2022 Board of Directors

Christine Grant is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Inaugural Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Daryl Roberts is Chief Operations and Engineering Officer at DuPont. He has 32 years of experience in chemical engineering in a number of leadership positions with companies including Arkema, Inc. and Eastman Kodak.

Billy B. Bardin, PE, is the Global Digitalization Director for Dow. He joined Union Carbide/Dow in 2000 and has held global leadership roles in research, development, and manufacturing.

A registered PE, she is a former Chair of the Law Enforcement and Ethics Committee of the Delaware Board, has consulted with NASA on safety culture after the Columbia Shuttle Accident, and has lectured extensively to students and professionals on safety and ethics.

MaryKathryn (Kathy) Lee has been a researcher at ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research for 30 years. She has been an active AIChE member for more than 10 years and was recently elected Fellow.

Peter N. Lodal is a Technical Fellow in Global Health, Safety, Environmental and Security Services at Eastman Chemical Co., a global leader in specialty chemicals. 

Jim Beilstein is Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing at Owens Corning. In this role, he has responsibility for the technology of manufacturing operations, process innovation, capital engineering, and equipment purchasing.

Linda Broadbelt is Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE) and Associate Dean for Research of Engineering at Northwestern University. She was Chair of the Department of ChBE from 2009-2017.

Brian Davison is Chief Scientist for Biotechnology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is also the Chief Science Officer of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE’s) new Center for Bioenergy Innovation, and the previous BioEnergy Science Center.

David Dixon joined AIChE as a student and recently became an AIChE Fellow. He served for four years in the military, primarily overseas, and worked for Dow Corning in process development before earning his PhD in chemical engineering from UT Austin. He then began his academic career at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

Donna (Bryant) Dybeck is a Technology Transfer Process Engineer for Pfizer, focusing on biologic products. Prior to joining Pfizer she worked at Johnson Matthey-Pharmaceuticals and Syngenta in various Engineering and Production roles.

Julianne L. Holloway is currently an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University, where she began in 2016. Julianne received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Drexel University in 2012. 

Ann Lee is currently the Chief Technical Officer at Prime Medicine, Inc. She was previously SVP and Head of Cell Therapy Development and Operations (CTDO) at Bristol Myers Squibb from 2019 to July 2021. Prior to that Ann Lee was Head of Cell Therapy Development and Operations at Celgene, which acquired Juno Therapeutics where she was Executive Vice President of Technical Operations.

Anne O’Neal is Manager of Process Safety Culture and Competency at Chevron, and an AIChE Fellow. Her 40-year career includes senior positions in process safety, as well as health, environment and safety.

Bill is Senior Director Technology - Titanium Technologies for The Chemours Company in Wilmington, DE. He is accountable for the R&D, product development and manufacturing technology organizations of the global titanium dioxide pigment business.

Elsa Reichmanis is Professor and Carl Robert Anderson Chair in Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of Lehigh University.