at Nexeo Solutions.

Randy is well versed with leading customers from the concept stage to completion, following through at all levels of the manufacturing chain to best support the customers’ needs.

Randy lives near Chicago, Illinois, with customers in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Northwest Indiana.

Luis is a veteran sales and business development manager with more than 20 years’ experience in the full cycle of the sales service process. Luis holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering with a minor in industrial engineering and recently received an Executive MBA from IPADE Business School. Luis has extensive international and multicultural experience, supporting programs, tooling builds and trials in Asia, North America, and Europe.

Prior to joining Star, Luis held the role of North American sales manager for a global leader in plastic compounded solutions where he was responsible for the development and execution of strategy for North America plastics sales. In this position, he continually exceeded single and double-digit growth targets in both sales’ revenue and gross margin.

Luis supports Star Plastics’ expansion into the market in Mexico,

Joanne is an industry veteran with strong direct and distribution sales experience. Utilizing her degree in polymer science, she has been engaged in olefin and TPE sales with NOVA Chemicals, Inc, and Osterman & Company as well as contract manufacturing sales with PolyOne / GEON Performance Solutions. Originally from western Pennsylvania, she now resides on a small farm in north central Tennessee.

Melanie Mosser, a Jackson County native, has joined the Star Sales team as an Account Manager. Melanie graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelors of Science, and has held multiple roles in Public Relations, Sales and Education. She gained valuable sales and customer relationship management experience as an Account Executive with a public relations company, and continued this experience as an Inside Sales Representative for an aluminum company. While there, she managed inventory programs, tracked orders, and helped develop market strategies based on customer feedback.

Melanie’s commitment to people, sales experience, communication skills and customer relationship management makes her a great asset to the Star Plastics Inside Sales Team.

Scott Blanchard started his career in the plastics industry with Americhem in 2004. He served as corporate marketing and communications manager and specialized in corporate communications, media and public relations and marketing strategy for digital and traditional marketing channels.

Prior to joining Americhem, Blanchard served eight years as marketing and international sales manager for Kirby Company. He also spent time in customer service for Whirlpool Corporation. Most recently, Scott was communications and grants manager for Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio – the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.

Blanchard graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. In 2001, he completed his Master of Business Administration at Cleveland State University.

Lora Cremeans, a Ripley, West Virginia native, has over 20 years’ experience in the plastics industry and has been a dedicated team member of Star Plastics since 1992. Prior to her work with Star, she received a business certificate from Roane Jackson Technical Center and worked at Western Dakota Insurers in Rapid City, South Dakota. Lora works with customers of Star’s tolling business unit as the lead coordinator, working with manufacturing and customer to meet their tolling needs.

Julie is a Ravenswood, West Virginia native and an important part of the Star Plastics customer service team. Julie worked in the retail food industry, in a variety of roles, from inventory and AR management, day-to-day customer relations and employee training. She has gained invaluable experience in problem solving, communication and coordination with internal and external customers.

Julie partners with Star’s customers, coordinating with the sales team, and keeping our customers’ needs above all else.

Lauren is also a native of Ravenswood, West Virginia and was most recently the transportation manager for a D.O.T. compliance company. In that role, she monitored processes against regulatory standards and conducted internal reviews, ensuring quality and compliance in her work. Her communication skills, collaborative efforts, and customer service experience prospective clients will translate to outstanding service to our customers.

At Star, Lauren is a key member of the customer service team, helping serve our customers’ needs as the Sales team and the company grows.

Kasara DiScuillo is customer service specialist for Star. She has lived in Jackson County nearly all her life; she most recently worked for the Jackson County Assessor Office where she was business deputy clerk. She received an associate degree in applied science in business administration from West Virginia University of Parkersburg.

Julie Price has a wealth of experience that she brings to the Contract Manufacturing Specialist position. Her responsibilities include purchasing goods and services, communicating with supply chain and the lab, and maintains pricing history. Julie began her Star Plastics career in 2018 in operations and served as a manufacturing lead and trainer. Before joining Star, she worked for 16 years in the West Virginia Division of Corrections as a corrections officer and counselor. Julie attended West Virginia University at Parkersburg and earned a degree in criminal justice, and she received her degree as a paralegal/legal assistant from West Virginia Junior College.

Kevin Eagle began his professional career at Commissary Operations as the receiving supervisor. While there, he was responsible for dealing with shift operations, schedules, evaluations, and physical inventory. His experience is also enhanced with computer science educational background. Kevin started with Star Plastics in 2009 in floor operations and has been in the purchasing department since 2010.

As Star’s account representative, Kevin is responsible for the procurement of raw materials to support custom compounded sales and manufacturing, along with the growth of Star’s material marketing division, PolymerVault.