Dr. Dawn Mason is currently a Global External Innovation Manager at Eastman Chemical Company in Raleigh, NC. Dawn was previously employed with E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. Dawn earned her B.S. from the University of Missouri – Columbia and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University with Marcetta Darensbourg. Over the last 15 years, Dawn has held a number of managerial positions and successfully led a variety of technology groups contributing in areas from catalysis to polymer modification and from technical service to process improvement. She has a track record driving talent and portfolio management to enable organizations to meet their specific goals.
Dawn is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. She also serves on a number of university advisory boards including the North Carolina State University Hazardous Materials Committee.