CAChE Trustee Elections

Procedures and Status

General Overview of Procedures*

Executive Committee determines the number of open positions Incumbent Trustees decide to stand for reelection Search for additional Trustee candidates

Written biosketches must be submitted before the election meeting Candidates should be informed of their candidacy only if elected

Trustees discuss the qualifications of all candidates at the Annual meeting Trustees make nominations and the nomination process closes Trustees present at the meeting vote Trustees not present are given the opportunity to vote Tellers committee certifies the vote count; last-place ties are broken by lot Elected candidates are invited to be Trustees of the Corporation If a nominee is elected but declines becoming a Trustee, that position shall

remain open until the next election Elected candidates who accept the invitation become Trustees on 1 January

following the election

*Siirola, Doherty, & Westmoreland, “Election Procedures for CACHE Trustees and Officers,” 2002

Other Considerations No more than 21 of the Trustees shall be current or emeritus

educators of academic rank (“Academic Trustees”) and no more than 7 trustees shall be current or retired employees in industry or government or consulting (“Industrial Trustees”) (Bylaws 2.1)

The Executive Committee determines the number of vacant and expiring Trustee positions deemed to be

open (Bylaws 2.2.1) the term (not to exceed 3 years) for each open position (Bylaws

2.2.2) The VP is directed “to solicit broadly from the chemical engineering

community suggestions of qualified individuals for consideration by the Trustees.” (Bylaws 2.2.3)

Officer (President, Vice President, and Secretary) elections are conducted during the semi-annual (Spring/Summer) Trustees Meeting of even-numbered years (Bylaws 3.2).

Incumbent Trustees Academic (8)

David Allen Peter Cummings Thomas Edgar Marianthi Ierapetritou Jason Keith Clare McCabe Charles Petty Warren Seider

Industrial (2) Chau-Chyun Chen Gavin Towler

No other vacancies (0)

Recent Candidates Matt Bassett, Dow Richard D. Braatz, MIT Ed Furlani, Eastman Kodak Christos Georgakis, Tufts Sharon Glotzer, Michigan Clare Komives, San Jose State Suzanne Kresta, Alberta Vladimir Mahalec, McMaster Sam Mannan, Texas A&M University

Timetable JULY 29

Incumbent trustees should decide whether to stand for re-election

SEPTEMBER 12 All trustees should consider capable candidates and

provide biosketches for these potential Trustees to the Vice President

Incumbents running for re-election should provide re-election statements to the Vice President