{"id":331379,"date":"2026-05-25T07:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/331379\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T07:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:32:08","slug":"oc50-2026-kelly-vlahakis-hanks-orange-county-business-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/331379\/","title":{"rendered":"OC50 2026: KELLY VLAHAKIS-HANKS &#8211; Orange County Business Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT\/CEO <\/p>\n<p>ECOS LAUNDRY<\/p>\n<p>WHY: Maker of ECOS laundry detergents and over 200 other environmentally friendly cleaners made with plant-powered ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>IN THE NEWS: Launched a new advertising campaign with Nia Vardalos timed to Earth Day for the company\u2019s environmentally conscious household cleaning brand. This year, over saw expansion projects, including larger facilities in New Jersey and Illinois, workforce growth in Washington state and the addition of a second shift in Orange County ahead of the company\u2019s 60th anniversary in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>NOTABLE: Second-generation business owner leading the industry in green chemistry and sustainable manufacturing. ECOS is the No. 1 selling green laundry detergent brand in the U.S. and ranks No. 9 among all laundry detergent brands, including conventional products, according to IRI Circana data. Active in YPO Southern California and serves on boards supporting Chapman University and CASA OC, which advocates for children in foster care.<\/p>\n<p>IN HER WORDS: \u201cI think the key for me in creating a successful career was to find the right mentors and to always continue to learn.\u201d \u2013 Interview with Greek Reporter<\/p>\n<p>FUN FACT: Graduate of UCLA and the Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics. Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis was one of her UCLA professors.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149624 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SR_OC50_badge-1-300x266.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT\/CEO ECOS LAUNDRY WHY: Maker of ECOS laundry detergents and over 200 other environmentally friendly cleaners made with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-331379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}