Kimberly Knight Appointed as ACS Secretary

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is happy to announce the appointment of Kimberly Knight as the group’s subsequent Secretary. As Secretary, Knight will serve as one of many Society’s seven officers.

Knight will be a part of ACS on June 28 and succeeds Flint Lewis, who served as each Secretary and General Counsel and retired from ACS on April 1 after almost 30 years of service.

She involves ACS from AARP, the place she served almost 14 years, most lately as each Vice President, Board Governance, and Assistant Corporate Secretary, and earlier than that as each Assistant Corporate Secretary and Senior Director, Board Relations. Previously, Knight labored as Section Director on the American Bar Association and Executive Director of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

“Kim joins ACS with greater than twenty years of affiliation governance and coverage expertise and brings a powerful appreciation for and perception into the unimaginable worth of a detailed working relationship between a nonprofit and its Board of Directors and different management,” says ACS Chief Executive Officer Albert G. Horvath. “I’m wanting ahead to working with Kim to help ACS and our proficient volunteers.”

Knight says she was drawn to ACS’ wealthy historical past of advancing science and supporting innovation. The nonprofit group is nearing its a hundred and fiftieth anniversary.

“I recognize the inclusive nature of the ACS governance construction,” says Knight, “and I stay up for upholding the stellar observe document of a governance operation that has demonstrated itself to be forward-thinking, progressive and meticulous on particulars, as one would anticipate from one of many world’s largest scientific societies.”

Knight’s profession has centered on growing and supporting efficient governance processes and practices. Her training consists of an MBA and a B.S. in administration, with a minor in international enterprise and public coverage, from the University of Maryland Global Campus. She can also be an authorized affiliation government and an authorized assembly planner.