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both the local and national levels.

Dr. Renée Cole is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Iowa. Dr. Cole earned a B.A. in chemistry from Hendrix College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physical chemistry from the University of Oklahoma before completing a post-doctoral fellowship in chemistry education at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Her research focuses on issues related to how students learn chemistry and how that guides the design of instructional materials and teaching strategies as well as efforts related to faculty development and the connection between chemistry education research and the practice of teaching. She has been a PI for several projects, including the Increase the Impact Project, which developed resources for PIs to improve the propagation of their innovations, as well as a PI for the ELIPSS Project, which is developing resources for STEM instructors to assess transferable skills in the classroom. Dr. Cole is also an associate editor for the Journal of Chemical Education and a member of the American Chemical Society's Women Chemists Committee.

Dr. Cecilia Marzabadi is a Professor and is the Chairperson in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Seton Hall University (2016 to present). She earned her A.B. and M. S. in chemistry from St. Louis University and her Ph.D. at the University of Missiouri- St. Louis. At Seton Hall she also served as Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies for the department from 2009-2013. She was the Acting Director for the Elizabeth Ann Seton Center for Women's Studies from 2005-2006 and was endowed a Clare Boothe Luce Professorship between1999 and 2004. She is an Alternate Councilor for the North Jersey Section of the ACS and was the Chair of the section's Organic Topical Group in 2003-2004. Dr. Marzabadi is a Member of the American Chemical Society's Women Chemist Committee. She has served as a Memberat Large for the Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry. She and her husband reside in Northeastern New Jersey. Her research interests are in synthetic organic and carbohydrate chemistry with an emphasis on medicinal applications and in the promotion and retention of women in the STEM fields.



Dr. Gail Webster is a Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. Dr. Webster earned her B. S. in chemistry education from Virginia Commonwealth University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from North Carolina State University. She is a member of the American Association of University Women, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and is a member of the Women Chemists Committee (WCC). She has served on the WCC since 2007. Dr. Webster is involved in developing student-centered pedagogy for the POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) Project. She's facilitated numerous workshops for the organization and is a member of the POGIL Project Steering Committee. Dr. Webster, her husband and two daughters reside in the central piedmont region of North Carolina.