For District I Director: Katherine L. Lee
By Katherine L. Lee
Northeastern Section. Pfizer, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Academic record: Yale University, BS, 1991; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD, 1996; University of Texas at Austin, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-98.
Honors: Henry A. Hill Award for Outstanding Service to the Northeastern Section, 2020; Invited Panelist, 5th Annual Advancing Women’s Leadership Conference, 2020; ACS Fellow, 2017; Invited Speaker, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, First-Time Disclosures, 2016; ChemLuminary Award for Best Industry Event, Northeastern Section, 2015; Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, Predoctoral Fellowship, 1991-94.
Professional positions (for the past 10 years): Pfizer, Scientific Planning and Operations, Inflammation and Immunology Research Unit, Executive Director, 2022-present, Senior Director, 2019-22; Pfizer, Inflammation and Immunology Medicinal Chemistry, Research Fellow, 2018-19, Associate Research Fellow, 2011-18.
Service in ACS national offices: Board of Directors/Ex Officio Councilor, 2019-present; District I Director, 2019-present; Committees of the Board/Professional and Member Relations, Chair, 2024, Member, 2019-present; Standing Committees of the Board/Strategic Planning, Member, 2020-present; Board Working Group on Structure and Representation, Member, 2022-23; Industry Member Advisory Board, Member, 2022-23; Committee on Executive Compensation, Member, 2022-present; Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs, Member, 2017-18, 2014, Committee Associate, 2013.
Service in ACS offices: Northeastern Section: Board of Publications, Chair, 2020-present, Member, 2016-present; Councilor, 2016-18, 2012-14; Immediate Past Chair, 2016; Chair, 2015; Chair-Elect, 2014; Nominating Committee, Chair, 2022-23, 2016; Program Chair, 2014; Process Chemistry Symposium Committee, 2014-18; Host Local Section Committee, Chair, 2010; Organic Chemistry Division: Chair, 2018; Chair-Elect, 2017; Member-At-Large, 2011-16; Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Award Committee, Chair, 2015, 2013; Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Committee, Co-Chair, 2016, 2012-13; Northeast Regional Meeting: Organizing Committee, 2023; ACS Pharma Leaders: Organizing Committee, 2022.
Member: Member of ACS since 1992. ACS Divisions: Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Professional Relations.
Related activities: ACS Career Consultant; Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry, Boston Chapter, New England Women in Science Executives, Member; Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Mentor, 2009-10; published 16 peer-reviewed journal articles; 18 patents or published patent applications.
