Natalie McClure, PhD

I am serving my third term as Councilor for Silicon Valley section.  I am also currently serving on the LSAC (Local Section Activities Committee).  This is the National ACS committee that administers the local section programs with funding opportunities, shared ideas for novel programs, celebrations of the ChemLuminary Awards, and advice and support for sections that are in disarray. Since I have now completed my term as Chair of the local section, I hope to devote more time to ACS National activities and planning the ACS Western Regional meeting scheduled for 2025.

Biography

Natalie McClure is a regulatory affairs consultant with extensive experience in drug development, regulatory affairs and quality assurance.  She obtained her PhD in Organic Chemistry from Stanford University in 1979 and BS in Chemistry from the University of Michigan.  She started her career at Syntex Research, working in the process development laboratories on new synthetic approaches to prostaglandin and large scale peptide synthesis and then changed career direction to drug regulatory affairs.   Natalie is also an instructor at the UC Berkeley Extension program offering several courses in drug development and regulatory affairs.  She has been very active in ACS Silicon Valley section, serving as Chair and Councilor.  Natalie currently serves on the Local Section Activities Committee (LSAC) for ACS at the national level, and is completing another term as local section Chair.  She is passionate about introducing students to the excitement and fun of science.