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John D. Gagel

John D. Gagel is the senior manager of global corporate sustainability for Lexmark International, Inc. He is responsible for corporate management of all global sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and strategy development as well as product safety compliance.

Gagel has been with Lexmark for 20 years and has served in his current position since 2007. He is responsible for the development and release of Lexmark’s annual CSR report; and is the corporate senior manager for environmental, health and safety, responsible for Lexmark operations globally. In...Read more

Heather Yuengling

Heather Yuengling is AIChE’s Assistant Board Secretary & Governance Manager. In this capacity, she reports to the Executive Director & CEO regarding all matters of the Board of Directors and AIChE’s governance. She provides oversight of AIChE’s compliance and policies, and proposes revisions to policies and bylaws as needed.  Yuengling is the staff liaison for numerous board committees including the Constitution & Bylaws Committee, Nominating Committee, Governance Committee, and Board Awards Committee.  She is AIChE’s representative for the WISE (Washington...Read more

2019 Gala Host Committee

Chair: Kimberly Ogden Gilda Barabino Andre Da Costa Pablo G. Debenedetti Kevin J. Edwards Zenaida Otero Gephardt Gayle J. Gibson Deborah L. Grubbe Dale L. Keairns Sangtae Kim Cato T. Laurencin Nada Marie Anid Cynthia Murphy-Ortega Syamal K. Poddar James B. Porter, Jr. William P. Raiford Eric S...

Recognizing the Power of Untapped Potential

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 2:00pm EDT
This 60-minute webinar will provide industry and government data on the current engineering and technical workforce and discuss the need to find diverse talent.

Erika Jefferson

Erika Jefferson is the president and founder of black women in science and engineering BWISE, an organization focused on bridging the leadership gap for black women in STEM. She received her MBA from Georgia Tech and her BS in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University.

She has worked for top companies such as Amoco, BP, Chevron and Praxair in a myriad of leadership and executive roles ranging from sales/business development to supply chain in operation six excellence. Her more than two decades of experience let her across the nation from Chicago to Greenville, Charlotte,...Read more

Kevin McBride

Kevin McBride is a research associate in the group Process Systems Engineering at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher. He studied chemical engineering at Texas Tech University before obtaining his diploma at the Clausthal University of Technology. Dr. McBride received his PhD from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. His research focuses on computer-aided molecular design of solvents and on the modeling and optimization of chemical production processes.Read more

Impact of Fire Exposure on Gas Filled Vessels

Archived Webinar
Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 2:00pm EDT
This 60-minute program is designed for process safety professionals or managers who play a key role in managing process safety.

David Glass

David J. Glass, Ph.D. is a consultant specializing in industrial biotechnology and renewable fuels regulatory affairs, with over 30 years experience with government regulation of the commercial uses of modified microorganisms and plants and other products of biotechnology.

Dr. Glass has provided strategic advice to numerous environmental and industrial biotechnology companies regarding compliance with the regulations of EPA, FDA and other agencies. Specifically, he has advised biofuel and bio-based chemical companies on the applicability of the EPA TSCA regulations to the use of...Read more

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