Leadership Team

In the chart below, brief profiles of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Leadership Team members are linked to each member's name. For more information about ORNL management, please contact us at news@ornl.gov.

Team Members E-mail Phone Fax
Thom Mason
Laboratory Director		 masont@ornl.gov 865.576.2900 865.241.2967
Jim Roberto
Deputy for Science and Technology		 robertojb@ornl.gov 865.574.4750 865.241.2967
Jeff Smith
Deputy for Operations		 smithj@ornl.gov 865.574.4322 865.241.2967
Frank Akers
National Security		 akersfhjr@ornl.gov 865.241.3830 865.574.9523
Ian Anderson
Neutron Sciences		 andersonian@ornl.gov 865.241.1499 865.576.3041
Tom Ballard
Partnerships		 ballardt@ornl.gov 865.241.1948 865.241.4265
Lori Barreras
Human Resources		 barrerasl@ornl.gov 865.574.4189  865.241.2977
Kelly Beierschmitt
Nuclear Operations		 beierschmitt@ornl.gov 865.241.7600 865.241.7603
Scott Branham
Audit and Oversight		 branhams@ornl.gov 865.241.7614  865.241.7595 
Michelle Buchanan
Physical Sciences		 buchananmv@ornl.gov 865.574.1144 865.574.0323
Dana C. Christensen
Energy and Engineering Sciences		 christensend@ornl.gov 865.574.9599 865.576.6118 
Herb Debban
Facilities and Operations		 debbanh@ornl.gov 865.241.7612  865.241.7610 
Joe Herndon
Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality		 herndonjn@ornl.gov 865.241.1550  865.576.4891 
Gary K. Jacobs (Interim)
Biological and Environmental Sciences		 jacobsgk@ornl.gov 865.574.4333  865.574.9869 
Nicole Porter
Legal		 porterne1@ornl.gov 865.574.2227  865.241.4456 
Jim Roberto (Acting)
University Partnerships		 robertojb@ornl.gov 865.574.4168 865.576.6183
Mike Rochford
Global Initiatives		 rochfordmt@ornl.gov 865.241.9244  865.241.0240 
Ned Sauthoff
U.S. ITER Project 		sauthoffnr@ornl.gov 865.574.5947 865.574.6108
Billy Stair
Communications and External Relations 		stairb@ornl.gov 865.574.4160  865.574.0595 
Greg Turner
Business and Information Services		 turnerg@ornl.gov 865.241.0648  865.576.8346
Thomas Zacharia
Computing and Computational Sciences		 zachariat@ornl.gov 865.574.4897 865.574.4839