2010 Candidates for Office

The results of the 2011 elections will be announced at the May 7, 2010, dinner meeting. You may bring your ballots to this meeting if you wish or mail them in as instructed prior to the meeting. In 2011, there are positions open for chair-elect, treasurer, secretary, councilor and alrernate councillor.

Holger Foersterling is an NMR specialist in the Department of Chemistry at UW-Milwaukee. He received his Diplom in Chemistry at the Philipps Universitaet Marburg, Germany in 1991. Subsequently he studied Organometallic Chemistry in the group of Dr. Craig Barnes at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN, where he graduated with a PhD in chemistry in 1996. He was then working on biomolecular NMR as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Christian Griesinger at the Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt, Germany before moving to Milwaukee in 1998. He is a member of the American Chemical Society since 1992. He served four terms as local section secretary from 2004 2007 and is currently maintaining the sections web page.

I was born and raised in the Milwaukee area. I graduated from Marquette University with a Biology major and Chemistry minor. My first job was in the food industry (Chr. Hansen Labs in West Allis) using microbiology in testing products and using my chemistry background to research new foods, flavors and colorants. I am married (to Ken) and have two children (Beth and Alex) and worked part-time at the food lab until the ?baby? was ready to go to kindergarten. My second job was at CBC Environmental Labs in Oak Creek. I began as a wet chemist testing air, water, soil and any kind of garbage you can imagine (often, a hammer was a ?matrix modifier?!). Eventually, I was trained to run Flame AA and Graphite Furnace. I eventually became a section manager, trained section employees, monitored QC, and filled in at the bench 12 as needed. That company closed, so a new job search began. Saw an ad for Lab Coordinator at Carroll College in Waukesha. Ultimately I got hired for an interesting position. I was in charge of overseeing all of the labs, lab preps, purchasing, student workers, etc. for both the Biology and Chemistry/ Biochemistry Departments. I also became a lab instructor, as well as teaching a course over the summer term. I have been here 15 years, and this is where my association with the local ACS chapter began. As Divisional purchasing agent at Carroll I am very experienced and comfortable with a position such as treasurer. For 15 years, I was the secretary/treasurer for a club that my husband and I were members of. I am looking forward to attend more ACS meetings and being more active in the section. Councilor Nominee - Joe Piatt Joe Piatt is an associate professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has been at Carroll University since 1998, where he teaches analytical chemistry, instrumentation and environmental science. Joe received his Bachelor of Science degrees from Marquette University in 1989, majoring in mathematics and chemistry. He received an M.S.C.E. in environmental engineering sciences from the University of Minnesota in 1993. In 1997, he received a PhD degree in soil, water and environmental science from the University of Arizona, where he also completed a post-doctoral appointment. Joe's research interests are in soil and water chemistry as related to contaminant/soil/water interactions, contaminant fate and transport, and remediation.

Joe Piatt is an associate professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has been at Carroll University since 1998, where he teaches analytical chemistry, instrumentation and environmental science. Joe received his Bachelor of Science degrees from Marquette University in 1989, majoring in mathematics and chemistry. He received an M.S.C.E. in environmental engineering sciences from the University of Minnesota in 1993. In 1997, he received a PhD degree in soil, water and environmental science from the University of Arizona, where he also completed a post-doctoral appointment. Joe's research interests are in soil and water chemistry as related to contaminant/soil/water interactions, contaminant fate and transport, and remediation.

Ben has been an ACS member since 1978. He graduated from UM-Milwaukee in 1991 (PhD in Analytical with Cal Huber). He taught chemistry at UWM and Marquette University until joining the Milwaukee Health Department. He is a chemistry supervisor of Milwaukee Health Dept Lab since 1998. He also Work for food at in-law's restaurant since 80's.