FSCT announces Officer and Board nominations; Elections to be held October 26.

The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology has announced Officer and Board nominations for the 2004-2005 year. Rose A. Ryntz and Yasmin Sayed-Sweet have been nominated for the President-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer positions, respectively. Frederick "Fritz" H. Walker, current FSCT President-Elect, will become President at the close of the 2004 Annual Meeting on October 29, in Chicago, IL.

Elected individuals will hold office until the close of the 2005 Annual Meeting.

President-Elect

Rose A. Ryntz (Detroit Society) is recognized as one of the world's leading experts in the area of automotive plastics coatings and has developed new techniques to study paint on plastic performance including scratch and gouge resistance.

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A past chair of the FSCT's Professional Development, Annual Meeting Program, and Industry Relations Task Force Committees, Dr. Ryntz serves on the FSCT Events Steering Committee, and has been a member of the Technical Advisory, Operating, Nominations, and Paint Industries' Show Committees, and was a Trustee of CIEF. A current member of the Publications Committee, she also serves on the Editorial Review Board of JCT RESEARCH and the Advisory Board of JCT COATINGSTECH. Dr. Ryntz served as Technical Chair for the Detroit Society from 1988-1994.

Dr. Ryntz has received numerous awards including the 2000 George B. Heckel Award, the FSCT's highest honor; as well as first place in the 2000 FSCT Roon Foundation Award Competition, the 2003 Roy W. Tess Award from the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) of the American Chemical Society, and the 2004 Women's Automotive Association International's Professional Achievement Award. In addition, she is the recipient of the Henry Ford Technology Award and several Customer Driven Quality Awards from the Ford Motor Co., as well as the Outstanding Leadership Award given by the Engineering Society of Detroit.

An author of over 75 papers and 25 patents in the paint and plastics field, Dr. Ryntz has also written one book, Adhesion to Plastics: Molding and Paintability and edited two books, Plastics and Coatings: Durability, Stabilization, and Testing and Coatings of Polymers and Plastics.

She is an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit/Mercy, and The University of Southern Mississippi, and was chair of the Younger Chemists Steering Committee for the American Chemical Society from 1988-1990.

Dr. Ryntz joined Dow Chemical in 1983 as a senior research chemist. In 1985, she joined the Mt. Clemens Paint Plant of Ford Motor Co. and moved to DuPont Automotive Coatings following their purchase of Ford's paint facility. In 1989, she joined Akzo Coatings Inc. and was appointed technical director for plastics and industrial finishes. In 1992, Dr. Ryntz rejoined the Ford Motor Co. as a senior technical specialist in the plastics and trim products division. She is currently senior manager/senior technical fellow for the Global Advanced Material Engineering Department at Visteon Corporation.

She earned a B.S. Degree in Chemistry from Wayne State University, a Ph.D. in Organic Polymer Chemistry from the University of Detroit, and an M.B.A. Degree from Michigan State University.

Secretary-Treasurer

Yasmin Sayed-Sweet (Detroit Society) is the strategic business manager for Cook Composites & Polymers, Clarkston, MI, which she joined in 1995. She currently serves on its CCP Leadership Council.

Since 2000, Dr. Sayed-Sweet has served on the FSCT Board of Directors. She has also served as a member of the Technical Advisory (1997) and the Society Support (1999-2001) Committees. In addition, Dr. Sayed-Sweet was Technical Chair of the Kansas City Society Technical Committee in 1998.

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A member of both the American Chemical Society and the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, her areas of expertise include new market development and strategic sales.

Dr. Sayed-Sweet earned a Ph.D. Degree from the University of Wyoming and an M.B.A. Degree from Michigan State University. She also completed postdoctorate studies at Eastern Michigan University and at the Michigan Molecular Institute. She is the recipient of the Sara Rhodes Ph.D. Award.

President

Fritz Walker (Philadelphia Society) will assume the Presidency of the FSCT at the close of their 2004 Annual Meeting on October 29, in Chicago, IL. The current FSCT President-Elect, he serves on the Publications Committee and the Editorial Review Board of JCT RESEARCH. In addition, he has served as chair of the FSCT's Professional Development Committee. Dr. Walker was awarded first place in the FSCT's 2001 Roon Awards Competition.

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Dr. Walker holds numerous patents in diverse areas of coatings technology. He has authored chapters in two ACS Symposium Series and is the author of the monograph "Introduction to Polymers and Resins," published by the FSCT. In addition, he lectures regularly on various aspects of coatings chemistry, including presentations at the Gordon Research Conference on Coatings Science, and the Athens Conference on Coatings Science and Technology.

He began his industrial career in 1982 with the Pioneering Research Group at Rohm and Haas, and in 1988 became Director of the Michigan Polymer Laboratory for Akzo Coatings. Dr. Walker was employed at Henkel's Corporate Research Lab in 1991, prior to joining Air Products and Chemicals in 1993.

He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Society for Protective Coatings.

Dr. Walker received a B.A. Degree in Behavioral Biology from Bloomfield College, and M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in Physical-Organic Chemistry from Yale University, where his dissertation on the chemistry of small, strained ring propellanes was awarded the Richard Wolfgang Memorial Prize.

