Officers: Executive Committee & Committee Chairs

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2025

Past Chair: Rajani Srinivasan
Chair: Denise Lynn Merkle
Chair-elect: Jonathan E Dannatt 
Secretary: Trey Putnam
Treasurer: Martha Gilchrist
Councilor: Mary Anderson
Councilor: Linda Schultz
Councilor: Kirby Drake
Councilor: Rebecca Weber
Alternate Councilor: Daniela Hutanu
Alternate Councilor: Danny Tran
Alternate Councilor: Rajani Srinivasan
Alternate Councilor: Yunxiang (Vanni) Li

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

2022 Awards Committee Chair
Dr. Gabriele Meloni, gabriele.meloni@utdallas.edu
2020 Awards Committee Chair
John P. Ferraris, ferraris@utdallas.edu
2019 Awards Committee Chair
Sean O’Brien, sobrien@ti.com
2018 Awards Committee Chair
Stephen Starnes, Stephen.Starnes@tamuc.edu
2017 Awards Committee Chair
Moji Bonakdar, mojibonakdar@yahoo.com
2016 Awards Committee Chair
Sean O’Brien, sobrien@ti.com
Climate Science Activities Coordinator
Dr. Bob Landolt, rlandolt@txwes.edu
National Chemistry Week
Kayla Green, kayla.green@tcu.edu, Public Outreach, Poetry Contest
Southwest Retort
Connie Hendrickson, Hendrickson@arkonconsultants.com
Chemistry Olympiad
Dr. Kathleen Holley, kkholley@yahoo.com