Leadership
Leadership
Current Section Chair – Amanda Palumbo
Board of Directors: The Board of Directors consists of the officers of the Section (chair, chair-elect, secretary, and treasurer), the immediate Past Chair, the Councilors, the Alternate Councilors, the Chair of the Committee on Nominations and Elections, and nine Directors, all of whom are voting members. The Councilors, Alternate Councilors, and Directors are elected to three-year terms. All others are elected to one-year terms. The number in parentheses in the list below indicates the final year in office. The asterisk indicates a member of the Executive Committee.
Committee Chairs: There are four standing committees: nominations and elections, membership, program, and publicity. All other committees are established by the Board of Directors with Committee Chairs appointed by the Chair of the Section. Below is also a list of the current committee chairs.
Midland Section ACS handbook 2015
2019 ACS Midland Leadership Team:
| Chair* | Amanda Palumbo | amanda.palumbo@dow.com |
| Chair-Elect* | Mark Jones | markjones@dow.com |
| Secretary* | Soham Dutta | secretary@midlandacs.org |
| Treasurer* | Michelle Rivard | treasurer@midlandacs.org |
| Past Chair* | Wenyi Huang | whuang1@dow.com |
| Councilor (19) | Dale LeCaptain | dale.lecaptain@cmich.edu |
| Councilor (20) | Tina Leaym | tina.leaym@dow.com |
| Alternate Councilor (19) | Steve Keinath | skeinath54@charter.net |
| Alternate Councilor (20) | Lauren Jackson | lmjackson1@dow.com |
| Chair, Nominations & Elections Committee | Michelle Cummings | elections@midlandacs.org |
| Director (19) | Wendell Dilling | dilli1wl@cmich.edu |
| Director (19) | Regina Malczewski | reginamalczewski@gmail.com |
| Director (19) | Aswini Dash | a.dash@dow.com |
| Director (20) | Tami Sivy | tsivy@svsu.edu |
| Director (20) | Janice Tomasik | tomas1jh@cmich.edu |
| Director (20) | Bryan Stubbert | BDStubbert@dow.com |
| Director (21) | Kevin Wier | kevin.wier@dow.com |
| Director (21) | Kshitish Patankar | secretary@midlandacs.org |
| Director (21) | Lauren McCullough | LRMcCullough@dow.com |
| Committee Chairs: | ||
| 2019 Central Regional Meeting | Dimi Katsoulis | dimi.katsoulis@dow.com |
| Awards | Diana Deese | awards@midlandacs.org |
| Chemistry Olympiad | Michael Tulchinsky | tulchiml@dow.com |
| Ex Officio Director | Tom Lane | maingeek1@gmail.com |
| Fall Scientific Meeting | Tom Bekemeier | tom.bekemeier@dow.com |
| Fall Scientific Meeting | Elizabeth Santos | EMSantos@dow.com |
| Finance | Wendy Flory | WCFlory@dow.com |
| Historian | Wendell Dilling | history@midlandacs.org |
| Long Range Planning Committee | Gina Malczewski | reginamalczewski@gmail.com |
| Long Range Planning Committee | Wenyi Huang | whuang1@dow.com |
| Membership | Wendy Flory | membership@midlandacs.org |
| Midland Chemist Newsletter | Vickie Langer | newseditor@midlandacs.org |
| Midland Chemist Newsletter | Steve Keinath | newseditor@midlandacs.org |
| Newsletter Cont. | Jake Remacle | j.remacle@dow.com |
| Multicultural & Diversity Committee | Open | — |
| Outreach/Kids and Chemistry | Gina Malczewski | outreach@midlandacs.org |
| Outreach/Kids and Chemistry | Michelle Rivard | michelle.rivard@dow.com |
| Program | Mark Jones | markjones@dow.com |
| Project SEED | Bernadette Harkness | bernadetteharkness@delta.edu |
| Public Affairs | Open | — |
| Publicity | Open | — |
| Safety | Kevin Wier | safety@midlandacs.org |
| Sci-Fest/NCW | Dave Stickles | dstick44@chartermi.net |
| Sci-Fest/NCW | Michelle Rivard | michelle.rivard@dow.com |
| Silver Circle/Senior Chemists | Joan Sabourin | jmsabour2@gmail.com |
| Silver Circle/Senior Chemists | Gretchen Kohl | gretchen.kohl@att.net |
| Teacher Support | Gina Malczewski | reginamalczewski@gmail.com |
| Webmaster | Michael Malczewski | web@midlandacs.org |
| Women Chemists Committee | Lauren McCullough | LRMcCullough@dow.com |
| Women Chemists Committee | Tina Leaym | tina.leaym@dow.com |
| Young Chemists Committee | Andre Yvon Bessette | AYvonBessette@dow.com |