BMGT is about the business of chemistry.
We focus on the essentials that actualize chemistry’s solutions - like management, safety, regulations, sales and marketing - everything inside and outside the laboratory that develops and produces products that improve our lives and make the world better.
2024 Officers and Executive Committee
Elected Members
Judy Cohen, Chair
Suguna Rachakonda, Chair-Elect
Anne DeMasi, Immediate Past Chair
Kyle Hart, Secretary (2024)
Mick Hurrey, Treasurer (2024-2025)
Janet Bryant, Councilor (2024-2026)
Carol Duane, Alternate Councilor (2024-2026)
Richard Cobb, Member-At-Large (2023-2024)
Appointed Members
Anne DeMasi, Awards Committee Chair
Matt Grandbois, Program Chair
Mevan Dissanayake, Communications Chair
Carol Duane, Regional Meetings Chair
Jarrod Cohen, Membership Chair
Awards and Recognition
2016 ACS Salute to Excellence
2013, 2012, 2011 ACS ChemLuminary Awards
BMGT History
Beginnings
The beginnings of the division go back to the early 1940s, when a group of chemical engineers formed the Technical Service Group of the Chemical Industry (later the Commercial Chemical Development Association).
During 1946, members of the Technical Service Group tried to broaden the membership standards to build a more diverse and inclusive membership. The move failed, but the interested members then explored the possibility of setting up a parallel group in the Society, with the Technical Service Group to provide guidance. The result was the formation, in 1947, of the chemical marketing section of the ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry.
The section became a subdivision of the I&EC division in 1950 and, finally, an independent division. The ACS Division of Chemical Marketing and Economics was formed in September 1952, with Fred A Soderverg as chairman and Hal G. Johnson as secretary-treasurer.
Today
Today, BMGT is a business and management focused organization with global reach.
Our members are managers and leaders in the business community. Together, we provide unique networking opportunities to our members, communicate business trends and topics, and act as a leader for innovation and globalization in the ACS technical divisions.