2009 Assembly of Delegates:
Mid-Atlantic Geographic Region Associate Director

2009 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting & International Research Conference

November 12-15, 2009
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel
The Woodlands, Texas (near Houston)

Name: Carol L. Beck

Present Position: Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Assistant Dean
Organization: Thomas Jefferson University

Address: 1020 Locust Street, M-46
Philadelphia, PA 19107
United States

Telephone: 215-503-6539
E-mail: carol.beck@jefferson.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University

Candidate's Statement: Please note: Due to a prior commitment, I am not able to attend the 2009 Annual Meeting. If elected, I am willing to serve and will arrange to attend future annual meetings.

The Associate Director position is a support role, but it is also an opportunity to watch, listen, and learn how the Society functions and a time to formulate ideas for the future. Associate Directors can be an additional set of hands, eyes, and ears for the Director, to help better meet the needs of the chapters. Ideally, leadership teams in organizations maintain the infrastructure of the organization behind the scenes, so that chapters and members do not lose focus on carrying out the mission of the group. Sigma Xi has a long and rich history of promoting and honoring scientific research. However, we are at an unusual juncture in which the infrastructure details need attention in order to be able to continue to serve the chapters and members. This may require additional work for everyone, including Associate Directors. I would be honored to serve as the Associate Director for the Mid-Atlantic region and would work closely with the Regional Director, Drew Velkey, to identify projects to serve the regional chapters.

Sigma Xi and Other Activites: Sigma Xi, Thomas Jefferson Univ. Chapter: Student Research Day Judging Coordinator, 2002-2003; Vice President,2003-2004; President, 2004-2005; Membership Director, 2006-present. Student Research Day Planning Committee: 2002-Present. Chapter Delegate to Annual Meeting: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007. Alternate Delegate to Annual Meeting: 2005, 2008. National Committee on Qualifications and Membership: Member, 2004- Present, Chair, 2005-Present. Sigma Xi Executive Director Search Committee: Member 2007-2008. Co-wrote Joint Chapter Grant with Univ. of Delaware Chapter, "Students As Teachers"(funded), 2004-2005.

Other Activities: Biophysical Society: Member, 1994-Present; Secretary-Treasurer, Membrane Biophysics Subgroup, 2005-2009. Mid-Atlantic Pharmacology Society: Board of Councilors, 2009- Present. Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools: Executive Board, Member 2009-Present. Junior League (Nashville, Philadelphia, Wilmington, DE): Active Member, 1987-2009, Sustaining Member, 2009-Present, Admissions and Provisional Committee Co-Chair, 2004-2005; Annual Fund/ Grants and Contributions Chair, 2006-2007. Active in retired racing greyhound adoption groups, fundraising and foster care.

Awards: Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Basic Sciences, 2004. Dean's Citation for Significant Contributions to the Advancement of Education at Jefferson Medical College, 2004. Friend, Jefferson Postdoctoral Association, 2008.

Biographical Information: Ph.D.-Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Univ., 1993; Pharm.D., B.S., Univ. of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 1983. Employment: Asst. Prof. of Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson Univ., 2005-present; Asst. Dean, Jefferson College of Graduate Studies, 2003-present; Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, TJU, 2000-2005; Research Asst. Professor, Vanderbilt Univ., 1999-2000; Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt Univ., 1994-1999; Asst. Professor of Pharmacy Practice, North Dakota State Univ. School of Pharmacy, 1984-1987. Pharmacy Resident, Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center, 1983-1984. Research interests: Voltage-gated chloride channels; Skeletal muscle chloride channels; Calcium-activated chloride channels; hereditary muscle disorders; myotonia congenita.

Name: Geraldine W. Twitty

Present Position: Professor, Department of Biology
Organization: Howard University

Address: 415 College Street
Washington, DC 20059
United States

Telephone: 202-806-6953 ext. 46
E-mail: gtwitty@howard.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Howard University Chapter

Candidate's Statement: Sigma Xi has the rather unique distinction of being a chapter based organization. This distinction places a significant level of responsibility for the health and wealth of the organization on chapters. Hence, I consider the opportunity to work at the chapter level to be both an honor and a true challenge. For it is at this level that talented young scientists and engineers must be recruited to commit their enthusiasm and excitement of science to Sigma Xi. If elected to serve, my energies will be directed toward supporting the Regional Director and assisting in those efforts deemed positive for the growth of chapters and the national organization. Active, involved chapters translate to an ever-expanding national organization.

Sigma Xi and Other Activites: Chapter Secretary [1990- present] and Delegate to Annual Meetings; Board of Directors,RegionalDirector, Sigma Xi National Committees on Qualifications/Membership, Diversity, Nominations, Audit, Forum Planning,Regional Director;.Judge, Student Projects at Annual Meetings, Networking Table Speaker on Career Development. Other Professional Activities: AIBS Board, Diversity Committee, Education Committee, Human Resources Committee Chair; ASB representative to AIBS, ASB Chair, Diversity Committee, AAAS, NABT, Founding Member, AAAS Minority Women in Science, EPA Senior Scientist, Coalition for Environmental Justice, EPA, Science Discovery Day, Kaleidoscope Summer Partnership Roundtables, Study on Education, Office of Preprofessional Education; Johns Hopkins College Colloquium; President's Research Council, Bowie State University; External Advisory Board, Project BETTAR; NSTA Moscow Convention, Gene Families and Isozyme Conferences; EnviroMentors, DIBS community mentoring high school students.

Biographical Information: Education: Ph D. Biochemical Genetics, Further study UCLA. University of Pennsylvania, Cold Spring Harbor, Bermuda Biological Station; Recombinant DNA, Biotechnology, EPA Fellow- Environmental Justice. Acting Chair, Comprehensive Sciences; Teacher of the Year- 1990 Howard University; Outstanding Teacher Award, 2006 ; Chairman's Award for Outstanding Service 2001,2005.