The elec­tron­ic elec­tion for six Direc­tor-at-Large posi­tions and for the mod­i­fi­ca­tions of by-laws pre­vi­ous­ly approved by the NACS Board is now complete.

I am pleased to announce that 

• Jing­guang Chen (Colum­bia University)
• Robert J. Davis (Uni­ver­si­ty of Virginia)
• Maria Fly­tzani-Stephanopou­los (Tufts University)
• Bruce C. Gates (Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia at Davis)
• Fabio H. Ribeiro (Pur­due University
• Stu­art L. Soled (Exxon­Mo­bil)

 
were elect­ed to four-year terms as Direc­tors-at-Large from 11 can­di­dates. They will be seat­ed as NACS Board mem­bers at the start of the NAM23 meet­ing on June 2, 2013. Umit Ozkan (The Ohio State Uni­ver­sity), as the can­di­date with the next high­er vot­er count, will be serv­ing as Alter­nate Direc­tor-at-Large. This is not a Board posi­tion, but the Alter­nate would suc­ceed a DAL in case any of the elect­ed DAL is unable to serve. 

The pro­posed mod­i­fi­ca­tions to the by-laws were approved by a vote of 338 to 7.

Votes were record­ed from 590 of 1954 mem­bers of the North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Society.

The elec­tron­ic bal­lots were col­lect­ed, record­ed, and cer­ti­fied by Cre­ative Scan­ning Solu­tions, Inc. an inde­pen­dent orga­ni­za­tion con­tract­ed by the North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Soci­ety for this purpose.
 
Enrique Igle­sia
Pres­i­dent, North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Society