For District V Director: Mark C. Cesa
By Mark C. Cesa
Chicago Section. Retired, INEOS Nitriles, Naperville, Illinois.
Academic record: Princeton University, AB, 1974; University of Wisconsin-Madison, MS 1977, PhD, 1979.
Honors: ACS Fellow, 2012; BP Chemicals Breakthrough Award, 1999, 2000; BP Chemicals Outstanding Performer Award, 1996, 1997; BP America Inventors Hall of Fame, 1995; BP Chemicals Innovation Award, 1990, 1995.
Professional positions (for the past 10 years): INEOS Nitriles USA LLC, Process Chemistry Consultant, 2007-15.
Service in ACS national offices: Committee on Ethics, 2024; International Activities Committee, 2019-23; Committee on Science, 2008-18, Chair 2016-18; Committee on Chemical Safety, 2006-08; Division of Professional Relations, Member-at-Large, 2007-08; E. J. Murphree Award Canvassing Committee, 2001-02.
Service in ACS offices: Chicago Section: Director of Budgets, 2023-24; Assistant Comptroller, 2023; Chair, 2022; Awards Committee, Chair, 2020; Bylaws Revision Committee, 2011; New Technologies Committee, 2010-11; Vice Chair, 2007, 2009; Councilor, 2006-11, 2022-24; Director, 2005-06, 2010-11, 2020-21; Alternate Councilor, 2004-05; Professional Relations Committee, Chair, 2004-11; Long-range Planning Committee, 2002-11; Topical Group Committee, Chair, 2002-03; Treasurer, 2002. Cleveland Section: Awards Committee, Chair, 1998; Chair, 1995; Sohio Acrylonitrile Process National Historic Chemical Landmark Committee, Chair, 1995-96; Secretary, 1993; National Chemistry Week Committee, 1994-98; Meeting-in-Miniature, Program Chair, 1991-93; Organic Topical Group, Chair, 1989-93; Great Lakes Regional Meeting: Program Co-Chair, 2006-09; Central Regional Meeting: Program Co-Chair, 1996-98.
Member: Member of ACS since 1976. ACS Divisions: Professional Relations, Chemical Safety.
Related activities: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Past President, 2016-17, President, 2014-15, Vice President, 2012-13; Committee on Ethics, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Chair, 2024, Member, 2022-23; Organizational Structure Review Group, Chair, 2020; Finance Committee, Member, 2018-21; Membership Relations Committee, Chair, 2016-17; IUPAC-Solvay Award Committee, Chair, 2016-17; IUPAC Committee for the International Council for Science, Chair, 2016-17; Executive Committee, 2012-17; Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division, 2010-13; International Year of Chemistry Management Committee, 2008-12; World Chemistry Leadership Meeting Organizing Committee, 2007, 2011; Bureau, 2006-17; Project Evaluation Committee, 2006-09; Statutes and Bylaws Revision Committee, 2006-09; Committee on Chemistry and Industry, 1997-2011, Chair, 2006-09. U.S. National Academies: Board on International Scientific Organizations, Chair, 2022-24, Vice Chair, 2019-21, Policy and Global Affairs Committee, ex officio, 2023-24; Committee on the Chemical Management Toolkit Expansion-Standard Operating Procedures, 2015-16, Committee on Promoting Safe and Secure Chemical Management in Developing Countries, 2009; U.S. National Committee for IUPAC, 2003-24, Chair, 2005-07. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: Experts’ Workshop on Chemical Security, 2017; Advisory Board on Education and Outreach, Observer, 2016-19; Workshop on Guidelines for the Practice of Chemistry Under the Norms of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2015; Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science, 2020-24, Treasurer, 2022-24. Ursuline College, Adjunct Faculty, 1993-94; John Carroll University, Lecturer, 1989. 31 U. S. patents, 26 publications, (co)organizer of 8 symposia, 69 presentations worldwide.
