Officers

President
   Chris Bannochie
    Dr. Chris Bannochie is employed as a Fellow Scientist in SRNL and began work at SRS in 1991, serving three of those years as a Visiting Scientist at LLNL in California. His areas of expertise include process development chemistry, inorganic coordination chemistry and metal ion solution chemistry. During his tenure at LLNL, Dr. Bannochie was a member of the LLNL LGBT employee group. He served as the first SRS GLOBE President in 2002/2003 and has served as SRS GLOBE Treasurer since 2007. He received the 2005 American Chemical Society Regional Award for Promoting Diversity in the Chemical Sciences and the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals' (NOGLSTP) 2007 Walt Westman Award for Outstanding Service to the Society. Dr. Bannochie currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of NOGLSTP. He and his husband have been together for 13 years and live in Augusta.
     
Vice-President
   Jake Venzie
  Dr. Jake Venzie joined SRNL in 2006 and works in the Analytical Development Directorate. He specializes in atomic spectroscopy research, development and applications. He is also a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society of Mass Spectrometry and the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals.
     
Secretary
   Rob Swingle
  Rob Swingle is an Aiken native who hired on at the site under DuPont in 1981 as an engineer for Reactor Technology Department. He transferred into the then Savannah River Technology Center in 1993 after the Cold War ended and the reactors were no longer needed. Through his career at SRP/SRS, Rob has worked in chemical and nuclear engineering, chemistry and now investigates contaminant transport for the various low level waste disposal units on site. He is a relatively new member of SRS GLOBE. He has served for several years as the newsletter editor for American Mensa's Gay and Lesbian Special Interest Group and sings in the bass section of his church choir.
     
Treasurer
   Jeff Krohn
  Jeff Krohn joined SRS in 1998 and is currently a manager in SRNS Information Services. As the manager of Computing Infrastructure, he is responsible for SRS Data Centers, Systems Engineering and Database Services, Helpdesk Services, Desktop & Email Services, and Cyber Security Implementation. Jeff has served in a variety of SRS GLOBE officer positions since its inception. He and his partner are Human Rights Campaign Federal Club Members and Capital Campaign Contributors and organize the Aiken Community Parkway Litter Clean up Project.