American Chemical Society’s New York Section, Inc. 2016 Elections - Candidates Information

(Offices of Chair-elect, Secretary, Directors at Large and Councilors)

CANDIDATES FOR CHAIR-ELECT FOR 2017

PING Y. FURLAN

I love chemistry – its color, “magic”, transforming power, and endless possibilities. I love our profession – its many facets, impacting areas ranging from food, water, health, energy, environment, and much more. I love its leading role in improving people’s lives and in shaping our world. I love our Society – how it supports our profession. I love how it offers myriad opportunities to people including immigrants like myself, so we get to experience, explore, and appreciate chemistry while building bonds, and learn, contribute, share, grow and celebrate while strengthening those bonds. I love teaching – how patience, encouragement, and research enhance critical thinking and change the lives of young people. I hooray for the vital roles our student members play in many areas, especially in reaching out to the public with chemistry marvels and science fun. I am a proud member of the New York Section of the Society,

the largest and oldest Section, and I am humbled to be asked to run for the Office of Chair-Elect. For its over 100+ annual events and diversified programming, actively and successfully supporting the Society’s mission, the New York Section has repeatedly received the National Outstanding Performance by a Local Section Award by the Society. The Nichols Medal Symposium, the Undergraduate Research Symposium, and the outreach to the community through National Chemistry Week at the New York Hall of Science are just a few of the exciting opportunities the New York Section offers to its members and the public. The Section’s excellence is only made possible through its devoted and talented members and its extremely wise and capable leadership. But globally as a whole, we are facing pressing challenges today including limited resources, increasing pollution, and degradation of environments. I share the deep concern of many: the sustainability of our planet. As chemists, what can each of us do to help find sustainable solutions, allowing us to continue improving quality of people’s life by harnessing the power of chemistry without compromising the success of our future generations? As your chair, I will not only work with you to do my very best to support all existing events and programs, but also actively promote “A Greener Earth Starts with Me” Project. I encourage you to think about doing one thing differently this year to help preserve our green Earth. Examples include:

1. Participating in our Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge; 2. Reaching out to the Students K-12, the next generation of leaders - educating them about the

importance of taking care of our environment; 3. Applying a life-cycle perspective whenever possible, whether on your job or at home; 4. Applying Green Chemistry Principles whenever possible, whether you teach or research; 5. Producing products that benefit environments.

I will work with the Section’s Leadership to highlight you, your organizations, your committees, your topical groups, or your subsections for what you have done in celebrating our Earth via different forms of news media. I will work hard to make your work visible in the community and our Section known to the public. Through our collective efforts and advocacy, we will help correct the public’s persistent underappreciation and

misconception of chemistry, build a positive image of our Section in the community, and show that the New York Section continues to be a leader in multiple endeavors including the global “going green” efforts. I have, not only, the energy, passion but also the knowledge, understanding, and nearly 20 years of leadership experiences to turn challenges into possibilities, and possibilities into positive changes. I am asking you to vote for me to allow me to exploit the opportunities to represent your interests and to work with you. I invite you to ask yourself: If not me, who? If not now, when? Together we can make the Earth a better place today, not only for ourselves, but also for future generations to come. PING Y. FURLAN: Long Island Subsection. EDUCATION: Postdoctoral, Bell Communications Research, Materials Chemistry; Ph.D. University of Connecticut, Chemistry; M.S. University of Connecticut, Chemistry; B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, Applied Chemistry. PRESENT POSITION: United States Merchant Marine Academy, Associate Professor of Chemistry. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Outreach Volunteer of the Year Award 2016; NCW Project Leader 2013-date; Distinguished Service Award 2015, 2016; NCW Executive Committee Member 2012; Member, History of New York Section Committee 2014-date. MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING (MARM) ACTIVITIES: E. Ann Nalley Middle Atlantic Regional Award 2015; Executive Committee Board Member and Session Organizer of the 44th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM 2016). ACS ERIE SECTION ACTIVITIES: NCW – Erie Millcreek Mall Chemistry Show Director 2002-09; ACS National ChemLuminary Award 2007; ACS National ChemLuminary Award Finalist 2008-09; Science Café Organizer 2008-10; Nanotechnology Outreach Program Director 2007; ACS Erie Section Annual Report Committee 2002-10; ACS Erie Section Chemistry Olympiad Review Committee 1998-10, ACS Erie Section NCW Programming Committee 2000-09; Salute to Excellence Award 2007; Member of the Year Award 2004. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Chair of the Undergraduate Program at the 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, 2007; Manuscript Contributor and Reviewer for ACS Journals; Advisor of an ACS Student Chapter 2000-11, 2014-date; Advisor of a nationally award winning ACS student chapter: Outstanding Award 2001-05, 2007-10, Commendable Award, 2006, Honorable Mention Award, 2000, 2015; Green Student Chapter Award 2007-10; ACS Committee on Undergraduate Education’s Task Force, 2004-2007, ACS Undergraduate Programming at Regional Meetings Review Committee 2004-10; ACS Student Leadership Award Selection Committee 2008-2010, ACS Undergraduate Program Peer Review Panel 2007; ACS “In Chemistry” Advisory Board 2007; ACS Student Affiliates Chapter Grant Review Committee 2004-10, ACS Student Affiliate Chapter Annual Report Review Committee 2002-10.

