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Message from the Chair
2020 NESACS Chair
Anna W. Sromek
asromek@mclean.harvard.edu
Dear NESACS members,
Welcome to NESACS in 2020! We start the New Year with thanks to 2019 Chair Andrew Scholte, who brought lots of energy and new ideas to our section.
Overall, 2019 was exciting with countless suggestions and ideas for programming from our members – please keep sharing your thoughts! We opened the year with 2019 ACS President Bonnie Charpentier as our keynote speaker, who discussed her vision for ACS. The year was also the International Year of the Periodic Table. It was celebrated with a Women’s Global Breakfast on February 12. We experimented with our programming to include informational sessions featuring panel discussions and modifying the monthly meeting format in October. The Women Chemists Committee (WCC) organized two very successful Catalyst events this year. In order for our meetings to be more accessible across the greater NESACS community, we began livestreaming them on Zoom. We tried many new things in 2019. I look forward to continuing this momentum throughout 2020, and I am honored and privileged to serve as this year’s Chair.
My goals for the new year involve increasing broader member engagement, as NESACS exists to serve the local chemist community. One way to accomplish this by being more responsive to our constituents’ interests and needs. Another way is to encourage better connectivity and provide many opportunities for networking within NESACS and between related organizations. Both can be met by keeping our events, meetings, and programming aligned with our members’ interests and needs. We will strive to plan more co-sponsored events and continue to experiment with nontraditional formats. We will also continue to promote chemistry within our local communities through outreach and volunteering.
I look forward to 2020 being a great year for NESACS and I am especially interested in cooperating with everyone to ensure the year is a shared success. I invite you to get involved: please learn about all upcoming opportunities on our website, www.nesacs.org, and please feel free to contact me (asromek@mclean.harvard.edu) or anyone else on the board to get involved.
I hope to see you at our next event!
Anna W. Sromek
NESACS Chair 2020
 
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