Co-Chair: Amy A. Ross, Ph.D., Programming and Mentoring Coordinator for NOGLSTP

Dr. Ross is President of BioLogical Concepts in Los Angeles, CA, and recently served as an Associate Biologist at the California Institute of Technology. She is a founding member of the USC Lambda LGBT Alumni Association and serves on the USC Alumni Associationʼs Board of Governors. She was a founding member of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Scientists. Dr. Ross has organized symposia for NOGLSTP, MentorNet, and Out and Equal; she established four scholarship funds for USC Lambda LGBT Alumni, and has represented NOGLSTP at many career/pride fairs traveling to professional society meetings, universities, Out for Work, Out and Equal Workplace Summit and more.

Co-Chair: Theodore ‘TJ’ Ronningen, Ph.D., Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH

Dr. TJ Ronningen develops novel spectroscopic sensors as a Principal Research Scientist at Battelle Memorial Institute. Battelle is an international science and technology enterprise that explores emerging areas of science, develops and commercializes technology, and manages laboratories for customers. Dr. Ronningen joined Battelle in 2005. He works with scientists and engineers in the Electronics, Sensors and Information Systems product line to address the needs of commercial and government clients. He also carries out research into applications of emerging spectroscopic and data analysis techniques. Dr. Ronningen is a member and leader of Battelle’s LGBT employee resource group. He obtained his Ph. D. in Chemical Physics from The Ohio State University and a B.A. from Wabash College with a major in Chemistry.

Co-Organizer: Rochelle Diamond, Chair of the NOGLSTP Board of Directors.

Ms. Diamond has been a dedicated NOGLSTP leader for over 25 years. She has organized 6 symposia on various topics in conjunction the AAAS Section on Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering and NOGLSTP. She has organized 3 workshops for the Annual Out and Equal Workplace Summit and 4 workshops for the Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native American Scientists National Conference. She is a Member of the Professional Staff at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 1982 managing a developmental immunology research group and the Caltech Flow Cytometry Cell Sorting Facility. Ms Diamond participates in the Caltech community on a number of levels which include membership on the LGBTQ working group committee, establishing the Caltech Mentoring Day with the Caltech Career and Development Center, working Career Fairs on behalf of the Caltech Academic Partnership with MentorNet, past member of the Caltech Womenʼs Center Advisory Board, consultant for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Spectrum LGBTA Group, member and volunteer of Caltech Prism Group. Ms. Diamond is a member of the American Chemical Society serving on local section committees, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), member of the American Association for University Women. She was awarded the Lesbians and Bisexual women Active in Community Empowerment (L.A.C.E.) Award for Professional Achievement (1996) by the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center and the Walt Westman Volunteer of the Year Award (2005) by the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals. She is listed in Whoʼs Who in Science and Engineering, Whoʼs Who of American Women, and Whoʼs Who in the West.