JOSEPH M. SERAFIN

I am profoundly honored to be nominated to serve as the Chair-Elect for the New York Section of the American Chemical Society. For 125 years, our organization has been an important and vital force for the advancement of chemistry in the region. The most important services that our Section provides are public outreach to advance the chemical enterprise, professional development of our members, and the development of the next generation of chemical professionals and scientifically literate citizens. The Section through the Sub-Sections and Topical Groups provide a large number of seminars over the course of year by chemical professionals, many of which are free and open to the public. I would like to increase our outreach by adding events aimed at the adult general public. The Section does an outstanding job of facilitating the development of students at every level. For example, we sponsor

National Chemistry Week events where grade school students can perform hands-on chemistry demonstrations. We sponsor Chemagination where high school students can envision how chemical advances can literally change the future. One of the student events that I am most proud of is the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. This event allows students to discuss and defend their research results to peers; the sense of excitement about science at this event is amazing. I would like to increase the communication between the student chemistry organizations in our Section, as well as between these student groups and the Section. The Section provides opportunities for professional development through the Topical Groups and Sub-Sections. The outstanding achievements of these groups have resulted in numerous national ChemLuminary awards over the years. I believe the key to continued success in this area lies in encouraging and supporting the leaders of these groups - it is their passion that drives our success. I would request funding to host ACS Leadership System courses to help ensure their continued success. The primary challenge for our section is to give a voice to members who have not been active. The question is not why haven’t they been active, but how can we better engage them? We must ask our members what are they passionate about and then find a way to support that vision. The needs of our members today are different from what they were 30 years ago, and those needs will be different again in another 30 years. The first step is to reach out to our members and ask what types of opportunities or challenges they are interested in, and then plan how the Section can assist by playing new roles or changing old ones. My door will always be open to members who have ideas about ways the Section can better serve their needs! We have a great deal of talented, dedicated, and energetic people in our Section, and I am excited at the opportunity to help them achieve their goals. I look forward to continuing to work with the Board of Directors and other groups as we enter into the next 125 years of outstanding service to both our current members and the next generation. JOSEPH M. SERAFIN: Long Island Subsection. EDUCATION: Ph.D. Columbia University; M.S. Columbia University, M. Phil. Columbia University. PRESENT POSITION: Associate Professor of Chemistry, St. John's University, Queens, NY. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Secretary 2013-Date; Co-Chair, Student Activities 2011-14; Undergraduate Research Symposium Co-Chair 2011-14; Alternate Councilor 2016. MOBILE ALABAMA SECTION ACTIVITIES: Chair, Secretary. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Member. .

CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY FOR 2017-2018 (2 YEAR TERM OF OFFICE)

DANIEL AMARANTE: Westchester Subsection. EDUCATION: Ph.D., Stony Brook University, Chemistry; B.S., St. John’s University. PRESENT POSITION: College of Mount Saint Vincent, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Director–at–Large 2014-date; Board of Directors 2014 to date; Co–advisor, College of Mount Saint Vincent ACS Chapter 2011-present; Judge, Chemagination 2012 – 2015. MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING (MARM): Co-General Chair for MARM 2016. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Member (Inorganic Division).

CANDIDATES FOR DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE FOR 2017 (1 YEAR TERM OF OFFICE)

VOTE FOR THREE

RACHEL N. AUSTIN: EDUCATION: B.A. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D. The University of North Carolina. PRESENT POSITION: Diana T. and P. Roy Professor of Chemistry, Barnard College, Columbia University. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Member; Participant and Organizer, ACS research symposia; Contributor, ACS Journals.

YOSRA M. BADIEI: Hudson-Bergen Subsection. EDUCATION: B.S. American University in Cairo; Ph.D. in Chemistry Georgetown University, Postdocs at Johns Hopkins and Brookhaven National Laboratory. PRESENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, Saint Peter’s University. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Member of Public Affairs Committee for Academe and Industrial Relations, and Government Affairs. Faculty advisor of a William Nichols Fellow Awardee 2016-2017; Faculty advisor of ACS Student Chapter. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Member; Participant, Contributor to ACS Journals.

JESSICA EPSTEIN: Hudson-Bergen Subsection. EDUCATION: B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D. University of Maryland. PRESENT POSITION: Associate Professor and Chemistry Department Chair, Saint Peter's University. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: ACS Project SEED, Jersey City. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Member; Contributor and Reviewer for The Journal of Chemical Education (ACS Journal), ACS Program-In-A-Box Presenter on Chemistry and Global Security. Member: Division of Chemical Education, Chemistry History Division.

PONISSERIL SOMASUNDARAN: EDUCATION: B.E. Indian Institute of Science; M. S., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. PRESENT POSITION: Director, Langmuir Center for Colloids and Interfaces, Columbia University. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Member since 2011. NATIONAL ACS: Member

MICHELE VITTADELLO: Brooklyn Subsection. EDUCATION: B.Sc, M.Sc., Ph.D. University of Padua, Italy; Post-doctoral fellow, Hunter College of CUNY and Rutgers University. PRESENT POSITION: Associate Professor, Medgar Evers College and CUNY Graduate Center. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: BROOKLYN SUBSECTION: Board of Directors 2009-date; Co-organizer, Brooklyn Frontier Lectures. NATIONAL ACS: Member; Session Co-Chair, Presenter, MARM 2016 Conference.

SUJUN WEI: Long Island Subsection. EDUCATION: B.S. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC); M.S., Ph.D. Columbia University. PRESENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, CUNY Queensborough Community College. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Program Co-Chair, the 44th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM 2016) 2015-date. LONG ISLAND SUBSECTION: Board of Director 2014-date. NATIONAL ACS: Member; Participant, ACS research symposia; Contributor, ACS Journals.

CANDIDATES FOR NEW YORK SECTION COUNCILOR (3 YEAR TERM OF OFFICE 2017 - 2019)

VOTE FOR THREE

DONALD D. CLARKE: Organic Chemistry Topical Group. EDUCATION: Visiting Professor Mt. Sinai School of Medicine of CUNY 1993-94; Research Associate, Columbia University 1959-61; Biochemistry Post Doctoral, University of Toronto, Banting Institute 1955-7; Ph.D. Fordham University 1956; M.S. Fordham University 1951; B.S. Fordham University 1950. PRESENT POSITION: Professor of Chemistry, Fordham University. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Chair 1977-78; Chair-elect and Program Chair 1976-77; Nichols Medal Jury 1978-83; Nichols Medal Chair 1983; Outstanding Service Award 1982; Outstanding Service Award Committee 1982-85, Chair 1985; Long Range Planning Committee 1979-present; Councilor 2010-12, 1990-2008, 1987-89, 1979-85, 1975-77; Alternate Councilor 2013, 2009-10, 1993-95, 1986-87, 1977-79, 1974-75; Constitution

