FACSS & SCIX Conference Officers
SciX Officers for Milwaukee, WI, 2013
The 2013 SciX Team is responsible for planning, organizing, and running the 2013 North American annual meeting presented by FACSS. This team joins the ranks of previous officers and team members who have successfully served FACSS and its meetings since the founding of FACSS in 1973. Starting in 2009, the overall responsibility for the conference rests with the General Chair. Each of the other SciX chairs is responsible for organizing one of the cornerstones of the meeting and reports to the General Chair.
Contact information for these individuals can be found in the details below.
Fred LaPlant, 3M - SciX General Chair 2013
Mike George, Nottingham University – SciX Program Chair 2013
Ryan Schmeling, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – SciX Local Chair 2013
Michael Carrabba, Hach-Lange – SciX Exhibits Chair 2006 - 2013
Heather Brooke, Merck – SciX Workshops Chair
Matthew Schulmerich, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign – SciX Employment Bureau
Mark A. Hayes, Arizona State University – SciX / FACSS Marketing Chair 2009-2012
FACSS Executive Officers
Each Executive Officer of the FACSS organization is an un-paid volunteered who has been duly elected to serve by the FACSS Governing Board. The Executive Officers' role is to advise the Governing Board on policy, shall study and recommend action on proposals, and shall assume the responsibility for the governance and welfare of the FACSS organization in the interim between Governing Board meetings. The Governing Board Chairperson runs the Governing Board meetings that are held twice each year, at the SciX meeting presented by FACSS in the fall and at PittCon in the spring. The past governing board chairpersons bring their experience to the meetings and help guide FACSS through the years of their term, which is eight years including their years as chair-elect, chair, past-chair and past-past-chair roles.
Contact information for these individuals can be found in the details below.
Ian R. Lewis - 2012 and 2013 Governing Board Chairperson
Greg Klunder - 2014 and 2015 Governing Board Chairperson Elect
Doug Gilman - 2010 and 2011 Governing Board Chair
Becky Dittmar - 2009 Governing Board Chair
Christopher Palmer – 2009 to 2012 Secretary
Mark Druy – 2013 to 2015 Treasurer
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Fred LaPlant, 3M General Chair 2013 3M |
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Mike George, Nottingham University Nottingham University |
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Ryan Schmeling, University of Wisconisn-Milwaukee Local Chair 2013 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
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Mike Carrabba, Hach-Lange Exhibit Chair 2013 Hach-Lange |
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Heather Brooke, Merck & Co., Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. |
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Matthew Schulmerich, University of Illinois
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Mark Hayes, Arizona State University Marketing Chair 2012 Arizona State University |
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Ian R. Lewis, Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. - Governing Board Chair 2012 and 2013 Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc.
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Greg Klunder - Governing Board Chair Elect 2014 and 2015 LLNL - Forensic Science Center |
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S. Douglass Gilman, Louisiana State University - Governing Board Chair 2010 and 2011 Louisiana State University |
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Becky Dittmar, 3M - Governing Board Chair 2009 3M |
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Christopher Palmer, University of Montana - Secretary 2009-2013 Chemistry Department |
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Mark Druy, Physical Sciences, Inc. - Treasurer 2013-2015 Physical Sciences Inc. |