Local Section of the Upper Midwest
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Officers
| Chair | Christine Kurtz | Trinity Consultants | (651)275-9900 | ckurtz@trinityconsultants.com |  |
| Vice Chair | Jason Kurdziel | OSI Soft Inc. | (651)894-4230 | jkurdziel@osisoft.com |  |
| Past Chair | Nathan Johnson | Pace Analytical | (651)737-0144 | doc_curtis@rocketmail.com |  |
| Symposium Chair | Open | Open | Open | Open |  |
| Recording Secretary | Justus Hendrickson | Fluor Global Services | (651)438-7282 | justus.hendrickson@fhr.com | |
| Membership Secretary | Jeff Allen | Brown and Caldwell | (651)468-2061 | jallen@brwncald.com |  |
| Treasurer | Cameron McDaniel | Fluor Global Services | Cameron.McDaniel@fhr.com | |
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| Cont. Ed & Awards | Eric Hockert | University of Minnesota | (612)624-9568 | enhockert@umn.edu | |
| Webmaster | Ryan Birkenholz | Golder Associates Inc. | (612)810-0124 | rbirkenholz@golder.com |  |
| Young Professional Chair | Steven Head | University of Minnesota | (763)381-2678 | head0043@d.umd.edu | |
| U of M Chapter Liaison | Prof. Raul Caretta | University of Minnesota | (612)625-8066 | caretta@umn.edu | |
| General Mills Chair | Thomas Kempf | General Mills | (763)764-2873 | thomas.kempf@genmills.com |  |
| Publicity Chair | Hannes Kaestner | (262) 957-7015 | hannes.kaestner@gmail.com | |
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| Your Company Chair | OPEN | |
To provide opportunities for chemical engineers in traditional and nontraditional fields for enhanced professional and personal growth.
- Promote excellence in chemical-engineering education and global practice.
- Advance the development and exchange of relevant knowledge.
- Uphold and advance the profession’s standards, ethics and diversity.
- Enhance the lifelong career development and financial security of chemical engineers through products, services, networking, and advocacy.
- Stimulate collaborative efforts among industry, universities, government, and professional societies.
- Encourage other engineering and scientific professionals to participate in AIChE activities.
- Advocate public policy that embraces sound technical and economic information.
- Facilitate public understanding of technical issues.
- Achieve excellence in operations.