TRENTON, NJ – (June 23, 2020) -- At their June 19, 2020 meeting, the Chemistry Council of New Jersey’s Board of Directors elected Michael Heltzer, head of State Government Affairs for BASF Corporation, as the Council’s new chairperson, succeeding Leslie Waller, director of Chemistry, Energy & Environmental Industry, Americas for Messer Americas, who completed her term as chairperson, and will now serve as immediate past chairperson.