Executive Committee

Charles "Chuck" Shearer (New England Society) has been nominated to serve a three-year term on the FSCT Executive Committee. He is currently the new business development manager at Stahl USA, Peabody, MA. He has been in the coatings industry for 24 years.

Mr. Shearer received a B.A. Degree in Biology/Chemistry from Annhurst College and completed advanced chemistry courses at Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

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A past president of the New England Society for Coatings Technology, he has also served the Society as a past chair of both the Publicity and Membership Committees, and was a member of their Technical Committee. Mr. Shearer is a current member of the FSCT Board of Directors and has served on the Federation's Structure and Governance Task Force and Nominating Committees.

He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the National Wood Floor Association. He is also the co-inventor of a patented nitrocellulose-based, UV cure, wood finish. His areas of expertise include waterborne paints and coatings; wood finishes, both industrial and architectural, waterborne, solvent-based, and UV cure; polyurethane and acrylic polymerization; and crosslinking.

Melinda Forbes (Los Angeles Society) has been nominated to serve a two-year term on the FSCT Executive Committee to fulfill the term of the Secretary-Treasurer nominee. Currently senior account manager at Kronos, Inc., Fullerton, CA, she has been in the coatings industry for 23 years.

Ms. Forbes received a B.A. Degree from San Diego State University. She also holds a California Elementary School Teaching Credential.

A past president of the Los Angeles Society (1988-89), Ms. Forbes also served as chair of the Education Committee (1984-85), was a member of the Society's Board of Directors (1985-92), co-chaired the 1989 Western Coatings Symposium, chaired the Entertainment Committee for the 1993 Western Coatings Symposium, and is the Society's currect representative to the FSCT Board of Directors. She was awarded the LASCT's Outstanding Achievement Award. In addition, she is an Honorary Member of the Rocky Mountain Society.

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On the Federation level, Ms. Forbes has served as chair of both the Education and Society Support Committees, and has been a member of the Professional Development Committee.

Ms. Forbes, a recipient of the Women in Coatings Outstanding Leadership Award, is a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers and currently serves on the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Polymers and Coatings Industrial Advisory Council.

Board of Directors

Charles E. Carncross (Southern Society), vice president--coatings and plastics division for Buckman Laboratories, Inc., Memphis, TN, has been nominated to serve a three-year term on the FSCT's Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large.

Mr. Carncross received a B.S. Degree in Chemistry from Illinois State University and an M.B.A. Degree from Lake Forest Grad School. He has been employed with Buckman Laboratories for 20 years and has 25 years of experience in the coatings industry.

At the Federation level, Mr. Carncross has served as chair of the Exhibitor Advisory Committee (1999-2002) and member of the Event Steering Committee (2003-04).

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Mr. Carncross is a member of the NPCA and has served on its Board of Directors, and its industry supplier, architectural, and industrial committees.

Gail Pollano (New England Society) has been nominated to serve a three-year term on the FSCT's Board of Directors, a role in which she served in the past as a Director-at-Large. Ms. Pollano, current coatings marketing manager at NeoResins Inc., Wilmington, MA, has served the FSCT in other capacities as well. She is a recent past president of the FSCT (2001-02) and has been a member of the Annual Meeting Program, Corrosion, Planning, and Professional Development Committees and was a past chair of the Technical Advisory Committee. In addition, she received the FSCT's highest honor, the George Baugh Heckel Award, in 1998 in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the general advancement of the Federation's interest and prestige.

Ms. Pollano has also been active in the local New England Society for Coatings Technology, twice serving as President (1989 and 1991).

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An instructor at the annual Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium short course for coatings chemists, she is a prolific lecturer, speaking on advanced formulation and new product development in the coatings industry.

Ms. Pollano has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Women in Coatings Management Award and the Elias Singer Best Paper Award (first place tie, Waterborne Symposium, 1997).

She received a B.A. Degree in Biology from Boston University and an M.B.A. Degree from New Hampshire College. She has been working in the coatings and related industries for the last 27 years.

Dick Mullen (Rocky Mountain Society) has been nominated to serve as the past president member of the FSCT Board of Directors. Now retired, Mr. Mullen served as FSCT president from 2000-01. He is a past member of the FSCT Executive Committee and served as the Rocky Mountain Society representative to the Board of Directors from 1976-80, and again from 1995-98. He also served on the FSCT Environmental Affairs and Educational Committees.

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Mr. Mullen served twice as president of the Rocky Mountain Society (1975-76 and 1990-91), and was Chair of the Society's Educational, Membership, and Technical Committees. In 1980, he was given the Gold Nugget Award for outstanding contributions to the Rocky Mountain Society and for the advancement of the coatings industry. Mr. Mullen presented the Society paper, "High Altitude Testing of Paint Films," at the 1972 FSCT Annual Meeting, and was one of the authors of the 1995 Society paper, "Effects of Reverse-Side Substrate Insulation on the Exterior Exposure Performance of an Acrylic Emulsion Coating."

A graduate of the University of Denver with B.S. and B.A. Degrees, Mr. Mullen was active in the coatings industry for over 40 years.