36 has hosted its annual supplier social night in the past includes, Graceland - Home of Elvis Presley, Civil Rights Museum, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Peabody Place Museum of Oriental Art and Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art. This year’s venue was the oldest art museum in the state of TN “The Brooks Museum of Art”. Opened to the public in 1916, the design of the Brooks Museum building, was inspired by the Morgan Library in New York City. The Brooks Museum collection includes beautiful and breathtaking artifacts, such as paintings, sculptures, textile arts, decorative arts, ancient western art and much more. The event was a great success and was well attended by our fellow members and friends. In October we had a very informative lunch & learn session with Dr. Joy Roederer from Integrity Ingredients Corporation in Murfreesboro, TN. Dr. Roediger presented on the topic “Clean Beauty Elegant Sunscreen Technology Incorporating Mineral Sunscreens and Natural Boosting Actives”. As we all know, clean beauty is a growing trend in the industry and with new restrictions on some of the sunscreen actives it has been challenging for formulators to create simple elegant formulations. Dr. Roederer’s presentation included some great and innovative ideas to address these concerns. To close a great year, in November we had our final meeting which was our Officer Installation meeting. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Michelle Hines, SCC National Vice President-Elect for doing the honors. Last but not the least once again, I would like to thank all of our speakers, our chapter attendees, sponsors and my fellow chapter officers for a great year and their continuous support of the South East Chapter. Avantika Bandopadhya Society of Cosmetic Chemist- South East Chapter Chair 2019 Southeast The South East Chapter of Society of Cosmetic Chemist had an exciting, fun filled and educational 2019! This year we had three scientific meetings, a supplier social night and an officer installation meeting. Here is a brief summary of our chapter activities for this year: We kicked off 2019 with our first chapter meeting on March 21st in a beautiful city of southeastern TN, Chattanooga. It was a very informative and interactive presentation by our guest speaker Dr. Nelson Ayala. His presentation on “Wine, Roses, and Chocolate” gave us an opportunity to understand various sensorial attributes of successful cosmetic product development. Also, we got an opportunity to further enhance our knowledge about the art and science of evaluating tastes and scents in consumer products by tasting and smelling wines, chocolates, and natural herbs from around the world. Following our March meeting, we had another scientific meeting in April in Memphis, TN. The meeting’s technical presentation was on “Novel Preparation for Plant Derived, Water Soluble, Antimicrobial Medium Chain Esters”, by Jim Mosbaugh of Copperhead Chemical Company Inc. Jim provided an insightful talk on antimicrobial properties of medium chain fatty acid esters, such as glyceryl laurate (GML) and method of preparation of a specialized mixture of C12 esters that preserves the innate antimicrobial functions and benefits of GML. The next chapter meeting was our annual supplier social night in June. Every year the SE Chapter host its supplier social night at popular and historic sites in Memphis. Some of the most popular historic sites where the SE chapter

37 Southwest Another great year for the SWSCC has come to an end. Along with our normal monthly Chapter meetings, we had other events as well. In March, we held our Meet & Greet Event at Pin Stack, which offered many activities for our members, from bowling to indoor rock climbing. This evening was enjoyed by all who attended. Our annual golf tournament was a huge success. We had numerous golfers turn out for this event. It turned out to be a great day for golf, and a lot of fun for everyone. In August, we held our Educational Day. This event was well attended, and the speakers offered great topics for the attendees. We also had a student poster session, with participants from local universities. We ended the year with our biggest event, our Holiday Party, which was again well attended, and offered a lot of fun for everyone. Many thanks to the SWSCC Board members, for all their hard work in helping to make these events possible. Thanks to all the volunteers, who got involved, and helped organize the big events. Finally, a big thanks to all the members and sponsors, who help keep this chapter going. It is because of your support, that our Chapter continues to be successful. Daniel Ramirez 2019 SWSCC Chair