DOE Quality Council

Well executed quality assurance programs are essential to achieve the mission of the Department of Energy (DOE). To this end, a core group of DOE Federal managers and/or QA subject matter experts have been assembled to promote improved communication, consistency, and collaboration across the DOE complex. This group will be known as the DOE Quality Council (Council). The Council will provide a forum to identify QA policy needs and recommend resolutions as well as identify and recommend actions for continuous improvement of the quality of DOE work. The Council will assist with improving QA program implementation and maintenance according to the needs of the diverse DOE offices’ requirements. The Council will disseminate, as appropriate, recommendations and suggested improvement actions.

The objectives of the Council are:

• Identify crosscutting QA issues and develop recommendations for a path forward.
• Improve the DOE QA policy (directives)
• Develop mechanisms to evaluate effectiveness of QA implementation
• Assist line management to evaluate effectiveness of QA implementation
• Support quality initiatives across the DOE complex to improve mission effectiveness
• Improve the effectiveness of quality assurance lessons learned (including recording, disseminating and implementing)
• Provide recommendations on training and qualifications programs related to QA
• Work effectively with the EFCOG QA Subgroup
• Establish and maintain a working relationship with other Federal agencies and the private sector regarding QA programs, activities or lessons-learned
• Establish and maintain a working relationship with QA consensus standards bodies and professional organizations
• Assist, as requested, in reviews of QA programs, directives, etc., and
• Consider other objectives related to DOE QA as agreed to by the Quality Council members.

Quality Council Members

Membership August 2008

Name	Org.	Location	Email	Phone
Colette Broussard*	HS-20	GTN-270CC	colette.broussard@hq.doe.gov	301-903-5452
Gary Staffo	EE	FORS	gary.staffo@ee.doe.gov	202-586-9577
Kriss Grisham	EM	GTN-Cloverleaf	kriss.grisham@em.doe.gov	301-903-8478
Mark J. Matarrese	FE	FORS	mark.matarrese@hq.doe.gov	202-586-0491
Sonya Barnett	HS-1.2	GTN	sonya.barnette@hq.doe.gov	301-903-2068
Duli Agarwal	HS-20	GTN-270CC	duli.agarwal@em.doe.gov	301-903-3919
Vijendra Kothari	LM	Morgantown	Vijendra.Kothari@lm.doe.gov	301-285-4579
Joy Mroz	LM	Morgantown	Joy.Mroz@lm.doe.gov	304-285-4106
Laurie Morman	MA	FORS	laurie.morman@hq.doe.gov	202-586-2550
Sam Johnson	NA	GTN	Samuel.johnson@nnsa.doe.gov	301-903-5220
John Ordaz	NA	FORS	John.ordaz@nnsa.doe.gov	202-586-0142
Thahtan Van Ober	NA	FORS	Thanhtan.vanober@nnsa.doe.gov	202-586-1715
Carl Sykes	NE	GTN	carl.sykes@nuclear.energy.gov	301-903-5708
Michael Ulshafer	RW	Nevada	michael.ulshafer@ymp.gov	702-821-8412
Matt Cole	SC	GTN	Matt.Cole@science.doe.gov	301-903-8388
Caroline Polanish	BSO	Brookhaven	POLANISH@BNL.GOV	631-344-5224
Ava Holland	CBFO	WIPP/Carlsbad	ava.holland@wipp.ws	505-234-7423
Robert L Blyth	ID	Idaho	BLYTHRL@ID.DOE.GOV	208-526-1181
Anita B. Leivo	LASO	Los Alamos	aleivo@doeal.gov	505-667-1021
Pat Carier	ORP	Richland	patrick_p_carier@orp.doe.gov	509-376-3574
Al Hawkins	RL	Richland	albert_r_al_hawkins@rl.gov	509-376-9936
William Rowland	SRO	Savannah River	bill.rowland@srs.gov	803-952-8202

* Council Chair

Quality Council Charter

• Draft Quality Council Charter (9/16/2008)