38 St. Louis What a journey 2019 was for the St. Louis Chapter! In my 23 years of being a member and officer of this Chapter, 2019 will be remembered as one of extreme highs and extreme challenges. However, with the great leadership and support from the other members of the Chapter Board – Sophie Bonham (Chair-Elect), Ashley McKinney (Secretary), Katherine Hazel (Treasurer) and Denisha Patel (Treasurer- Elect) – we were able to navigate through it all and come out smiling on the other side. • general was a busy year for the St. Louis SCC Chapter. • Our first meeting of the year was held at Pastaria and featured a talk on the “Basics of Color Science” by Val Cosh from Konica Minolta. • Next, for the first time ever – in April, we held a joint meeting with the St. Louis College of Pharmacy (STL COP) at their location. Over 70 students from the STL COP were in attendance. Kelly Dobos, 2019 Society of Cosmetic Chemist President, gave a presentation on careers in the cosmetic and personal care field. We received great feedback from the officers of this school group, and we hope to hold this event annually. • In August, over 40 SCC members attended a Continuing Education Program (CEP) on the “Practical Basics and Theory in Emulsion Technology” – led by Mark Chandler from ACT Solutions Corporation at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel. • Our annual September Scientific Symposium was held at Maggiano’s – speakers and topics were: Susan Pungitore, Symrise – Modern Product Protection: Trends and Solutions Renata Butikas, Stepan – Green Surfactants for Sustainable Cosmetics Sudhir Baswan, Amway R&D – Skin Photoprotection: Looking Beyond Sunscreens! Candy Hoseth, Amway Regulatory - Global Regulatory Trends and Justyce Jedlicka, Millipore Sigma – Getting in the “Weeds” of the Cannabis Market and Use of Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) for the Analysis of Terpenes. Another well-attended event with fantastic learnings! • Finally, our Annual Holiday Party was held at Bar 360 in November. We kept the event informal – just a lively group from our small Chapter gathering for great food and fun conversation at this unique venue. We had a blast! Probably my favorite Holiday Party in recent memory. At the end of the year, we nominated Justyce Jedlicka from Millipore Sigma as our Speaker of the Year for her talk at our September Scientific Symposium, and Tiffany Collis (former Chapter Chair, long-time member) for our Chapter Merit Award. Congratulations to them both! 2019 was not without its challenges, however. Vijon Laboratories announced in September that they were moving their Research and Development department to Tennessee. (This was literally announced the same week as our SCC September Symposium!) Vijon has always been one of the largest supporters of the St. Louis Chapter, especially from a membership standpoint, and many of our past (and present!) leadership team worked there. This required the Chapter leadership team to “pause” - to determine the impact on our Board, and the Chapter as a whole. Some of the Vijon members, regardless of where they will be located, agreed to stay on as officers for this year. And we were excited that two other members from our Chapter stepped up to fill our open officer positions – both of whom had never run for office. The 2020 St. Louis Chapter officer slate is: • Chair: Sophie Bonham (Vijon) • Chair-Elect: Cheryl Mitchell • Secretary & Newsletter Editor: Dale Sanson • Treasurer: Denisha Patel • Treasurer-Elect: Ashley McKinney From what I have heard, 2020 looks to be another fantastic year for our Chapter! We hope that our National Officer friends will be able to join us at our events! Respectfully submitted, Christopher Heisig 2019 Chair, St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists

39 EMERITUS MEMBERS After their meetings in June and December, the Board of Directors approved the following individuals, having met all the require- ments, to Emeritus status. The Society recognizes Emeritus members as those who have been dues paying members for at least 25 consecutive years and who are at least 65 years of age. If you feel that you may be eligible for this status, please send a written request to Colleen Daddino at the National Office. The Board will vote again at their meeting in the summer if 2020. Society of Cosmetic Chemists Thanks You… The SCC would like to extend its sincere appreciation to the following members and companies for their dedication and in- terest in the Society by donating voluntary contributions made during the 2019 Annual Meeting Registration and/or dues renewal for 2020. MILLENNIUM CLUB Contributed $1,000 – $2,499 Philip Gordon Colleen M. Rocafort Richard R. Saute Thomas Spencer PRESIDENT’S CLUB Contributed $500 or $999 Geoffrey Brooks Zoe Draelos MD George A. Fioto Bret A. Katz Donald Katz Marc Mueller William C. Ross Marlene Tietjen Thomas J. Vichroski DIRECTORS CLUB Contributed $250 - $499 George Concar Linda Foltis Philip B. Klepak Karl Laden Gabriel Letizia Irwin Palefsky Dr. Linda Rhein Mary Waleski CENTURY CLUB Contributed $100 - $249 Robert Behrer Jr. Ward Billhimer, Jr. William Bryan Philip Chapoulie David Chung Keung Chan CONUSBAT Regulatory Services John Corbett Howard Epstein Eugene Frank Gerald Goldberg Renato Jose Gabriel Letizia Robert Lochhead, Ph.D. Fred J. LoFaso Kevin Mallory Amy Marshall Kathy McKerlie Stanley R. Milstein, Ph.D. Nick Morante Dr. Sergio Nacht Joseph O’Reilly Ray Rigoletto Joseph Santy Robert W. Siegfried John Shipps Mitchell Schlossman Richard Thabit Richard Tokosh Verdi Enterprises Inc. In Memory of Barbara Jo Orth CHEMISTS CLUB Contributed Under $100 Dr. Vincent Abraham Humayoun Akhter Priscila Aranda Ava Atri Gurpreet Bhathal Tom Branna Gabriella Brown Jessica Byrd Vanessa Castro Raymond Cen Mark Chandler Shu Ping Chen Okei Chukunedum Friday Courtney Clay Kailyn Fang Harvey Fishman Jose Gonzalez Russell Grandis Lilian Guevara Kristie Hammontree Steven Hernandez Yin Hessefort Ashley Hussey An Huynh Rosemarie Ilic NFN Kelemen Judith Krantz Samuel LaBonia Michelle Linscott Margaret Lochhead Dean MacCrone Carine Mainzer Lisa Mengotto Teresita Miranda Izabella Nagiel Debbie Neubauer Gary Neudahl Brittany Nichols Amy Pitler Ph.D. Dhaara Popat Sairohit Raghupathy Vincent Rispoli Linda Sarpong Hinal Shah Kavita Shanbhag Cicely Shillingford Patricia Singh Bernie Stines Elizabeth Tenhouten Doug Thornley Terry Van Liew Wenzhong Zhao Joseph J. Albanese New York Paul R. Allen Southeast Marie Capozzi New York Ratan Chaudhuri, Ph.D. New York Pragna Chakravarti California Robert N. Comber Southeast Anatoly Dameshek Midwest Anna K. Erixon Southeast Rebecca Gadberry California Carl Geffken Connecticut John A. Gomes Long Island Suzanne Hans New York Joseph T. Jendzio, Jr. Ohio Valley Rupali A. Kulkarni New York Robert Y. Lochhead, Ph.D. Southeast Warren Maclean New York Takako M. McGowan Southwest Stanley Milstein Mid-Atlantic Richard I. Murahata Intermountain West Nick Morante Long Island Glenn Nystrand New York Raymond Rigoletto, Jr. New York Vincent T. Rispoli New York Colleen M. Rocafort Florida James P. SaNogueira New York Arvind Shah New York Sari C. Snyder California Charles Tadlock Long Island Chris Van Wagoner Southwest NAME CHAPTER NAME CHAPTER