Jodie T. Fahey earned her Ph.D. from the University of Northern Colorado in Chemical Education where she studied factors affecting student success in organic chemistry. While there she also earned her M.S. in Organic Chemistry working with the National Renewable Energy Lab on organic-based photovoltaics. She began her career at Manhattan College for a year before beginning at Mount Saint Mary green conversion of experiments.Lynn E. Maelia earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from SUNY Stony Brook in the field of inorganic synthesis and characterization. After a post-doc at Brookhaven National Laboratory, she worked as an analytical chemist for several years before beginning her academic career. Lynn has chaired the Division of Natural Science at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY (2004-2011) and the Mid-Hudson section of the American Chemical Society (2000 & 2013).