SERMACS 2011 Networking Event
Women Chemists Committee Luncheon
Friday October 28
Omni Hotel, 100 South 12th Street, Richmond, Virginia
11:30 A.M. Gathering and Networking, Wine Room
12:00 P.M. Welcome and Lunch Served, Magnolia Room
12:30 P.M. Keynote Speaker:
Catherine T. “Katie” Hunt, Ph.D.
R&D Director, Innovation Sourcing & Sustainable Technologies
The Dow Chemical Company
My Career….Your Options: Lessons in Life, Love and Leadership!
We’ll start with a few lessons in life, love and leadership and include a few tips on surviving a corporate merger. But I’m getting ahead of myself; what started out as a few years in industry before heading off to academia — turned into a 27-year adventure that continues to hold my interest. I have learned the importance of watching what you ask for, nurturing your networks, and continually reinventing yourself. Come prepared to listen, learn and expand your network considerably! Yes, we’ll squeeze in a little speed networking to spice up the lunchroom in true ACS WCC style!
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CATHERINE T. “Katie” HUNT, Ph.D.
R&D Director
Innovation Sourcing & Sustainable Technologies
The Dow Chemical Company
Spring House Technical Center
727 Norristown Road
Building 9A, Suite 201
Spring House, PA 19477-0904
CATHERINE T. “Katie” HUNT is R&D Director in Innovation Sourcing & Sustainable Technologies at The Dow Chemical Company. Dr. Hunt is actively building collaboration teams across Dow with universities, companies, national labs and government agencies (esp., DOE and DOD) focused on accelerating the pace of innovation. Katie began her career as a senior scientist in analytical research at Rohm and Haas in 1984 after completing an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at Yale University. During her 25 years at Rohm and Haas, Katie held positions of increasing responsibility, from research scientist to process chemist to plant laboratory manager to Director of their worldwide Analytical Network and ultimately, Corporate Sustainability Director and Leader for Technology Partnerships.
Katie holds an A.B. in Chemistry (Cum Laude) from Smith College and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Davis. She was the 2007 President of the American Chemical Society where she championed education, collaboration and innovation, especially related to the Sustainability of Energy, Food and Water.
Dr. Hunt serves on several advisory boards including: Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Mayor Nutter’s Sustainability Advisory Board for the City of Philadelphia, and the National Academies Roundtable for the Science and Technology of Sustainability. Katie is a member of American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Sigma Xi and the New York Academy of Science.
She is especially proud of the RetroFIT Philly “Coolest Block” Contest project with the City of Philadelphia, the Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia, The Dow Chemical Company and The Dow Foundation. For details visit: www.retrofitphilly.com .
Over her professional career, Katie has received numerous awards; she was named one of the “Best 50 Women in Business” in Pennsylvania by Governor Rendell (2007), received the Smith Medal from her alma mater’s Board of Trustees (2008), was selected as the Outstanding Alumna from the University of California, Davis (2009), and was elected as a Fellow by the AAAS (2007) and, more recently, she was in the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (2009).
In her spare time Katie enjoys yoga, bicycling with her family, judging science fairs and mentoring students.
Photo Credit: Peter Cutts Photography
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Seating is limited so reserve your tickets by October 15th
Purchase Tickets online when registering for SERMACS 2011: http://sermacs2011.org/registration/
OR Purchase Tickets for this event directly from the Virginia WCC :
Contact Stephanie Mabry at (804)788-5280 or stephanie.mabry@aftonchemical.com
