The Chapter was established in 1975 by environmental professionals in southeast Michigan to educate environmental professionals and students as well as provide an open forum for the discussion of environmental issues. The Chapter was chartered as the "Michigan Chapter Air Pollution Control Association". In the twenty years to follow the international association modified its name from the Air Pollution Control Association to the Air & Waste Management Association and the West Michigan Chapter was chartered. Principal activities of the East Michigan Chapter include sponsoring Michigan Science Fairs, providing scholarships for Michigan environmental graduate students and organizing meetings and technical conferences. The Chapter has tax exempt status as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Past Presidents

			Name	Affiliation
2019	-	2020	Stephanie Jarrett	FTC&H
2018	-	2019	Lori Myott	Lansing Board of Water & Light
2017	-	2018	Lori Myott	Lansing Board of Water & Light
2016	-	2017	Grant Hilbers	DTE Energy
2015	-	2016	J. Brian Gasiorowski	Dickinson Wright
2014	-	2015	Kelly Martorano	Lafarge North America, Inc.
2013	-	2014	Margaret Coughlin	Dickinson Wright
2012	-	2013	Scott D. McQuiston	Lansing Board of Power & Light
2011	-	2012	Kay F. Bedenis	Marathon Petroleum Company LP
2010	-	2011	Cheryl J. Louden	Lansing Board of Power & Light
2009	-	2010	S. Lee Johnson	Honigman, Miller Schwartz & Cohn
2008	-	2009	Margaret Coughlin	Dickinson Wright
2007	-	2008	Elgina M. McCoy	BASF
2006	-	2007	Kathryn A. Buckner	Buckner Law Group
2005	-	2006	David M. Yanochko	ECT
2004	-	2005	John Baguzis	Ford Motor Company
2003	-	2004	Ken J. Gembel	General Motors
2002	-	2003	Larry E. Hartwig	Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality
2001	-	2002	James Walker	Ford Motor Company
2000	-	2001	Kay F. Bedenis	DaimlerChrysler
1999	-	2000	Michael Rodenberg	Detroit Edison
1998	-	1999	Rhonda Ross	Howard and Howard
1997	-	1998	Roger P. Kalinowsky	Great Lakes Steel
1996	-	1997	Robert W. Niemi	Ford Motor Company
1995	-	1996	David R. Bruegel	Dickinson Wright
1994	-	1995	Louis P. Pocalujka	Consumer's Energy
1993	-	1994	Robert Pearce	General Motors
1992	-	1993	Myron Black	Lafarge Cement
1991	-	1992	Kevin Dunn	PetroChem
1990	-	1991	Paul Shutt	Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality
1989	-	1990	Charles Hersey	SEMCOG
1988	-	1989	Robert Pearce	General Motors
1987	-	1988	Thomas J. Wackerman	ASTI
1986	-	1987	Alan M. Greenberg	Wayne County Air Pollution Control Division
1985	-	1986	James A. Carlson	American Motors Company
1984	-	1985	Ralph H. Kummler	Wayne State University
1983	-	1984	Sol P. Baltimore	American Lung Association of Southeast Michigan
1982	-	1983	James N. Howell	Great Lakes Steel
1981	-	1982	Richard J. Powals	PetroChem
1980	-	1981	Nicholas C. Kachman	General Motors
1979	-	1980	William Achinger	Wayne County Air Pollution Control Division
1978	-	1979	Ted Ilgenfritz	Dow Chemical
1977	-	1978	Frank Partee	Ford Motor Company
1976	-	1977
1975	-	1976