Mid-Hudson Section
American Chemical Society

2012 Officers and Committee Chairs

Chair	John Edwards
Chair Elect	Lynn Maelia
Past Chair	George Ruger
Treasurer	Joan Skinner
Secretary	Jocelyn Nadeau
Councilor	George Ruger
Alternate Councilor	Daniel Freedman
Member-at-Large	Cynthia McMahon
Member-at-Large	Adessa Butler
Member-at-Large	Neil Fitzgerald
Program Chair	Open
Publicity Chair	Chet Dziobkowski
Membership Chair	Open
Awards Chair	Patti Cusatis
Olympiad Chair	Lynn Maelia
Government Affairs Chair	David Straus
National Chemistry Week Chair	Daniel Freedman
Web Master	John Edwards
Mid-Hudson Chemist: Editor	Gissel Mentore
Mid-Hudson Chemist: Publisher	Gissel Mentore
YCC Chair	Jessica Contino
Women Chemist Committee Chair	Janet Petroski Margaret Larousse

Biographical Information

Chair

John Edwards (john@process-nmr.com Website )

Occupation:	Manager of Process and Analytical NMR Services, Process NMR Associates, LLC
Education:	Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of South Carolina, 1990
	B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Durham, U.K., 1986
Affiliations:	Member American Chemical Society since 1988 Society of Applied Spectroscopy, American Oil Chemists Society, Coblentz Society
Activities	ACS Section Secretary 2005, 2007-2009 ACS Section Chair-Elect 2006 ACS Mid-Hudson Section Chair 2007
Research Interests	NMR and IR Spectroscopy, Chemometrics, Process Analytical Technology, Petroleum Chemistry

Chair-Elect

Lynn Maelia - contact: maelia@msmc.edu Website

Occupation: Professor of Chemistry, Mt. Saint Mary College
Education: B.S., Chemistry, Wilkes College
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry from SUNY, Stony Brook
Affiliations: ACS member since 1980
Council on Undergraduate Research
National Science Teachers Association

Activities: Chemistry Olympiad Chair, Mid-Hudson ACS 2001-present
Listserve Coordinator for Mid-Hudson ACS 1999-present
Mid-Hudson ACS: chair-elect (1999); chair (2000); past-chair (2001)
Awards Committee Mid-Hudson ACS, 1997-1998
Member-at-Large, Mid-Hudson ACS, 1997-1998, 2002-2004
Chair, Division of Natural Science, Mount Saint Mary College 2004-2011
Member, steering committee for the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities
Co-PI on NSF grant for improving math and science teaching 2000-2002
Member, Mid-Hudson Women Chemists Committee (WCC), 2002-present

Past-Chair

George Ruger (gruger04@yahoo.com )

Occupation:	Analytical Chemist, Nice Pak Products
Education:	B.A. Chemistry - Boston University
Affiliations:	American Chemical Society since 2008 AAAS Member, ASTM Member
Activities	YCC Chair - Mid-Hudson Section (2008)

Treasurer

Joan L. Skinner (joanskinner@yahoo.com)

Occupation: Information Scientist/Laboratory Technician
Education: B.A., Chemistry, Douglass College
                  M.S., Computer Science/Information Systems, Marist College
Affiliations: Member of ACS since 1991
                    Member of PIUG since 1999
                    Member of SLA since 1995
Activities: Mid-Hudson ACS: Treasurer, 2000-present
                 WCC, 2002-presentDutchess County Science Fair Judge, 2009, 2011
                  Production of Monthly Publication, ACS Mid-Hudson Chemist, 1999-2001

Secretary

Jocelyn Nadeau (Jocelyn.Nadeau@marist.edu)

Occupation:	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Marist College
Education:	Ph.D., Chemistry, Brown University, 2003
	B.A., Chemistry, Smith College, 1997
Affiliations:	Member of the ACS since 2000
	Member Council of Undergraduate Research since 2003 Member of Sigma Xi since 1997 Member of Council of Undergraduate Research since 2003
Activities:	Mid-Hudson ACS: Member-at-Large, 2006-2010; Secretary, 2011-present Marist NCW Coordinator and Student ACS Club Advisor, 2007-present Dutchess County Science Fair, Invited Judge, 2006-present
Research Interests:	Synthesis of conducting polymers for charge-transport studies and sensor applications

Councilor

George Ruger (gruger04@yahoo.com )

