MPPG Executive Committee members include committee and subcommittee chairs who serve multi-year terms.

MPPG Executive Committee

  • Jennifer Schmitt, Chair
  • Kennie Merz, Past Chair
  • Glenn Larkin, Thematic Programming Subcommittee Chair
  • Jennifer Maclachlan, Communications & Outreach Subcommittee Chair
  • Ashi Savara, Member-At-Large (2020 - 2022)
  • Luke Roberson, Member-At-Large (2021- 2023)
  • Luke Achenie, Member-At-Large (2022 - 2024)
  • Martin Kociolek, COMSCI
  • Jim Tackacs, DAC 
  • Rick Ewing, M&E 

MPPG representatives are appointed by their respective committees or technical division. Please contact your division, committee, or mppg@acs.org for more details.

2022 MPPG Representatives

Technical Division/Group Representative
AGFD John Finley
AGRO Heidi Irrig
ANYL Bryant Nelson
BIOL Sheila David
BIOT Scott Banta
BGMT Anne DeMasi
CARB Nicole Snyder
CATL Ashi Savara 
CELL Lucian Lucia
CEI Jennifer Tanir
CHAL Sandra Thompson
CHAS Debbie Decker
CHED Deborah Broomfield Lee
CINF Andrea Twiss-Brooks
COLL Paul Van Tassel
COMP Luke Achenie
DAC Jim Tackacs (Executive Committee)
ENFL Lisa Houston
ENVR Tracey Williamson
ETHX Edward Mottel
GEOC Louise Criscenti
HIST Joe Jeffers
I&EC  Bond Calloway
INOR Michael Johnson
MEDI Patrick Woster
NUCL Jennifer Braley
ORGN Steven Silverman
PHYS Nancy Levinger
PMSE Eva Harth
POLY Kathryn Ulrich
PROF George Heinz
RUBB C. Jeffrey Lin
SCHB Jennifer Maclachlin
TOXI Amanda Bryant-Friedrich
YCC Jennifer Schmitt