INFORM May 2026

12 INFORM MAY 2026, VOL. 37, NO. 5

2026-2027 AOCS GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ​

VICE PRESIDENT ​ Roger Nahas

PRESIDENT Fabiola Dionisi

Treasurer Bryan Yeh

SECRETARY Rick Theiner

PAST PRESIDENT Gerard Baillely

Societe’ Des Produits Nestlé - Nestlé Research, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Kalsec, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA​

Canary Bio, Inc., Walnut Creek, California, USA

Procter & Gamble, Mason, Ohio, USA

Evonik Corporation, Richmond, Virginia, USA

AT-LARGE MEMBERS ​

​M. Lidia Herrera

​ John Satumba Cargill, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA​

​ David Pinkston SuperSep Consulting, Decatur, Illinois, USA

Lingyun Chen

Rajan Panandiker Panandiker Consulting, West Chester, Ohio, USA

Bruce Patsey

National University of San Martin, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Oil-Dri Corporation of America, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Naina Shah PepsiCo, Plano, Texas, USA​

Rishi Shukla ADM, Decatur, Illinois, USA

Matt Williamson ADF Engineering, Inc., Miamisberg, Ohio, USA

Yomi Watanabe Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (ORIST), Osaka, Japan

Tong (Toni) Wang

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA​