Officers and Committees

Election Results:

• 2026 Chair-elect: Joe Houck, Penn State

• 2026 Secretary: Katheryn Penrod, Penn State

• 2026 Treasurer: Aaron Garner, Penn State 

Descriptions of the Officer Responsibilities can be found at this link!

The Executive Committee is composed of the officers, committee chairs, past chairs, and representatives from each community in the local section, and meets several times per year to plan events and discuss section business. A yearly election for chair-elect, treasurer, and secretary is held every fall.  A councilor and alternate councilor election is held every three years in the fall.

Below are the members of the Executive Committee for 2026

Past Chairs: Zachary Rhoden, Adam Herring, Aaron Garner, Ryan Zdenek, Joe Houck, Will Ames, Dan Sykes, Kevin Range, Frank Dorman, Jackie Bortiatynski, Peter Baran, John Unger, Cathy Hetrick

Committees

• Program Chair                                                  

• Elections Aaron Garner 

• National Chemistry Week/
  Chemists Celebrate Earth Week        Lori Stepan   

• Outreach Joe Houck     

• Website Adam Herring                           

The following committees have no members.  Volunteers are welcome!

• Awards  

• Environment                                                     

• Graduate Student Relations                          

• Speaker Planning                                                             

• Education    

• Government Affairs                                                     

• Long Range Planning

• Membership

• Minority Affairs

• Newsletter

• Professional Relations

• Public Relations

• Safety

• Women Chemists

• Younger Chemists

Any other committee you think we should have??