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| Executive Committee Erika Squitieri - President E-mail: esquit83ewb@gmail.com Erika Squitieri graduated with honors from Villanova University in 2005 with a BS in Chemical Engineering. She has since worked for Air Products and Chemicals for over 5 years in various process engineering positions, two of which were at plants, allowing her to gain practical engineering experience through hands-on learning and problem-solving. Erika has been a committed member of the EWB-LVP chapter since 2008 and has previously served two consecutive terms as chapter secretary.
 Carl Zvanut - Vice President Carl Zvanut is currently the Director of Merchant R&D at Air Products. He has a BS from Lehigh University and a PhD from Cornell, both in Chemical Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.
Susana Ramos - Secretary Susana Ramos graduated from Lehigh University in 2010 with a Master of Science in Chemistry. She has been working in Research and Development for Performance Material at Air Products and has been heavily involved with the Kutztown Rotary Club and EWB-LV Projects. Susana was the Past EWB-LV Webmaster, 2010-2011. Her hobbies include gardening, hiking, walking, traveling, and listening to pop music.
Jamee Pemberton - Treasurer
Jamee Pemberton has her own business as an engineering consultant. She
has over 25 years of engineering experience in chemical process and plant
designs. She is a 1982 graduate of the University of Detroit with a Bachelor of
Science in Chemical Engineering. Prior to starting Pemberton Consulting, Inc., she was a Senior Process Engineer for Specialty Minerals (formerly Pfizer) where she worked for 19 years. Before that she worked for Union Carbide Corp., Linde Division in Air Separation and Specialty Gas Plants as a plant and staff engineer, she also was a maintenance and customer service supervisor. Her hobbies are hiking (including completing the AT in 2008), gardening and quilting.
Lori Cirucci - Community Outreach Committee Chair Education: BS - Biology, MS - Educational Technology, Principal Certification Job Title: Science Teacher Interests: Reading, travel, science
Diana Dunn - Project Coordination Committee Chair Education: MS - Chemical Engineering Job Title: Lead Research Engineer Interests: Running, cycling
Gwenn Carr - Communications Committee Chair Gwenn Carr is a Principal of The Pegasus Organization®, a project management consulting firm which specializes in embedding project management best practices. She has facilitated thousands of hours of project management education workshops and has over 30 years of experience as a project manager, educator and consultant for many Fortune 500 companies. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), Gwenn holds an M.Ed. and certifications in Logistics, Safety Studies and Developing a Curriculum (DACUM®). Her interest in working with people to enhance their project management competencies and performance grew out of her own frustration working on projects where team members and sponsors had varying skill levels which led to difficulties in communication and in executing project tasks and responsibilities.
Hobbies include buying lots of clothes and toys for her granddaughters, developing videos, developing her scuba diving skills and participating as an active member of the Allentown West Rotary Club.
 Keith Adams - Membership Committee Chairs Keith Adams “As Membership Chair, I am very interested in identifying contacts at the many technical-based companies in the greater Lehigh Valley area. Please send me your leads so we may build our membership to levels that can support our very worthy international and local projects.”
Javad Tavakoli - University Relations Committee Chair Javad Tavakoli is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Lafayette College. He has been at Lafayette since fall 1988. Prior joining Lafayette College, he was a research scientist at ML Energia, Inc., in Princeton, New Jersey. His main teaching areas are reaction kinetics and reactor design, chemical engineering laboratories, chemical processes in environmental engineering, and alternative energy sources. His research focuses on renewable energy, catalysis, industrial wastewater treatment, and hazardous waste treatment. Javad has earned his Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of technology in 1988, M.S. from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1978, and B.S. from Shiraz University (Iran) in 1973, all in chemical engineering. He has travelled with EWB students of Lafayette College to Honduras and joined EWB-LVP since 2008.
Herb Klotz - Fundraising Committee Chair Past President, 2010-2011 Herb is currently Manager of the Innovation Process Center at Air Products and Chemicals. The Innovation Process Center manages the infrastructure, processes, metrics and education associated with new offering development. His twenty nine year career at Air Products has included a variety of research roles in thermodynamic modeling, computational chemistry and laboratory automation, and technology management roles in air separation technology and intellectual asset management. Herb graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1980 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1985. He has previously served as chair of the communications committee and Vice President of EWB-LVP.
 Sean graduated from Lehigh University in 1998 with a B.A. in Architecture and a B.S. in Civil Engineering with a focus in structures. Upon graduation he worked six months for the Swiss structural engineer Jurg Conzett in Chur, Switzerland before earning his doctorate at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in 2004. While completing his doctorate, Sean collaborated with his architect-wife to design and oversee the construction of a community health and education center in Sierra Leone, Western Africa, for the non-governmental organization Mercy Ships. This experience inspired him to pursue a career in site civil because of this discipline's profound impact on the appearance of the built environment and on overall environmental health. Sean presently works for Keystone Consulting Engineers, Inc., a prominent Lehigh Valley civil engineering firm, and resides in Stockertown, Pennsylvania with his wife and three children.
 John F. Cirucci - Past President and Founder E-mail: ciruccjf@airproducts.com John Cirucci received his BS Degree in Chemical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1981 and his MS Degree in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1992. He has worked at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. since 1981, holding various positions in applications developments, process design and process technology development. He holds 11 patents in reaction and separation processes. John joined Engineers Without Borders in 2006 and affiliated with the Mid-Atlantic Professionals chapter (Philadelphia). In Spring of 2007 he become a professional mentor for the Lehigh University student chapter. He is actively working with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to form a national partnership with EWB and is the chair of the newly formed EWB Liaison Committee of AIChE. He also serves on the AIChE Societal Impact Operating Council and is the AIChE Ambassador to Lehigh University. John resides near Schnecksville, Pennsylvania with his two children and wife, Lori, who teaches Science in the Bethlehem Area School District. He enjoys hiking, backpacking, hunting, fishing, canoeing, reading, garage science and many other temporal hobbies.
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