Broad, Deep Experience of ACS Programs
Building Members, Building Programs, Building Synergies
I have a deep knowledge and experience of an unusually broad range
of ACS programs, activities and volunteers.  

I have been able to work with many of our ACS volunteers from all parts of
ACS and with a wide range of ACS experiences.

I have chaired the largest Local Section, North Jersey, I am a member of 5
Divisions, have organized symposia at the National meeting for 3 of them and
served on the Long Range Planning Committee of the Medicinal Chemistry
Division.  I served as program Co-Chair for one of the largest Regional
Meetings ever (MARM 2005) and Chaired sub-committees on LSAC and the
Committee of Corporation Associates.  I have been an active participant in
each of these roles and have served on several Task Forces and groups to
enhance ACS operations and member services, including the Board
Oversight Group on Leadership Development).  I have facilitated at several
Leadership training sessions for Local Section Leaders and Regional
Meeting Planners,  I was a member of ReACT (Regional Activities
Co-ordination Team) which tried to help Regions and Regional Meetings and I
have recently participated in strategic planning sessions for Local Sections
and Corporation Associates.

In 2006 I was elected to serve on the National Committee on Committees
where I serve as liaison to the Budget and Finance Committee and the
Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs.  I am also on the
Committee on Committees Industrial Pipeline sub-committee.

I also served as Chair of one of the Presidential sub-themes for the Boston
(Fall 2007) National meeting.

I  am active in scientific organizations outside ACS and will Chair the 2008
Medicinal Chemistry Gordon Research Conference having organized the
technical program at the 2007 conference.  I am also a member of the
Executive Committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry (US East Coast)
Section.  These roles all let me see how different groups operate, develop
their leaders and match volunteers with responsibilities.  This experience has
also shown me the advantages of including diverse opinions and experiences
within an organizing Team.
I have organized a variety of technical meetings, locally, nationally
and for other scientific societies.

Chair, "Chemistry of Systems Biology", Presidential theme (Boston National Meeting) (2007)
Program Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (2007)
Organizing Co-chair, ACS/RSC/IUPAC "Advances in Chemical Sciences" Symposium (2007)
Social Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (2006)
Organizing Co-chair, ACS Symposium on “Predictive Methods in Drug Discovery” (2005)
Program Chair, 2005 ACS Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
Organizing Chair, ACS Symposium on “Bench To Pilot Plant” (2005)
Organizing Co-chair, ACS Symposium on “Biological Tools in Drug Discovery” (2005)
Organizing Co-chair, IRA Symposium on “Protein Kinases” (2004)
Session Chair, Gordon Research Conference “Critical Issues in DMPK” (2004)
Organizing Co-chair, ACS Symposium on “Inflammation” (2004)
Co-Chair, Baekeland Award “Catalysis: Mechanism, Materials and Medicine” (2003)
Organizing Co-chair, ACS Symposium on “Protein Families as Drug Targets” (2003)
Organizing Chair, ACS Symposium on “Hits to Leads” (2003)
Organizing Chair, ACS Symposium on “Metalloproteinases” (2002)
Organizing Committee, NJ ACS Symposium “Pharmaceutical Profiling” (2002)
Co-Chair, Baekeland Award “Frontiers in Bio-Nanotechnology” (2001)
Organizing Committee, NJ ACS “Chemistry the Enabling Technology” (2001)
Organizing Committee, Baekeland Award “Catalysis and Synthetic Chemistry” (1999)
Organizing Co-chair, ACS Symposium on “Benchtop Research To Pilot Plant” (1999)
Co-founder and co-organizer, "From Bench To Pilot Plant" Symposium (1997-)
Organizing Chair, NJ ACS Organic Program (1997)
Organizing Committee, "Chemistry as a Life Science" Symposium (1996-00)
Biography for Les McQuire
I have taken every opportunity to serve the ACS and our members  by
organizing technical meetings, participating in training courses for
members and by serving on numerous committees.

Committee on Committees (ConC) (2007-)
Budget and Finance (B&F) (ConC liaison) (2007-)
Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA) ( ConC liaison) (2007-)
Committee on Corporation Associates (CA) (2005-)
Chair "Programs" sub-committee of CA (2005-)
ACS Leadership Board Oversight Group (2004-)
Novartis representative to Corporation Associates (2004-)
Speaker Service Advisory Board, (2003-04), Chair 2004
Ad hoc Study Group on Regional Meetings, (2003-04); ReACT (2005-06)
Faculty ACS Leadership Conferences, St. Louis and Salt Lake (2003)
Chair ACS Task Force on “Local Section/Division Interactions” (2002-06)
ACS Long-Range Planning Committee, Medicinal Chemistry Division (2001-04)
Local Section Activities Committee (LSAC) ACS (1999-06)
Chair “Futures” sub-committee of LSAC (2001-04)
Chair "Alliances" sub-committee of LSAC (2005-06)
Chair North Jersey Section ACS (2000)
Councilor ACS (1999-).  Elected 1998, re-elected 2001 and 2004
Faculty ACS Leadership Conferences, Boston and Nashville (2001)
Chair Nomination Committee, Baekeland Award (1999)
Organizing Committee North Jersey ACS Organic Chemistry Group (1996-98)
Executive Committee North Jersey ACS Section (1997-present)
Chair of North Jersey ACS Organic Section (1997)
Treasurer of North Jersey ACS Organic Section (1996)
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"Chemistry of Systems Biology" sub-theme
Preparation for Service