Schmitt named Argonne director of Human Resources
ARGONNE, Ill. (Jan. 24, 2007) — Don Schmitt has been named the director of Human
Resources Division (HR) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National
Laboratory.
Schmitt is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining policies
and programs that support the work force dedicated to advancing the frontiers
of knowledge in science and engineering. Schmitt manages a wide range of organizational
functions, including employment and placement, compensation, benefits, employee
and labor relations, employee education and development, diversity initiatives
and health services.
“We want this laboratory to maintain its high standing in the scientific community
and be on the cutting edge of scientific discovery and application," Schmitt
said. "To achieve this, we must continue to attract and retain the best
and brightest scientists and engineers. It is important that we offer a competitive
compensation and benefit package, have effectual policies and procedures, and
provide a worker-friendly environment that allows all employees to succeed
to the best of their ability.
“In my new position I expect to be faced with diverse and complex challenges," he
said. "However, I have the good fortune of inheriting a strong, professional
human resources staff with a terrific knowledge and experience base. I am confident
this will serve us well in delivering high quality HR services to the laboratory.”
Schmitt joined Argonne in 1989 after working as a labor economist with the
U.S. Department of Labor in both Washington, D.C., and Chicago. In that role,
he led major national surveys on employee compensation and benefits and authored
several articles in Monthly
Labor Review.
Over the past five years, Schmitt has served as Argonne 's deputy chief operations
officer and has been the laboratory's prime liaison with DOE in performance
management, DOE directives management and laboratory policy. Schmitt has served
on numerous lab-wide committees, including Operations Security, the Information
Technology Policy Board and the Programmatic Administrative Coordinators Team.
He is a member of the International
Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans.
A native of the Chicago suburbs, Schmitt has a bachelor's degree in business
economics from Southern Illinois
University and an MBA from the University
of Chicago.
Argonne National Laboratory brings
the world's brightest scientists and engineers together to find exciting and
creative new solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology.
The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic
and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne
researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities,
and federal, state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific
problems, advance America 's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for
a better future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed
by UChicago
Argonne, LLC for
the U.S.
Department of Energy's Office
of Science.
For more information, please
contact Eleanor Taylor (630/252-5510 or media@anl.gov)
at Argonne.
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