and Bylaws Committee, Past Chair; General Chair, MetroChem '78; Program Chair, MetroChem '80 and MetroChem '82; Member Organizing Committee, MetroChem '85; MARM Steering Committee 1987-present, Chair 1999-2000; MARM service award from NY Section 2004; Continuing Education Committee, Chair; Site Selection Committee; Project SEED. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Senior Chemists Task Force 2009-2012; Senior Chemists Committee 2013-date; Joint Board Council Committee on Chemical Abstracts Services 2009-2011; Divisional Activities Committee 2005-08; Committee on Nominations and Elections 1993-95, 1997-2004; Women Chemists Committee 1996; Committee on Committees 1991-93; Member Affairs Committee 1989-90; Liaison to Chemical Health and Safety, International Affairs and Economic Status Committees; Member of Chemical Education, Biochemistry, Analytical, Professional Relations and Computers in Chemistry Divisions.

ROLANDE R. HODEL: Westchester Subsection. EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, CUNY, Queens College, New York; M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry, U. of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. PRESENT POSITION: Founder and president of AIDSfreeAFRICA, Adjunct Professor, Chemistry, Westchester Community College, Valhalla NY 2009- date. Past Positions: Senior Research Associate, Emisphere Technologies, Tarrytown NY; Senior Scientist, Pharmaceutical Discovery Corporation, Elmsford, NY (today Mannkind, CT); Research Chemist, Nanocrystals Technologies, Briarcliff Manor, NY; Lab technician, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Alternate Councilor 2010-date: Director-at-Large 2003, 2010. WESTCHESTER SUBSECTION ACTIVITIES: Chair 2010-date; Treasurer

1999-2010; Board of Director 1995-99. MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING (MARM): Symposium chair, “HIV/AIDS Research”, Queensborough Community College 2008; “Nanocrystal Technology”, Pace University 1997. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Committee on International Activities, SubCommittee Africa; member 2010-12. National ACS Tour Speaker 2007 to 2011. US Astellas Foundation Humanitarian Award - endowed with $30,000 in 2009. Finalist in the Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge 2009. Published in ACS Journals.

ALISON G. HYSLOP: Long Island Subsection. EDUCATION: Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania; B.A. Macalester College. PRESENT POSITION: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Chair, Department of Chemistry, St. John's University, Queens, NY. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Chair 2016; Chair-Elect 2015; Nichols Award Jury 2014-date; Nominating Committee 2014; Finance Committee 2015; Director-at-Large 2007; Chair Education Committee 2011-date; Alternate Councilor 2013-2015; Co-Chair, Student Affiliate Committee (Undergraduate Research Symposium) 2005-2010. LONG ISLAND SUBSECTION: Executive Board 2005-2006. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Member since 1992; Admissions Committee Member 2003-08; Participant, ACS research symposia; Contributor and Reviewer, ACS journals; ACS Exams Institute: General Chemistry Exam Committee Member 2012-date.

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NEIL JESPERSEN: Long Island Subsection EDUCATION: B.S. Washington and Lee University 1967; Ph.D. Pennsylvania

State University 1971. PRESENT POSITION: Professor of Chemistry, St. John’s University, Queens, NY; Department Chair 1997-2003. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Member ACS since 1969. Councilor 1991-2016; Chair 1991; Chair-Elect 1990; Treasurer 1998-2000; Section Office Manager 1992-2016; Salute to Excellence Award, New York Section, ACS, 2004; Nichols Medal Jury 1992-95; Chair 1995; Bylaws Committee 1994-2016, Chair 1997-2009; Chemistry Olympiad Committee 2002-16; Membership Committee Chair 2004-16; Student Member Committee 2008-16; Student Affiliate Committee 1983-2008; Site Selection Committee 1992-2016; National Chemistry Week Committee 1993-2016; Awards Committee 1993-2009; Outstanding Service Award, New York Section, ACS,

