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
Thomas Zacharia
Deputy for Science and Technology
zachariat@ornl.gov 865.574.4897 865.241.2967
Jeff Smith
Deputy for Operations
smithj@ornl.gov 865.574.4322 865.241.2967
Jim Roberto
Director of Strategic Capabilities
robertojb@ornl.gov 865.574.4750 865.241.2967
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
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 
W. Harvey Gray
(Interim ALD)
National Security
graywh@ornl.gov 865.574.1476 865.574.1260
Joe Herndon
Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality
herndonjn@ornl.gov 865.241.1550  865.576.4891 
Martin Keller
Biological and Environmental Sciences
kellerm@ornl.gov 865.574.4333  865.574.9869 
Jeffrey Allen Nichols
(Interim ALD)
Computing and Computational Sciences
nicholsja@ornl.gov 865.574.6224 865.574.4839
Nicole Porter
Legal
porterne1@ornl.gov 865.574.2227  865.241.4456 
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 
Debbie Stairs
Human Resources
stairsdr@ornl.gov 865.574.4189 865.241.2977
Greg Turner
Business and Information Services
turnerg@ornl.gov 865.241.0648  865.576.8346