Carey Jaros

President, Clorox Purell

Carey Jaros is president of Clorox Purell, within The Clorox Company. Carey became president of Clorox Purell in 2026, after leading the sale of 80-year-old GOJO Industries to The Clorox Company.  She joined GOJO in 2014 as a board member, then held executive roles as chief strategy officer — where she oversaw Marketing, Product Management and Innovation — and as chief operating officer, before becoming president and CEO in January 2020.

Carey brings deep passion for saving lives and helping people stay healthy and well to her daily work at Clorox Purell, where she leads the Clorox Purell Professional business and oversees shared services like innovation, R&D and manufacturing, which support the growth of Purell products globally. Through market-making innovation, the best distributor and customer relationships in the industry, and a vertically integrated, highly automated supply chain, Jaros and her team set new standards for hygiene.

As an operator, investor, and board member, Carey has worked with and in more than 50 organizations — from established public and private companies to startups and nonprofits. Prior to GOJO, Carey was the president of Walnut Ridge Strategic Management Company, and was a vice president at Dealer Tire, a large, privately held tire distributor. She spent the first 12 years of her career as a management consultant at Bain & Company.

Carey is a board director and compensation committee chair of Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ: GO) and advisory board member of venture-backed menstrual products startup Aunt Flow. She also serves on the boards of Cleveland Foundation, University Hospitals, and Laurel School.

Carey received her A.B. in Public Policy from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.