Abstract

FOR MY FINAL ACS Comment as chair of the ACS Board of Directors, I want to share reflections on our accomplishments and our future challenges and opportunities. It has been a humbling experience and an absolute privilege to serve as chair of this exceptional group of dedicated colleagues. They devote enormous amounts of time to ACS. Blending disparate backgrounds with intense deliberations, they have become a strong governance team for ACS. The board strengthened its focus on policy and oversight; developed—with staff, governance, and members—a robust strategic plan that has won acclaim from other scientific societies and our members; and developed a culture of mutual respect, candor, trust, and transparency. Continual inquiry into issues is supported by cooperative engagement moving forward. It has been exhilarating to work on challenges facing ACS: implementing our strategic goals, supporting members facing professional challenges, and influencing change in ACS and in society. We advanced our strategic ...

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