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Members of the Board of Directors

Section Officers

“The officers of the Section shall be MEMBERS of the SOCIETY and the Section and shall consist of the Chair, Chair-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer.” NESACS Bylaw V, Section 1

Chair

Sonja Strah-Pleynet
chair@nesacs.org

Chair-Elect and Program Chair

Patrick M. Gordon
chair@nesacs.org

Secretary

Michael Singer
secretary@nesacs.org

Treasurer

Stephen Canham
treasurer1@nesacs.org

Board of Directors

“The Board of Directors of the Section, (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) shall be the governing body of the Section and as such shall have full power to conduct, manage, and direct the business and affairs of the Section in accordance with the Constitution, Bylaws, and Standing Rules of the SOCIETY and these bylaws. The Board shall consist of the officers of the Section, the Immediate Past Chair, the Councilor(s), and Alternate Councilor(s), six Directors-at-Large, the members of the Board of Trustees, the chairs of the Standing Committees and chairs of the Special Committees, the Editor of the official publication of the Section, and the Archivist. The members of the Board shall be MEMBERS of the SOCIETY and the Section.” NESACS Bylaw V, Section 2

Immediate Past Chair

Carol Mulrooney
chair@nesacs.org

Archivist

VACANT

Editor of The Nucleus

Craig D. Sergeant
editor@nesacs.org

Board of Trustees

Cathy Costello (Chair) – 2021-2023
Ruth Tanner – 2022-2024
Dorothy Phillips – 2023-2025

Directors-at-Large

James U. Piper – 2021-2023
John Neumeyer – 2021-2023
Michael Filosa – 2022-2024
Ray Lam – 2022-2024
David Harris – 2023-2025
Mark Tebbe – 2023-2025

Councilors

Elected Term2021 (2021-2023)2022 (2022-2024)2023 (2023-2025)
Carol MulrooneyKaren AllenMary Jane Shultz
Patricia A. MabroukElizabeth DragonavaMalika Jeffris-El
Caitlyn MillsRuth TannerThomas R. Gilbert
Anna W. SromekMeredith WardMariam Ismail
Michael SingerAndrew ScholteSofia Santos
Sonja Strah-Pleynet

Alternate Councilors

Elected Term2021 (2021-2023)2022 (2022-2024)2023 (2023-2025)
Patrick M. GordonBrian D’AmicoCraig Sergeant
Katherine RubinoMorton Z. HoffmanScott Edmondson
Mariam IsmnailAshis SahaJens Breffke
Lori FerrinsRaj (SB) RajurPatrick Gordon
Ray LamKen MattesKap-Sun Yeung
Daljit Matharu

Committee Chairs

Standing Committees

“The Section shall have the following Standing Committees: the Awards Committee, the Budget Committee, the Bylaws Committee, the Chemical Education Committee, the Membership Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Professional Relations Committee, the Publications Committee, the Public Relations Committee, the Theodore William Richards Medal Committee, the James Flack Norris Award Committee, the Henry A. Hill Award Committee, the Gustavus John Esselen Award Committee, the Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture Committee, and the Arno Heyn Memorial Committee. The chairs and members of the following committees shall be elected, as provided elsewhere in these bylaws: Nomination Committee, the Theodore William Richards Medal Committee, the James Flack Norris Award Committee, and the Gustavus John Esselen Award Committee. The chairs of these committees shall be MEMBERS of the Section. The members of these and other committees shall be members of the Section. Except as provided elsewhere in these bylaws, the chairs and members of these and other committees shall be appointed by the Chair of the Section, subject to approval by the Board, during the month of January. The Chair of the Section shall be a voting member, ex officio, of all Standing Committees, except for the Nomination Committee, as described elsewhere in these bylaws.” NESACS Bylaw VIII, Section 2

Awards

Dorothy J. Phillips
dwphillips@comcast.net

Brauner Memorial Lecture

Doris I. Lewis
dorisilewis@gmail.com

Budget

Stephen Canham
treasurer1@nesacs.org

Bylaws

Michael Singer
michael.singer@milliporesigma.com

Chemical Education

Ruth Tanner (Acting Chair)
Ruth_Tanner@uml.edu

Esselen Award (elected)

Katherine A. Mirica
katherine.a.mirica@dartmouth.edu

Heyn Memorial

Katherine Lee
katherine.lin.lee@gmail.com

Hill Award

Dorothy J. Phillips
dwphillips@comcast.net

Membership

Brian D’Amico
brianjdamico@gmail.com

Nomination Committee

Carol Mulrooney
carol.mulrooney@gmail.com

Norris Award (elected)

Christine Caputo
christine.Caputo@unh.edu

Professional Relations

VACANT

Public Relations

Jack Driscoll
pidguy@aol.com

Publications

Katherine Lee
katherine.lin.lee@gmail.com

Richards Medal (elected)

Mingdi Yan
mingdi_yan@uml.edu

Committee Chairs

Special Committees

“The Board shall establish Special Committees as necessary for the proper operation of the Section. All committee members shall be members and/or affiliates of the SOCIETY and the Section. The Chair of the Section shall be a voting member, ex officio, of all Special Committees.” NESACS Bylaw VIII, Section 1

BAGIM

(Boston Area Group for Informatics and Modeling)

Ken Mattes
matteskc@aol.com

Chemical Biology

Steve Canham
stephencanham@gmail.com

Fund-Raising

VACANT

German Exchange Steering

Jackie O’Neill
oneil.ja@gmail.com

Government Relations

Doris Lewis
dorisilewis@gmail.com

Medicinal Chemistry Group

Raj (S.B.) Rajur
rrajur@creagenbio.com

National Chemistry Week

Ray Lam
Raymond.sk.lam@gmail.com

NERM, NESACS Local Organizing Committee for

Lori Ferrins
l.ferrins@northeastern.edu

New Hampshire Area (NH)

Christine Caputo
christine.Caputo@unh.edu

Project SEED

VACANT

Senior Chemists

Doris I. Lewis
dorisilewis@gmail.com

Southeast MA area (SE-MA)

Jack Driscoll
pidguy@aol.com

Summerthing

Andrew Scholte
andrew.scholte@sanofi.com

Younger Chemists (NSYCC)

Lipin Ji
l.ji@northeastern.edu

Women Chemists

Anna Sromek
wcc@nesacs.org

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