The 2021 AIChE “Doing a World of Good” Gala recognized companies and their leaders for solving societal problems and benefitting humanity through the safe and responsible practice of chemical engineering.
We honored Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer of Moderna, for his and the organization's outstanding leadership towards the discovery and development of innovative solutions that are saving and improving people’s lives through healthcare. The 2021 Doing a World of Good Medal was presented to our fellow founding partners of the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) for their esteemed contributions to the advancement of society, honoring, Chris Jahn, President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC); Mark Vergnano, Chairman of the Board of Chemours and Ashley Christopher, Founder and CEO of HBCU Week Foundation. AIChE thanks the American Chemistry Council for sponsoring the Gala dessert reception.
Stéphane Bancel has served as Moderna's Chief Executive Officer since October 2011 and as a member of Moderna’s board of directors since March 2011. Before joining the Company, Mr. Bancel served for five years as Chief Executive Officer of the French diagnostics company bioMérieux SA. From July...
Chris Jahn is President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the leading association representing the $553-billion U.S. chemicals industry.
Mark Vergnano serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Chemours Company. He previously served as the company’s initial President and CEO upon its spinoff from DuPont in July 2015 until July 2021.
Ashley founded HBCU Week in 2017, a company whose mission is to encourage enrollment into HBCUs, provide scholarship dollars for matriculation and maintain a pipeline of employment from undergraduate school to corporate America.
Bruce Chinn was the president and chief executive officer of Chevron Phillips Chemical, a global petrochemical joint venture.
Jim Fitterling is the chairman and chief executive officer of Dow, a global materials science company with 2020 sales of approximately $39 billion.
Karen McKee is President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company and Vice President, ExxonMobil Corporation based in Houston.
Dr. Thien has worked in new product and process development at Merck for over 30 years. After receiving his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech (1982), an Sc.D. from MIT in biochemical engineering (1988) and a post doc at the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, Mike joined the...
