I am deeply honored for the opportunity to serve the American Chemical Society as candidate for president-elect. I believe in the ACS, our vision, and the power of our membership. The complexities of the issues before us require proactive listening, clear, concise communication and decisive actions. The very fiber of the chemical enterprise is changing. We must leverage our strength and the power of our membership to influence the future of our discipline.
Educating a new workforce, enhancing the public face of chemistry, shaping public policy, ensuring funding for discovery and managing the globalization of the chemical enterprise will require new levels of collaboration within the ACS and new relationships beyond our borders to bring about measurable change. As your president, this is where I will focus our collective efforts.
Education: I pledge to keep Education and Science Literacy at the forefront of our thinking and pivotal in our actions.
Relationships: I pledge to keep an open mind, to hear all voices, and practice tolerance and acceptance as the ACS continues to reach out; building new and productive relationships that support our strategic plan.
Outcomes: I pledge to help develop outcome-based metrics to guide the ACS on our journey.
I am fully committed and ready to lead this work on behalf of the ACS membership. I offer my 33 years of experience, my passion for chemistry and my productive, career-long involvement with the ACS, as evidence that I have the necessary background, capability and determination to lead this Society forward. Likewise, I encourage each of you to renew your commitment to our profession and to ACS -- its governance, vision and direction. We’re compelled to seek the future together.
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