Pittcon Values
Community
We are proud of our people. We value the volunteer committee and the staff that make Pittcon a reality year after year; we celebrate the dedication of the educators, scientists, and students we support; and we admire our partners for the knowledge and innovation brought annually to our conference and exposition.
Collaboration & Cooperation
We promote the conversations, expand the exchanges, and help further the introductions that inspire scientific solutions to the problems of the modern world.
Innovation & Inspiration
We offer a venue for the exchange of ideas and exhibiting of instrumentation, and through this, a confluence of and for the ingenuity that leads to greater scientific achievement.
Knowledge & Education
We are an assembly, a shared institution of thought, of learning, of research, of state-of-the-art advances in science, an aggregation from which progress is borne.
Respect & Safety
We are an ethical, inclusive, diverse environment of respect and safety in all their forms and applications, for all people.
Commitment & Service
Since 1950, we have provided a first-rate venue for showcasing laboratory instrumentation and scientific advances, and we do this by delivering the highest level of ethical service to our customers, partners, and the international laboratory science community.
Adaptation & Variation
Like science, we adapt to the ever-changing needs of the international scientific community, offering a variety of practice areas, research, and products via a comprehensive range of technical programming, educational courses and workshops, and professional connectivity opportunities.
Philanthropy
What we do, we do for the benefit of others. Proceeds from our annual conference and exposition fund education and outreach activities that encourage science for all.
Connect. Cultivate. Collaborate.
Like science, we adapt to the ever-changing needs of the international scientific community, offering a variety of practice areas, research, and products via a comprehensive range of technical programming, educational courses and workshops, and professional connectivity opportunities.
Meet the 2025/2026 Board of Directors
Donald Antczak
2026 President
Retired – Hampton Township School District
Brian Strohmeier
2027 President
Heather Juzwa
Immediate Former President
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
Tammy Yallum
Executive Director
The Pittsburgh Conference
Dr. Neal Dando
SACP Chair
Retired – Alcoa Technical Center
Dr. C.B. Wang
SSP Chair
PPG Industries
Manny Miller
Former SACP Chair
Retired
Dr. Rose Clark
SSP Member
Saint Francis University
Dr. Bradley Davis
Treasurer
Waynesburg Univesity
Dr. Amit Ghosh
Assistant Treasurer
Covestro
Dr. Charles Gardner
Secretary
Retired – ChemImage Corporation
Meet the Staff
Tammy Yallum, CEM
Executive Director
Shelley Simpson-Forget, CEM, DES
IT/Expo/Registration Manager
Scott Kozuch, DES
Web+Multimedia Manager
Linda Gress
Accountant
Corey Gerheim
Client Relations Manager
Jennifer Greenwald
Short Courses Manager
Jon Handel
Marketing and Communications Manager
Noah Oosting
Marketing Coordinator/Social Media Specialist
John Ventura
Program Coordinator
Bryan Gardner
Administrative Assistant
Science Week
Sponsored by Pittcon, and organized by the SACP+SSP, Science Week offers outreach and support programs for science education in the city that hosts its annual Conference and Exposition.
Science Week in particular offers financial support to assist public and private K-12 schools in developing and improving their science programs.
