AIChE Treasurer Candidate Question & Answer | AIChE

AIChE Treasurer Candidate Question & Answer

Thursday, August 22, 2013,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Virtual / Online
United States

 On Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 9pm EDT we will have the opportunity to talk to the AIChE Treasurer Candidates.  Please come and find out who Bond Calloway and Dennis Griffith are before voting in the AIChE Board of Directors election.

Mr. T. Bond Calloway, Jr.

AIChE 2014 Treasurer Candidate

Bond Calloway is the Renewable Energy Research Manager at Savannah River National Laboratory. He was elected to the AIChE Board of Directors for 2011–2013. He has served AIChE as 2009 Annual Meeting Program Vice-Chair; Nuclear Engineering Div. Chair/Vice-Chair/Director; Chemical Engineering Technology Operating Council (CTOC) member; Executive Board Program Committee member; and Research and New Technology Committee Chair/Vice Chair. Bond received the first AIChE Herb Epstein Award for the revitalization and growth of AIChE’s Nuclear Engineering Div.

He currently serves as an AIChE Foundation Trustee and on the AIChE Center for Energy Initiatives Executive Board. He has 29 years of experience in the R&D, design, construction, and operation of nuclear waste/chemical process systems. He has been a National Science Foundation peer reviewer and has authored more than 50 papers on topics in energy and environmental research. He led the development of three special energy sections for CEP and helped to found the Center for Energy Initiatives. His research group has won two R&D 100 awards. Bond received his BS from Auburn Univ.

Statement: 

Growing AIChE Through Sound Fiscal Stewardship: In 2012, AIChE had one of its best years financially, and has experienced membership growth through the excellent efforts of AIChE members, staff, board of directors, and executive committee members. Bond is committed to maintaining this positive trend through sound financial management — managing spending and investing assets wisely. His top priorities are expanding AIChE’s membership through development of value-added services with real potential for return on investment, and securing AIChE’s financial future. He believes that enhancing AIChE’s value to industrial, university, international members, chemical engineering students and early-career professionals remains the cornerstone to securing AIChE’s financial future.

Bond would appreciate your vote and support in the upcoming election (bond.calloway@gmail.com).

Mr. E. Dennis Griffith

AIChE 2014 Treasurer Candidate

Dennis Griffith is a Fellow of AIChE and a Senior Project Manager at Granherne, KBR’s front end consulting affiliate. Much of his professional work involves evaluation of the economic viability of projects during their concept development phases, including developing high level and detailed cost estimates and performing financial analyses. His work also includes developing, monitoring, and reporting project budgets. Dennis has a BSChE from The Univ. of Texas at Austin and an MSChE from the Univ. of Michigan.

His AIChE activities have included serving on the Board of Directors and as the Chair and Treasurer of the Fuels and Petrochemicals Div. and the South Texas Section. Dennis also has been a member of the Center for Energy Initiatives’ Executive Committee, and the Chair of the National Program Committee, along with being the Meeting Program Chair, the Co-Meeting Program Chair and the General Arrangements Chair for multiple Spring Meetings. He is currently a member of the Public Affairs and Information Committee and the Societal Impact Operating Council, a Trustee of the AIChE Foundation, and the AIChE representative to the American Association of Engineering Societies’ Professional Licensure Working Group. Through these activities, Dennis has gained a comprehensive knowledge of AIChE procedures and operations. Outside of AIChE, he has held positions of financial responsibility in non-profits and government, including serving on the Spring Valley Village, TX, City Council

Statement:

The Treasurer is responsible for the overall financial health of AIChE, and provides oversight by monitoring and reviewing financial activities of AIChE and reporting the financial status to the Board, which represents the membership. As a key member of the AIChE leadership, the Treasurer is involved in developing policies to be implemented by the Institute and must consider their financial impact on AIChE operations.

Feel free to contact Dennis at DGriffith-AIChE@sbcglobal.net.