1996. LONG ISLAND SUBSECTION: Long Island Subsection Award for Commitment, Dedication and Involvement 2015; Chair 1989, Chair-Elect 1988; Awards Committee Chair 1990-06; Analytical Chemistry Committee Chair 1990-2016; Environmental Chemistry Committee 1990-09, Chair 1996-98; MetroChem 1985 Symposium Organizer and Presider 1985. MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING (MARM): Student Affiliate Program Chair 2007-08; Long Range Planning Committee 2001-16, 1988-97; Environmental Chemistry Committee 2001-12, 1986-94; Exhibits Chair 1996-97; Short Course and Workshop Chair 1992-93; Nominations and Elections Committee 1991-93; Membership Affairs Committee, Chair 1993-2016; Public Relations Committee 1990, Program Committee Chair 1990; Industry Academe Committee 1990-09; E. Emmet Reid Award, Maryland Section, ACS, 1996. EASTERN ANALYTICAL SYMPOSIUM: Chair 1992, Chair-Elect 1991, Treasurer 1990; Publicity Chair 2001, Workshops Committee Chair 1999, Awards Chair 2004, 1997, Program Chair, 1995, Academic Careers in Chemistry Workshop organizer 1999-2005. EAS 25 Years of Service Recognition Award 2013. ACS CENTRAL TEXAS SECTION ACTIVITIES: Education Committee 1976-77. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Board of Directors, Director District I, 2010-12; Councilor ex-officio 2010-12; Board Planning Committee 2012-15, Chair 2012-14, Consultant 2015; Committee on Budget and Finance 2011-16, Committee Associate 2010; Program Review Advisory Group 2010-12; ACS Fellows Oversight Committee 2010-12, Chair 2014-16; Committee on Committees 2003-09, 1999-02, Chair 2005-07; Council Policy Committee, (Nonvoting) 2005-07; Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs 2003; Committee on Meetings and Expositions 1993-98, Committee Associate 1992; Summit on ACS Committee Structure, co-Chair 2007; Joint Board/Council Governance Review Task Force 2005-06; Committee on Committees, Task Force on a Proposed Committee on Ethics 2000; Council Policy Committee, Task Force on Ethics 2001-02; Presidential Task Force on Support to Divisions and Local Sections 2000; Committee on Committees, Task Force on

Increasing Underrepresented Minority Participation in ACS Governance 1999-02; Task Force on Meeting Registration Fees 1998-99. Division of Analytical Chemistry, Professional Statistics Committee 1989-90.

JOAN A. LAREDO-LIDDELL: Westchester Chemical Society; High School Teachers Topical Group. EDUCATION: Advanced Certificate in Educational Supervision and Administration, M.A., B.A. CUNY-Hunter College; NSF Grants - Sarah Lawrence College, Stevens Institute of Technology, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research-“Fungal Spore Phospholipids and the Accumulation of Selected Chemicals” Jack and Laredo. PRESENT POSITI0N: Adjunct Physics Instructor, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY. PAST POSITIONS: Adjunct Chemistry Instructor, Fordham University, Bronx, NY; Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Department, Fordham University – Marymount College Campus, Tarrytown, NY; Adjunct Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Elizabeth Seton College/Iona College, Yonkers, NY; Assistant

