2025 Executive Board

Immediate Past Chair:   Jiangnan Peng

 Chair:   Beatrice Salazar

 Vice Chair:   Sunita Thyagarajan

Chair-Elect:   Ayse Gul Yavuz-Cular

Secretary:   Louise Hellwig

Treasurer:   Eric Cotton

Councilors:

Kelly Elkins

Stephanie Watson

Jillian Malbrough

Jan Kolakowski

Alternate Councilors:

Robert von Tersch 

Shital Vaidya

Sunil Konath

Noelle Neff

Members-At-Large:

Sara Narayan

Rose Pesce-Rodriguez

Tamara Henderson

Sarah Zimmerman

Committee Chairs

Award Committee Chairs

Student Awards – Sara Narayan, Stevenson Univeristy, snarayan5@yahoo.com

Braude Award – Louise Hellwig, Morgan State University, louise.hellwig@morgan.edu

Remsen Award – Dana Ferraris, McDaniel College, dferraris@mcdaniel.edu

Maryland Chemist Award – Beatrice Salazar – UPENN graduate- beatricesalazar1@gmail.com

Other Committees

Education – Beatrice Salazar, US National Chemistry Olympiad, USNCO, beatricesalazar1@gmail.com

Environmental – Beatrice Salazar, Earth Day Events, beatricesalazar1@gmail.com

Finances – Jan Kolakowski, Retired, jek6042@gmail.com

Women Chemists Committee – Sara Narayan, Stevenson University, snarayan5@yahoo.com, and Kelly M. Elkins, Towson University, kmelkins@towson.edu

Programs – Sunita Thyagarajan – Johns Hopkins University-sunita@jhu.edu

Nominations Committee Members

Chair, Sara Narayan   

Sunita Thyagarajan   

Lee Lefkowitz           

Rigoberto Hernandez

Eric Cotton