Executive Staff

Todd M. Osman became Executive Director of MRS in September 2008. Prior to joining MRS, Dr. Osman co-founded The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center and was Technical Director for The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS). He also spent 11 years at United States Steel Corporation as a researcher and technical manager, conducting original research and coordinating cooperative R&D programs. He has authored over 25 articles on topics including commercial and social impact of nanomaterials, materials for nuclear power, computational materials science and engineering, product development and mechanical metallurgy. Dr. Osman is an ex-officio member of the MRS Board of Directors and is the chief staff officer.

J. Ardie (Butch) Dillen, the MRS Director of Finance and Administration, joined MRS in November 2010. He has a broad-based business and financial background stemming from his experience as a senior business consultant, as President/CEO and Senior Vice President-Finance and Administration of a Pittsburgh area community bank, and as an audit supervisor with a national Certified Public Accounting firm. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of numerous for profit and nonprofit organizations. Dillen is a CPA and earned his B.S. degrees in Administration Management, Math and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. Dillen has extensive service as an active volunteer with several nonprofit community and financial industry organizations.

Patricia A. Hastings, Director of Meetings Activities, joined the Materials Research Society Executive Team in 1999 as the Director of Meeting Activities. Pat’s previous 20 years of broad-based experience includes executive positions in meeting planning, sales, marketing and customer service in both private industry and association spheres. Her notable association experience included 5 years at the Society of Automotive Engineers (now, simply “SAE”) and 3 years with the Iron and Steel Society (now AIST). Pat is the in-house lead for the development of all MRS meetings-related scientific content, working with materials research volunteers to create dynamic technical programming. She also has primary budgetary responsibility and oversight for the meeting infrastructure and logistics.

Eileen Kiley Novak, Director of Communications, joined MRS in 2000. Eileen oversees MRS’s journal and book publishing, news, website and e-communications, marketing, public relations and corporate programs (exhibits, advertising and sponsorships), and education and outreach. Since joining MRS, Eileen has worked closely with staff and with volunteers, as liaison to committees, editorial boards, and task forces. She has steered publications from classic print to electronic manuscript processing and delivery and led efforts to enhance the MRS communications portfolio, including the launch of MRS Communications and Materials360 Online. Before joining MRS, Eileen worked as acquisitions editor at the University of Pittsburgh Press. She holds a B.A. in English as well as a Masters of Business Administration. She is an active member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), co-chairing the Annual Meeting Program Committee for two years and currently serving on the Board of Directors.