Occupation:	Analytical Chemist, Nice Pak Products
Education:	B.A. Chemistry - Boston University
Affiliations:	American Chemical Society since 2008 AAAS Member, ASTM Member
Activities	YCC Chair - Mid-Hudson Section (2008)

Members-at-Large

Adessa Butler (adessa@zips.uakron.edu)

Occupation: Instructor of Chemistry, Rockland Community College
Education: Ph.D., Chemistry, The University of Akron
	    M.Ed., Teaching and Teacher Education, The University of Arizona
                    B.S., Chemistry and Biology, The University of Akron

Affiliations: Member of ACS since 2001
	     Member of the Division of Chemical Education since 2007
                     Member of the National Teachers Association since 2006
                     Member of Alpha Xi Sigma since 2005

Activities:  Alternate Councilor, Akron Section of the ACS (2009-2011)
                  Chemical Education Chair, Akron Section of the ACS (2007-2010)

Research interests: Using inquiry methods to teach non-science majors chemistry topics

Cynthia MacMahon (cyndypg@aol.com)

Occupation:	Lecturer at Orange County Community College Previously employed by BOC gases, Texaco, Millipore, John Jay High School
Education:	M.S., Computerized Organic Chemistry, Purdue University
	B. S. Chemistry, Drew University
Affiliations:	American Chemical Society since 1988; STANYS

Neil Fitzgerald (neil.fitzgerald@marist.edu)

Occupation: Associate Professor and Interim Dean of Science, Marist College
Education: Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 1999
                    M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry, Loughborough University of Technology, 1993
                    B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Kent at Canterbury, U.K., 1991
Affiliations: American Chemical Society since 2000
                    Member Royal Society of Chemistry since 1994
Activities: Co-Organizer – 2003 and 2004 Mid-Hudson Section Undergraduate Research Symposium
                  National Chemistry Week Coordinator - 2005
                  Secretary - Mid-Hudson Section (2006)

Alternate Councilor

Dan Freedman (freedmad@newpaltz.edu Website )

Occupation:	Associate Professor of Chemistry, SUNY-New Paltz, since 1999
	Previously, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Bard College
Education:	Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1992
	BA Chemistry, McAlester College (St. Paul, MN), 1986
Affiliations:	Member of American Chemical Society
Activities	Secretary of Mid-Hudson Section 2002-2004; Chair-elect of Mid-Hudson Section (2005) Chair Mid-Hudson Section (2006) NCW Chair (2007)

Olympiad Chair

Lynn Maelia (maelia@msmc.edu Website )

Occupation:	Associate Professor, Mt. Saint Mary College
Education:	B.S. Chemistry, Wilkes College
	Ph.D. In Inorganic Chemistry from SUNY, Stony Brook, 1985
Affiliations:	ACS member for 22 years
	Council on Undergraduate Research
Activities	Mid-Hudson ACS: chair-elect (1999); chair (2000); past-chair (2001)
	Awards Committee Mid-Hudson, 1997-1998
	Chemistry Olympiad Chair, Mid Hudson ACS 2001-present
	Member at Large, Mid-Hudson Section, 1997-1998, 2002-2004
	Co-PI on NSF grant for improving math and science teaching

Awards Chair

Patti Cusatis (patti63@aol.com)

Occupation:	Manager, Technical Service - BASF
Education:	BS. Chemistry, SUNY New Paltz
	MS. Analytical Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
Affiliations:	Member ACS since 1985
	Member ACS Analytical Division
Activities	Participated in National Chemistry Week Events-1989, 1991,1993
	Secretary, Mid-Hudson Section: 1995-1996
	Mid-Hudson Section: Chair-elect (1998); chair (1999); past chair (2000)
	Editor of Mid-Hudson Chemist: 1994-1997, 2000-2003
	Mid-Hudson ACS awards chair: 2004-09

Newsletter Editor/Publisher

Gissel Mentore (mentoreg@newpaltz.edu)

Occupation:	Lecturer at SUNY New Paltz, Fall 04-Present
Education:	B.Sc.,Chemistry,Polytechnic University 1991
	Ph.D.,Physical Chemistry,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2001
Affiliations:	Iota Sigma Pi (since 2000) Americal Chemical Society (since 1992) Sigma Xi (Ramapo College Chapter Secretary, since 2002 ) Society for Applied Spectroscopy since 1998
Activities	Participated in Family Night National Chemistry Week Events at SUNY New Paltz
	Mid-Hudson Chemist editor/publisher since 2004

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