2026 Officers & Committee Chairs

Chair

Karen Callahan

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Chair-Elect

Abdelrahman Ismail

Past Chair

Christopher B. Martin

Secretary

Casey Wade

Treasurer

Alicia Friedman

Treasurer-Elect

Robert D. Kroshefsky

Councilor 2026

Kayla Kasper

Councilor 2027

Joan Esson

Councilor 2028

Clay Harris

Alternate Councilor 2026

Steve Trohalaki

Alternate Councilor 2027

Kaarina Lokko

Alternate Councilor 2028

Steven Ahn

Section Agent

Robert D. Kroshefsky

Webmaster

Dominique Hadad

Editor - The Chemical Record

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Electronic Communication

Robert Bird

Silver Circle

Barbara Ambrose
and
Karin Beaulieu

Younger Chemists Comm.

Kayla Kasper

Meeting Reservations

Robert D. Kroshefsky

High School Teachers Comm.

Joan Esson

Chemistry Olympiad

Mary Wahba

State Science Day

Robert D. Kroshefsky

National Chemistry Week

Kaarina Lokko

Nominations Comm.

Open

Elections

Barbara Ambrose

ACS Service Awards

Kayla Kasper

Student Awards

Robert D. Kroshefsky

Outreach

Kaarina Lokko

Columbus Section Award

Christopher Hadad

Membership

David Speth

Social Media

Damilola Daramola

Patterson-Crane Award

Karen Callahan

ToTY Award

Stephen Stern

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