Principal, Science Chairperson, Chemistry/Physics Teacher, St. Barnabas High School, Bronx, NY; NYS and NYC Certification in All Sciences. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: NY Section Chair 2007; Councilor 2006-15; Alternate Councilor 2003-05; Director-at-Large 1999, 2005; Board of Directors 1990-date; New York Section Secretary 1997-2000; Secretary of the Nichols Medal Jury 1997-2000; NY Section Outstanding Service Award 2002; Outstanding Service Award Jury 2003-07; Co-Chair of Outstanding Service Award Jury 2007; NY Section Salutes to Excellence Award 2005; High School Teachers Topical Group, Co-Chair 1990-date. National Chemistry Week Committee 1996-2011, Co-chair 2004-09; Received Nichols Foundation High School Chemistry Teacher Award 1992; Nichols Foundation High School Chemistry Teacher Award Jury 1996-2008, Co-Chair 2002-08; Nichols Medal Jury, member 2006-09, Chair 2010; Chemical Education Committee 1998-date; Membership Committee 1997, 2000; Safety Committee 1994; IYC (International Year of Chemistry) chair 2011; Long Range Planning 2006-11; Nominating Committee, Chair 2006; NY Section 2nd Historical Chemical Landmark - IBM-Watson Lab - Chair 2007; NY Section Appreciation Award, 2003 – for organizing the Education Workshops Program at the 226th National Meeting in NYC; 2015 Committees: Committee Advisory Group; National Chemistry Week; Awards. WESTCHESTER SUBSECTION ACTIVITIES: Director, Secretary, Chair-Elect 1999; Chair 2000; Past Chair 2001; Co-Chair 2003-08; Science Café 2007. MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING (MARM): 1997 MARM Planning Committee 1996-97; MARM ’97 Co-Chair Chemical Education Committee; ACS-1998 MARM Award in High School Chemistry Teaching. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Fellow of the American Chemical Society 2011; E. Ann Nalley Middle Atlantic Regional Award for Volunteer Service 2011; Society on Chemical Education (SOCED) member 2004-17; High School Programming Task Force, SOCED Liaison 2005-date; Pre-College Teacher Workshop Coordinator - 226th ACS National Meeting-New York City 2003; Division of Chemical Education 1987-date; Division of Chemical Health and Safety 1989-date; Presenter at National Meetings; ACS member for 31 years.

PATRICIA A. REDDEN: Hudson-Bergen Chemical Society. EDUCATION: Ph.D. Fordham University, Physical Chemistry 1968; B.S. Cabrini College 1962. PRESENT POSITION: Professor of Chemistry, Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Councilor 1983-91, 1993-2016; Alternate Councilor 1992, 2010; Past Chair 1994; Chair 1993; Chair-Elect and Program Chair, 1992; Board of Directors 1983-2013; Chair, Public Outreach Committee 1998 -2006; Outstanding Service Award, New York Section 1994; Outstanding Service Award Jury 1994-97; chair 1997; Nichols Medal Jury 1992-97; chair 1997; Educational Activities Coordinating Committee, chair

1987-92; Nominating Committee 1991-93; chair 1991; Long Range Planning Committee 1992-95; Chemistry for Kids Coordinator and Presenter 1986-97; General Interest Program Committee for ACS National Meeting, chair 1990-91; Task Force on Pre-College Science, chair 1990; Education Committee 1984-2007; Nichols Symposium Site Selection Committee 1990-93; National Chemistry Week (Day) Steering Committee 1987, 1989-98; Fund Raising Committee, chair 1986-88; Finance Committee 1986-94, chair 1993; Exposition Committee, ACS National Meeting 1985-86; General Interest Program Committee, ACS National Meeting 1985-86; Safety Committee 1979-96; chair 1981-84; Speakers’ Bureau 1979-2008; Membership Committee 1977-1978. Distinguished Service Award, Rockland Chemical Society, 1993. HUDSON-BERGEN SUBSECTION: Board of Directors 1977-78, 1979-2008; Treasurer 1986-91; Chair 1981; Chair-Elect 1980; Secretary 1977-78. MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING (MARM): E. Emmett Reid Award Committee 1983-2008; Chair, Educational Programs Committee 1991. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: ACS Fellow 2011; Fellow, Division of Chemical Health and Safety, 2001; Committee on Chemists with Disabilities, Associate 2015-16; Task Force for Safety Education Guidelines 2014-16; Committee on Chemical Safety, Member 1985-93, 2006-14, Associate 1984, 2003-05; Resources Subcommittee 2006-date; Subcommittee on A Model Hygiene Plan 1991-94, Chair 1993; Subcommittee on Revision of 5th Edition of Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories 1993; Subcommittee on Audiovisual Safety Materials, Chair 1986-88; other Subcommittee memberships: WonderScience review, Local Section Safety Activities, Household Chemicals, Pre-High School Science Activities (Safety in Elementary Science Classes), Publications, Revision of 4th edition of Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories; Committee on Environmental Improvement, Associate 1997-99; Member 2000-02; Subcommittee memberships: Pollution Prevention, Toxicology and Risk Assessment; Division of Chemical Education, Project ChemLab 2000 - date; Examinations Institute, Chemical Health and Safety Examination Committee 1994-97; Committee on Economic and Professional Relations, Member 1995-96; Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs, Associate 1994. DIVISION OF CHEMICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY: Chair 1989; Chair-elect, 1988; Program Committee 1985-88; Chair 1986-88; Member-at-Large to Board of Directors 1985-90.

