Elizabeth Horahan is an operations leader at Lutron Electronics, leading a team responsible for the operational aspects of talent acquisition. She is a past chair of AIChE’s Career and Education Operating Council (CEOC) and a past chair of AIChE’s Young Professionals Committee (YPC). Prior to rejoining Lutron Electronics, Horahan worked in other non-chemical fields as a lean manufacturing engineer at Mack Trucks, Inc. and as a senior industrial engineer at Osram Sylvania’s Eastern Distribution Center. Horahan holds a BS in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Virginia and an MBA in...Read more
Samantha Schmidt Salazar is an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co., leading consulting projects across all operations topics at consumer companies, with a focus on manufacturing and supply chain strategy. She has also worked in various manufacturing/supply chain and product development roles at Diageo and General Mills. She received her BS in chemical engineering from Lehigh Univ. in 2013 and her MBA from Harvard Business School in 2019. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two dogs.Read more
DC Palter is a serial entrepreneur and long-term angel investor. He earned a BS in energy engineering from Northwestern Univ. and an MBA from Univ. of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As a member of the Chemical Angel Network (https://chemicalangels.com) and Tech Coast Angels (https://www.techcoastangels.com), he has invested in more than 30 start-ups as an individual and participated in five angel group member funds. He writes a widely...Read more
Bill Byers is an AIChE Fellow and served as AIChE President in 2004. He earned a BS in chemical engineering from Oregon State Univ. and an MBA from the Univ. of Oregon. He spent most of his career with CH2M HILL (now Jacobs) where he served as VP and Technology Fellow and is now Principal with WDB Consulting, LLC. He has been an active angel investor for ten years. He is a member of the Chemical Angel Network (https://chemicalangels.com ) and is a Venture Principal with Willamette Valley Capital (...Read more
