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Michele E. Gehring
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Officers

Directors

Chair (2021 and Acting in 2022):
Roya Mortazavi, Ph.D. (3/1/20-3/1/23)​
Research Associate
McGill University
805 Sherbooke St. West
Montreal, QC, H4E 1N3
Fax : (514) 398-6115
E-mail: roya.mortazavi "at" mail.mcgill.ca
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Vice-Chair (2021 and Acting in 2022):
Saritha Karnae, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Cohen Science Center 425
Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
Phone: (570) 408-5566
Email: Saritha.Karnae "at" wilkes.edu

Secretary (2019-2021 and Acting in 2022):
Roya Mortazavi, Ph.D.
Research Associate
McGill University
805 Sherbooke St. West
Montreal, QC, H4E 1N3
Fax : (514) 398-6115
E-mail: roya.mortazavi "at" mail.mcgill.ca​
  
Treasurer:
Mark Wejkszner, P.E. (1/1/21-12/31/24)
Air Quality Program Manager
PA DEP
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790
Phone:  (570) 826-2528
E-mail:  mwejkszner "at" ​state.pa.us
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Mark Wejkszner
Yevgen Nazarenko
Yevgen Nazarenko
Yevgen Nazarenko, Ph.D. (1/1/21-12/31/24)
Research Associate
​Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

McGill University
Phone: (732) 470-0201
Fax: (514) 398-6115
Email:  yevgen.nazarenko "at" mcgill.ca

Michele E. Karnes (1/1/21-12/31/24)
Coterie Environmental LLC
Phone: (610) 406-2215
michele.gehring "at" coterie-env.com

James Blando, Ph.D. (1/1/21-12/31/24)
Associate Professor
Old Dominion University
College of Health Services
School of Community and Environmental Health
1014 West 46th Street - LPEI Labs
Norfolk, VA 23529
Phone: (757) 683-407
Fax: (757) 683-6333

​Email: ​jblando "at" odu.edu

Joann Held (1/1/21-12/31/24)
Air Toxics Analysis Services
PO Box 920
Pennington, NJ 08534
Phone: (609) 737-0867
Email: ​ joannheld "at" comcast.net

Marj Fitzpatrick, QEP (1/1/21-12/31/24)
Principal Project Manager
IES Engineers
Blue Bell, PA
Email: ​mfitzpatrick "at" iesengineers.com

Laura Miner, QEP, LEED GA (1/1/21-12/31/24)
President & Founder
FOURSES, INC.
Fourses, Inc.
P.O. Box 129 Perkasie, PA 18944
Fourses.com
Phone: (267) 404-5105
Email: lminer "at" fourses.com​​
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Wilkes University Student Chapter Members in 2017

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Wilkes Chapter Officers
Joann Held
Joann Held

Committees

Air Pollution Educational and Research Grant (APERG)
Chair: James Blando, jblando "at" odu.edu​

Education Committee
Chair: Joann Held, joannheld "at" comcast.net

Programming Committee
Chair: Marjorie Fitzpatrick, mfitzpatrick "at" iesengineers.com
James Blando, jblando "at" odu.edu​
Mark Wejkszner, mwejkszner "at" ​state.pa.us
Brady Wassom, bwassom "at" 
all4inc.com 
Ken Weiss, ken.weiss "at" erm.com


Website Committee
Chair: Yevgen Nazarenko, yevgen.nazarenko "at" mcgill.ca
​Laura Miner, 
laura.miner97 "at" gmail.com

Chapter Liaison Committee
Chair: Roya Mortazavi, roya.mortazavi "at" mcgill.ca
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Membership Committee
Chair: Roya Mortazavi, roya.mortazavi "at" mcgill.ca
​Joann Held, joannheld "at" comcast.net

Finance Committee
Chair: Mark Wejkszner, mwejkszner "at" ​state.pa.us

Communications Committee
Chair: Kelly Egan, kelly.egan "at" wilkes.edu
Rebecca Keller, rebecca.keller "at" wilkes.edu

Funding Application Review Committee
James Blando, jblando "at" odu.edu
​Roya Mortazavi, roya.mortazavi "at" mail.mcgill.ca
​Marj Fitzpatrick, ​mfitzpatrick "at" iesengineers.com
​Yevgen Nazarenko, yevgen.nazarenko "at" mcgill.ca
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K-12 Education Booth at the 2018 A&WMA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Hartford, CT. June 2018. Pictured in the booth is Georges Bou-Saab who is the incoming chair of the K-12 Committee.
This page was last updated: April 10, 2021

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