Directors Roster

ACS Board of Directors

The ACS Board of Directors, the Society's chief governing body, is chartered to "have, hold, and administer all the property, funds, and affairs of the Society." The Board is made up of 16 members:

Six District Directors elected by the membership of the region from which they are to serve;
Six Directors-at-Large elected by Councilors;
The ACS President, President-elect and Immediate Past President;
The Executive Director of the Society

Joseph S. Francisco, President

Purdue University

Joseph S. Francisco is the William E. Moore Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science and Chemistry at Purdue University. He completed his undergraduate studies in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin and he received his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. He has been a member of the American Chemical Society since 1991.

Nancy B. Jackson, President Elect

Sandia National Laboratories

Nancy B. Jackson is manager of the International Chemical Threat Reduction Department in the Global Security Center at Sandia National Laboratories. She received her B.S. degree in chemistry from George Washington University in 1979, and her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. She has been a member of the American Chemical Society since 1979.

Thomas H. Lane, Immediate Past President

Dow Corning

Thomas H. Lane, Scientist Emeritus at Dow Corning, Midland, Michigan. Received BS (Chemistry) from Purdue University, 1974; MS (C hemistry), Central Michigan University, 1979; Ph.D., Open University (Milton Keynes, England), 1990. ACS member since 1973

Madeleine Jacobs, Executive Director & CEO

American Chemical Society

Previously serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN), 2004 marks Ms. Jacobs first year as Executive Director of the American Chemical Society. She worked for C&EN from 1969 until 1972 and returned again in 1993. She is a much-honored science journalist, an internationally sought after public speaker, and brings an extensive familiarity and understanding of Society programs, products, and services.