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as well as in Spain, Luxembourg, Northern
Ireland and Japan. The systems are critical for
millions of pounds of production each year at
operations that run 24/7. Gassette’s extensive
travel with DuPont includes trips to each of
these locations multiple times to implement
and support use of the systems.
James Nesbit
Nesbit was instructor of woodwinds at the
Armed Forces School of Music and has served
on the faculties at Old Dominion University,
Hampton University, Chowan University and
is currently instructor of saxophone and jazz
winds at the College of William and Mary
and saxophone and bassoon at the Governor’s
School for the Arts. Nesbit has been Personnel
Manager for the Virginia Symphony since 2007.
Nesbit travels abroad frequently, conducting
chamber music workshops for deserving
students in economically depressed nations
and looks forward to his first trip to Cuba in
2017. Since 2016 he has served as President of
the Board of Directors of the Hampton Roads
Chamber Players.
Suzette M.
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Schultz
quickly as possible. She and her team recently
shattered the previous record for getting a
life-saving drug for lung cancer to market in
under 6 hours.
Beyond her work, Schultz devotes most of
her spare time to giving back to the community.
She delivered a 2014 commencement speech
at Penn State New Kensington and endowed
the campus with a scholarship, providing
funding to Plum graduates who need financial
aid. She recently guest lectured at Penn State,
Main Campus, and frequently provides mentor
and career guidance to the next generation of
female engineers. She is a current member and
former board chair of AIChE, immediate past
president of Girls Inc of Delaware, and was the
2013 Chemical Engineer of the Delaware Valley
and 2014 Engineer of the Year of the Delaware
Valley (Philadelphia area).
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James Nesbit received his B.S. from
Duquesne University in 1981. He was solo
clarinet with the New York Harlem Opera
Ensemble’s European tour of “Porgy and Bess”
in 1981-82 and lead alto saxophone with the
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1982-84). He has
appeared with Tony Bennett, Wayne Newton,