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Meet the Board of Directors,
NASA & STEM Collaborators

01.

Board of Directors

Meet the Board members dedicated to advancing science and industry

Ksenia Takhistova

CME Co-Chair & Gen. Counsel

IP Attorney

Shah Karim

CME Co-Chair

SafeRock CEO

Cristi Stiers

CME Co-Treasurer

Strategic Executive Advisor

Ryan Berman

CME Co-Secretary

Arsenal Capital Managing Dir.

Yawer Amin

CME Co-Secretary

SK Capital Vice President

"CME STEM initiatives are essential in solving humanity's big challenges”
Seifi Ghasemi, Air Products Chairman

Obi Ezekoye

CME Board Member

McKinsey Partner

Owen Jappen

CME Board Member

American Chemistry Council

Austin Evans

CME Board Member

U Florida Assistant Professor

02.

NASA, ACS and Other STEM Collaborators

James Green

NASA

Former Chief Scientist

Allison Christy

NASA Glenn

Research Chemical Engineer/Program Coordinator

George Rodriguez

ACS Fellow

Argeni Director

Michael Meador

NASA Glenn

Ret. Program Element Manager

Qinghuang Lin

Canon Technologies

Senior Director

Michael Roberts

International Space Station National Laboratory

Chief Scientific Officer

Tara Ruttley

Blue Origin

Chief Scientist, Orbital Reef

03.

Partial List of Past CME Event Co-Chairs & Speakers

Visionary STEM leaders who support diverse STEM professionals

Karl Barry Sharpless

Scripps Research Institute

2001 & 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Frances Arnold

Caltech

2018 Nobel Laureate

Kim Budil

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

13th Director

Carolyn Bertozzi

Stanford University

2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Jim Fitterling

Dow

Chair and CEO

"Thank you for supporting CME. The future of our industry really depends on these rising stars around you”
Jim Fitterling, Dow Chair and CEO

Paul Kearns

Argonne National Laboratory

Director

Martin Keller

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

9th Director

Craig Venter

Human Genome Project

Sequence Leader

Seifi Ghasemi

The Metropolitan Opera

Board Executive Committee Member

Peter Coors

Molson Coors

1992-2002 CEO, 2002-2024 Chair, Vice Chair

Janet Kavandi

NASA Glenn

2016-2019 Director

Cicely Shillingford

Ro

Formulation Scientist

04.

STEM Volunteers

Meet the present and past volunteers who propel STEM programs

Valerie Malachin

PhD Candidate

Kourtney Kelly

Biology Adjunct Professor

Diana Bello

Chemistry Student

"Congratulations to CME for organizing fantastic Leadership Awards events!" Paloma N. Beraldo, VP at EY-Parthenon, former CME student volunteer.

Kaltrina Mulosmani

Junior Executive

Eman Ahmed

Chemistry PhD Student

Catherine Lorisme

MS Biochemistry Student

Francesca Marchese

Chemistry Student

Paloma Beraldo

Vice President Strategy

Debra Rooker

Senior Research Scientist

David Ferber

Engineering Supervisor

Anna Powers

PhD Entrepreneur

Xiao Zhong

Ideate Research Analyst

Pamela Penawou

Researcher MS Candidate

05.

Past Board Chairs

2018-2023

Steve Barnett
2018 - 2019

Adam Closson
2015 - 2017

Charles Brumlik
2009 - 2015

George Rodriguez
2006 - 2009

Regis W. Schultis, Jr.
2000 - 2005

Joseph M. Marasco
1992 - 1999

Joseph Pilaro
1991

Donald Spangler
1990

Robert Vaughn
1989

Les Cline
1987 - 1988

Robert Manley
1986

Robert Titus
1985

David Deutsch
1984

Bill Kopulsky
1954 - 1957

Carl Sears

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