Ecovyst Inc. announced that Kara L. Thornton has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Thornton most recently service as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Neuronetics, a medical device company based in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Previously, she served in various Human Resources roles of increasing responsibility at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, DSM North America, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer Healthcare and Sankyo Pharma.

Ms. Thornton is a graduate of Cabrini University.