FRANK R. ROMANO: Long Island Subsection. EDUCATION: M.S. St. John’s University, Pharmaceutical Science 1983; B.A. Adelphi University, Chemistry 1978. PRESENT POSITION: Field System Specialist, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Treasurer 2016-date; MARM 2016 Treasurer; Councilor 2005-date; Alternate Treasurer 2012-date; Long Range Planning Committee 2000-date; Information Technology Committee: Member 2003-date and Co-Chair 2004; Fund Raising Committee Chair 2002-date; Chair 2010; 50 & 60 Year Member Awards Co-Chair 2012-date; Outstanding Service Award 2006; Treasurer 2000-05; Public Affairs Chair 2004; ACS Salute to Excellence Award 2004 & 2011; Alternate Councilor 2000-02; Director-at-Large 1993.

LONG ISLAND SUBSECTION ACTIVITIES: High School Awards Co-Chair 2009-date; Chair 1996; Secretary 1993-94; Membership Chair 2000-date; Director 1998-99; Environmental Committee Member (ECC) 1989-2011; ECC Co-chair 2003-04; ECC Chair 1996; ECC Secretary 1991-99. MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING (MARM) POSITIONS: MARM Board Secretary 2012-date; MARM Board Delegate 2013; MARM Meeting 2008 at QCC: Treasurer & Fund Raising Co-Chair. EASTERN ANALYTICAL SYMPOSIUM (EAS) ACTIVITIES: Short Course Chair 2016; Short Course Vice Chair 2015; Housing Chair 2014; Housing Vice Chair 2013; Registration Chair 2012; Registration Vice Chair 2011; NYACS Delegate 2005-2010. NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: ACS Member since 1979. Committee on Economic and Professional affairs 2014-date; Meetings and Expositions Committee, Member 2008-13 and Associate Member 2006-07. .

HESSY L TAFT: Long Island Subsection. EDUCATION: M.A. Columbia University, Biochemistry; B.A. Barnard College, Chemistry. PRESENT POSITION: St. John’s University (retired); American Museum of Natural History, docent. ACS NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Alternate Councilor 2008-16; Employment and Professional Relations Committee, Chair; Director-at-large; NYACS Executive Board 2008-09; presenter MARM regional meetings (also scheduled for 2016) NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Active member: Committee on Science, 2009-date; Committee on International Activities 2009-12; Associate member, Joint Board Council Committee on International Activities 2004-07; Member, Division Of Environmental Chemistry 2011-date; ACS Ambassador

2011-date; Member, Division of Chemical Education1970-2010; Video filmed for ACS Office of Public Affairs, ”The Global Water Crisis” 2013; ACS Symposium Series publication “ Sustaining Water Resources: A Global imperative” chapter in “Water Challenges and Solutions on a Global Scale” 2015; ACS-IUPAC Collaboration Summit: Education Round Table, leader 2009; Organizer/Moderator ACS Symposia: for ENVR Centennial Celebration “Water Challenges on a Global Scale”, San Francisco national meeting 2014; for COMSCI ”Towards Sustainable Biofuels”, San Diego national meeting 2012. Presenter at ACS national meetings.