SafeRock Attends CME Gala in NYC
On December 7, 2021, SafeRock was invited to join the Ninth Leadership Awards Luncheon and Gala Reception of Chemical Marketing and Economics (CME). The Gala honored The Carlyle Group Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus Daniel D’Aniello, and Merck Chairman and CEO Kenneth Frazier. Merck Senior Vice President for Science Research Fiona Marshall accepted the award on behalf of Ken Frazier. The event was held at the New York Metropolitan Club from 11:00 am to 2:30 pm.
The Keynote speaker was NASA Chief Scientist James Green and the event Co-chairs were Molson Coors Chair Peter Coors and J&J Global Head of R&D Mathai Mammen. Speakers included 13-year-old serial entrepreneur Mike Wimmer, recipient of the CME Award of Merit; Tara Ruttley, NASA Liaison with CME; Ksena Takhistova and Steve Barnett, CME Co-Chairs; and George Rodriguez, Awards Founder and Host.
Since 1954, CME has helped the industries of chemistry create sustainable solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges with exciting events, such as the CME STEM NASA Symposium, inspiring the over 150,000 members of the American Chemical Society, including 20,000 students. CME also provides free student industry luncheons on innovation and environmental social governance, scholarships, STEM awards for students and mentors, K-12 science festivals, and mentoring for young women and minorities in the STEM field.
Celebrating today’s leaders and enabling those of tomorrow. This has been the hallmark of the Chemical Marketing & Economics, Inc. (CME), a forward-looking non-profit dedicated to accelerating diverse science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent and leadership for sustainable innovation in energy, materials and life sciences.
About CME
CME brings together Nobel Laureates and the leaders of industry, government, academia, philanthropy, and the public to share cutting-edge insights in exciting events and award-winning programs—such as the CME STEM Leadership Awards™ and CME NASA Symposium co-organized with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Earth’s finest space agency, and Technical Divisions of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
The CME STEM Leadership Awards™ honors leaders with distinction in harnessing the transformative power of chemistry to advance humanity. Past honorees include Nobel Laureates Frances Arnold and Eric Betzig, Craig Venter (Human Genome Project), Roy Vagelos (Merck, Regeneron), James and Marilyn Simons (Simons Foundation), Henry Kravis (KKR), Martin Brudermüller (BASF), Bob Patel (LyondellBasell), Ed Breen (DowDuPont), David Skorton (Smithsonian), James Green (NASA), David Cote (Honeywell), and Robert Langer (MIT).