Executive Committee

Officers

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Dr. Steven Silverman — Chair 2026
Principal Scientist, Process Research and Development
Merck Research Laboratories

Dr. Michael Pirrung — Chair-Elect 2026 (Chair 2027)
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Professor of Pharmaceutical Science
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697

Dr. Amy Howell — Past-chair 2026
Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Chemistry

Dr. Joseph S. Ward III — Treasurer 2024-2027
Instructional Laboratory Services Manager
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan

Dr. Richard Broene — Secretary 2024-2027
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bowdoin College

Dr. Monica Marie Arroyo — Secretary-Elect 2026
President, Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 336
Member, ACS Committee on Local Section Activities
Professor of Chemistry
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Scott Bagley — Program Chair 2025-2026
Sr. Principal Scientist
Pfizer Medicine Design

Dr. M. Kevin Brown — Program Chair-elect 2025-2026
Professor
Indiana University
Department of Chemistry

Dr. Emily C. McLaughlin — Past Program Chair 2025-2026
Associate Dean of the College & Associate Professor
Bard College

National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS) Officer

Mingji Dai — 2027 NOS Chair
Professor
Department of Chemistry Emory University

Alex Grenning — 2029 NOS Chair
Professor Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota

Councilors

Dr. Huw Davies — Term of Office 2024-2026
Chemistry Building
Department of Chemistry
Emory University

Dr. Vanessa M. Marx — Term of Office 2026-2028
Principal Scientist II Global Discovery Chemistry
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

Dr. Lisa McElwee-White — Term of office 2025-2027
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida

Dr. Elizabeth Swift — Term of Office 2024-2026
Senior Scientist
Discovery Process Research
Janssen

Alternate Councilors

Alex Grenning — Term of Office 2024-2026
Professor Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota

Jon Rainier — Term of Office 2025-2027
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah

Dr. Daniel J. Weix — Term of Office 2026-2028
Wayland E. Noland Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Yang Yang — Term of Office 2025-2027
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara

Members-at-Large

Leila Abrous — Term of Office 2024-2026
Lecturer
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
California State University San Marcos

Annabel Ansel — Term of Office 2025-2027
Scientist I
Vividion Therapeutics

Eric Anslyn — Term of Office 2025-2027
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Texas, Austin

Paul Blakemore — Term of Office 2025-2027
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Oregon State University

Simon B. Blakey — Term of Office 2026-2028
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Emory University

Mingji Dai — Term of Office 2024-2026
Professor
Department of Chemistry Emory University

Alison Frontier — Term of Office 2025-2027
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester

Aleksandra Holownia — Term of Office 2024-2026
Senior Scientist
AbbVie

Andy McNally — Term of Office 2024-2026
Professor Department of Chemistry
Colorado State University

Julie A. Pigza — Term of Office 2026-2028
Associate Professor
University of Southern Mississippi

Christopher Uyeda — Term of Office 2026-2028
Herbert C. Brown Chair in Chemistry
Purdue University

Kumiko Yamamoto — Term of Office 2026-2028
Process Development Principal Scientist
Amgen

Ex-Officio Members^*

Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) Co-Chairs

Dr. Angie R. Angeles
Head of Process Chemistry Vertex Pharmaceuticals, San Diego

Dr. P. Andrew Evans
Alfred R. Bader Chair in Organic Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Queen’s University
http://faculty.chem.queensu.ca/people/faculty/evans/

Regional Meeting Liaisons

Dr. Franklin A. Davis
Temple University
Department of Chemistry

Seann P. Mulcahy
Professor of Chemistry
Providence College

Undergraduate Award Program Directors

Dr. Nancy Mills
Emeritus Professor
Department of Chemistry Trinity University

Jennifer Muzyka
Ewing T. Boles Professor of Chemistry
Centre College
https://organicers.org

SURF Committee, Co-Chairs

Dr. Katelyn Billings
Assoc. Dir. Program Management, Superluminal Medicines

Dr. Amber Onorato
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Northern Kentucky University

Early and Mid-Career Award Co-Chair

Dr. Steven Wisniewski
Associate Director, Chemical Process Development
Bristol Myers Squibb

Web / Technology Team

Dr. Joseph S. Ward III
Instructional Laboratory Services Manager
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan

Dr. Brian J. Myers
Professor Department of Chemistry
Ohio Northern University
https://myersorganic.netlify.app

Andrew Philip Freiburger
Computational Scientist I Argonne National Laboratory

Jennifer Muzyka
Ewing T. Boles Professor of Chemistry
Centre College
https://organicers.org

Jessica Sampson, Ph.D.
High-Throughput Experimentation and Chromatography Lab
University of Delaware

Dr. Khoi Van

^*Ex-officio members may also hold elected positions

Division Officers

A historical list of all the Division’s Officers since 1925 is available as a
MS Excel File .