Val Hollingsworth
2023 ALI Fellow

Val Hollingsworth brings to ALI experience in operations and manufacturing. He is chair of the board of directors of Hollingsworth & Vose (H&V) Co., a seventh-generation family business with origins in the 1700s, and served as CEO for 24 years. With plants in the US, Europe, China, and India, H&V is a leading global producer of filtration media and battery separator materials. 

Val and his wife Carol have been involved in the education of deaf children for many years. Currently, Val is vice chair of the board of The Learning Center for the Deaf in Framingham, MA. He is also a trustee of Brooks School, located in North Andover, MA, and serves on the board of Victaulic Corporation of Easton, PA.