Executive
Oversight
Defacto members: President (Chair), Ryan Lively; Vice-President, Marie-Eve Langevin; Treasurer, Lucy Mar Camacho; Secretary, Jamie Hestekin
Awards
Establish and manage the NAMS Awards Program
Current members: Evan Hatakeyama (Chair), Marie-Eve Langevin, Yifu Ding, Ayse Asatekin
Finances/Investment
Oversees NAMS finances including oversight of investment portfolio
Current members: Lucy Mar Camacho (Chair), John Pellegrino, Ryan Lively
Annual Meetings
Oversee selection process for future annual meetings, including recruitment of hosts. Provide support for organizers of annual meetings, including liaison with conference management service
Current members: John Pellegrino (Chair), JR Johnson (Fundraising Chair), Scott Husson, Manish Kumar
Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee
Tracks membership, recruits/retains members, advocates to NAMS Board for activities to meet members needs.
Current members: Tina Carbrello (Chair), Lucy Mar Camacho, Manish Kumar, Ayse Asatekin, Christine Duval
Communications Committee
Discuss ways to better market membranes.
Current members: Jamie Hestekin (Chair), Ayse Asatekin, Manish Kumar
Mentoring Committee
Oversees Industry-Student Mentoring Program
Current members: Zachary Smith (Chair), Evan Hatakeyama, Tina Carbrello
Tellers
Ensure impartial and accurate voting procedures
Defacto members: President (Chair), Ryan Lively; Vice-President, Marie-Eve Langevin; Treasurer, Lucy Mar Camacho; Secretary, Jamie Hestekin
Additional members: Tina Carbrello
Nominating
Recruit Board candidates before and during Annual Meeting
Current members: Ryan Lively (Chair), Ayse Asatekin, Zachary Smith
Fellows
Oversees NAMS Fellows program
Current members: John Pellegrino (Chair), Ranil Wickramasinghe
Society Relations
Establishing and maintaining guidelines for interaction with other Societies.
Current members: Ranil Wickramasinghe (Chair), Ryan Lively
Workshops
Develop workshops for annual meetings and other appropriate forums; Provide support for workshop presenters
Current members: John Pellegrino (Chair), Yifu Ding, Christine Duval
Industrial Advisory Committee
The IAC’s purpose is to insure continual industrial input directly to NAMS Board of Directors. Input includes meeting technical topic areas, activities, and professional development.
Current members: Ryan Lively, Jay Liu, Bing Liu, CJ Kurth, Melissa Rickman, Elizabeth Jackson
World Association of Membrane Societies Representatives
WA-MS is an advisory organization with representatives from all major international membrane societies. The primary goal is to coordinate and advertise major meeting dates as well as educational outreach to promote the discipline.
Current members: Uwe Beuscher, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Jamie Hestekin, Lucy Mar Camacho, Ranil Wickramasinghe, and Tina Carbrello.