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2019 American Chemical Society, Western Regional Meeting Board
The American Chemical Society is divided into nine regions in order to facilitate the organization and implementation of regional meetings of the ACS. ACS Staff Liaisons are in the national Office of Regional Meetings. The Western Region is composed of fifteen local sections of the ACS located in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada.
Each region is governed by a board, which serves to approve the location and date of all meetings in the region. The Western Region Board (WRB) is composed of one representative from each local section in the Western Region and officers of the board. For 2019, WRB members are:
Elected Officers of the WRB:
- Chair: Justin Russak, California, Los Padres Section
- Past Chair: Eleanor Siebert, Southern California Section
- Vice Chair: Bob Cohen, Orange County Section
- Secretary: Desiree Grubisha, San Diego Section
- Treasurer: Chris Brazier, Southern California Section
Local Section Representatives:
| California | Lee Latimer |
| California, Los Padres | Justin Russak |
| Central Arizona | Doug Sawyer |
| Hawaii | Blake Vance and Daniel Scott (alternating) |
| Mojave Desert | Peter Zarras |
| Orange County | Bob Cohen |
| Sacramento | Maria de la Paz Carpio |
| San Diego | Desiree Grubisha |
| San Gorgonio | Eileen di Mauro |
| San Joaquin Valley | Hubert Muchalski |
| Silicon Valley | Natalie McClure |
| Sierra Nevada | Laina Geary |
| Southern Arizona | Laura Stratton |
| Southern California | Eleanor Siebert |
| Southern Nevada | Rampur Viswanath |
Essential resource people:
Webmaster: Ean Warren, Silicon Valley Section
Western Region Coordinator: vacant
Duties of the Western Region Board: Duties of the WRB are outlined in the Bylaws (pdf document).
Meetings of the WRB: The WRB meets at every Western Regional Meeting (WRM). In years when no WRM is held, the board usually meets during the spring and fall national ACS meetings, after Council, as called by the WRB Chair.
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