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
Scott Edmondson
chair@nesacs.org
Chair-Elect and Program Chair
Lori Ferrins
chair-elect@nesacs.org
Secretary
Jackie O’Neil
secretary@nesacs.org
Treasurer
Lael Cheung
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
Tom Gilbert
chair@nesacs.org
Archivist
VACANT
Editor of The Nucleus
Craig D. Sergeant
editor@nesacs.org
Board of Trustees
Cathy Costello (Chair) – 2024-2026
Michael Singer – 2025-2027
Ruth Tanner – 2026-2028
Directors-at-Large
Lori Ferrins – 2024-2026
Mariam Ismail – 2024-2026
Brian Aquila – 2025-2027
Raj Rajur – 2025-2027
David Harris – 2026-2028
Mark Tebbe – 2026-2028
Councilors
| Elected Term | 2024 (2024-2026) | 2025 (2025-2027) | 2026 (2026-2028) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Ferrins | Karen Allen | Mary Jane Shultz | |
| Caitlyn Mills | Melissa Grenier-Davies | Thomas R. Gilbert | |
| Anna W. Sromek | Meredith Gutierrez | Leticia Gomes | |
| Michael Singer | Patrick Gordon | Christine Caputo | |
| Jennifer Maclachlan | Brian D’Amico | Sofia Santos | |
| Magda H. Barecka |
Alternate Councilors
| Elected Term | 2024 (2024-2026) | 2025 (2025-2027) | 2026 (2026-2028) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katelyn Billings | Ray Lam | Mariam N. Ismail | |
| Patricia A. Mabrouk | George O’Doherty | Christopher Murray | |
| Aya Kelly | Andrew Scholte | Sonja Strah-Playnet | |
| Owen Grimm | John-Hanson Machado | ||
| Lipin Ji | |||
| Raj Rajur | |||
| Ken Matthes | |||
| Daljit Matharu | |||
| Ashis Saha |
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
Lael Cheung
treasurer1@nesacs.org
Bylaws
Michael Singer
michael.singer@milliporesigma.com
Chemical Education
Ruth Tanner (Acting Chair)
Ruth_Tanner@uml.edu
Esselen Award (elected)
Karen Allen
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
Tom Gilbert
chair@nesacs.org
Norris Award (elected)
Mark Tebbe
tebbe.mj@gmail.com
Professional Relations
Sourav Ghorai
sghora92@gmail.com
Public Relations
Jack Driscoll
pidguy@aol.com
Publications
Katherine Lee
katherine.lin.lee@gmail.com
Richards Medal (elected)
Sylvia Ceyer
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
Aya Kelly
aya.kelly@bms.com
Fund-Raising
VACANT
German Exchange Steering
Jackie O’Neil
gex@nesacs.org
Government Relations
Doris Lewis
dorisilewis@gmail.com
Materials Chemistry Committee
Kapil Dev Sayala
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
Christopher (Chris) Murray
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)
Leticia Adao Gomes
Women Chemists
Anna Sromek
wcc@nesacs.org
