Section Leadership
Current Section Chair – Robbyn Prange
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 (New link to come)
2021 ACS Midland Leadership Team:
| Chair | Robbyn Prange | chair@midlandacs.org |
|---|---|---|
| Chair-Elect | Joel McDonald | chairelect@midlandacs.org |
| Secretary | Maude Desroches | secretary@midlandacs.org |
| Treasurer | Lauren McCullough | treasurer@midlandacs.org |
| Past Chair | Mark Jones | pastchair@midlandacs.org |
| Councilor (2023) | Dale LeCaptain | councilor@midlandacs.org |
| Alternate Councilor (2023) | Wendy Flory | altcouncilor@midlandacs.org |
| Nominations & Elections Committee | Shuting Feng | elections@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2021) | Michael Coote | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2021) | Kshitish Patankar | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2021) | Kevin Wier | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2022) | Wendell Dilling | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2022) | Wenyi Huang | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2022) | Steve Keinath | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2023) | Gina Malczewski | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2023) | Amanda Palumbo | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Director (2023) | Michelle Rivard | directors@midlandacs.org |
| Committee Chairs: | ||
| Awards | Diana Deese | awards@midlandacs.org |
| Chemistry Olympiad | Michael Tulchinsky | Chemistry-Olympiad@midlandacs.org |
| Fall Scientific Meeting | Roozbeh Dargazany | fsm@midlandacs.org |
| Finance | Wendy Flory | finance@midlandacs.org |
| Historian | Wendell Dilling | history@midlandacs.org |
| Inclusion & Diversity Committee | Anne-Catherine Bedard | diversity@midlandacs.org |
| Long Range Planning Committee | Mark Jones | planning@midlandacs.org |
| Membership | Wendy Flory | membership@midlandacs.org |
| Midland Chemist Newsletter | Vickie Langer | newseditor@midlandacs.org |
| Midland Chemist Newsletter | Steve Keinath | newseditor@midlandacs.org |
| Mid-Michigan Technicians | Diana Deese | technicians@midlandacs.org |
| Outreach/Earth Day | Michelle Rivard | outreach@midlandacs.org |
| Outreach/Earth Day | Gina Malczewski | outreach@midlandacs.org |
| Programs | Joel McDonald | programs@midlandacs.org |
| Project SEED | Michelle Rivard | project-seed@midlandacs.org |
| Public Affairs | Open | |
| Publicity | Amanda Palumbo | publicity@midlandacs.org |
| Safety | Kevin Wier | safety@midlandacs.org |
| Silver Circle/Senior Chemists | Gretchen Kohl | seniors@midlandacs.org |
| Webmaster | Michael Malczewski | webmasters@midlandacs.org |
| Women Chemists Committee | Lauren McCullough | women-chemists@midlandacs.org |
| Young Chemists Committee | Andre Yvon Bessette | Young-Chemists@midlandacs.org |
