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Ray Turner
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Ray Turner heads the Operations Department at the Joint Genome Institute. He received his B.S. in Finance from the University of Utah and was commissioned into the United States Navy in 1980. After completion of flight training, he served in various Strategic Management and training positions within the Navy. In 1995, he received a Master's Degree in financial management from the Naval Postgraduate School and served as the comptroller at Naval Air Station Alameda during the base closure process. After completion of a 21-year Navy career, he joined a San Francisco Bay Area healthcare information technology company where he served as the Vice President of Finance and Vice President/General Manager of the Health Information Management Division. Ray joined the Joint Genome Institute in October 2005 and oversees the Finance, Human Resources, Facilities, and Administration departments at the facility.