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Penrose C. “Parney” Albright
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PENROSE “PARNEY” C. ALBRIGHT is the 11th Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the second president of Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC. Albright has extensive experience in executive leadership, including policy direction, strategic planning, congressional and executive branch interactions, financial and personnel management of large mission-focused science and technology organizations, and research, development, testing, and evaluation of national security technologies and systems. He has a broad and deep understanding of U.S. military and international security requirements, functions, and processes in the national security arena. Prior to being named director, Albright served as the principal associate director for Global Security at LLNL where he helped guide the Lab’s efforts to broaden its engagement with the national security and energy communities. Albright has successfully developed strong programmatic partnerships with Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories and has led the efforts of the three laboratories to reduce barriers that impede their ability to apply their capabilities in the service of a broader set of sponsors. Read more about Penrose “Parney” C. Albright |
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| THOMAS F. GIOCONDA is the deputy director for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, Inc. (LLNS). As deputy director, Gioconda oversees key institutional priorities; ensures the safe and successful operation and vital infrastructure to support the delivery of all program commitments and deliverables; ensures the recruitment and retention of a quality workforce in the operational areas of the Laboratory; addresses and promotes business and operational efficiencies; and fosters the successful relationships among the Laboratory, LLNS Board of Governors and Partners, Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), Livermore Site Office (LSO), the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), peer organizations and laboratories in the DOE complex, private industry and the local community.
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| FRANCES ALSTON is the director of Environment, Safety & Health. She comes to the Laboratory from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) East Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Ridge where she served as the Environmental Safety, Health and Quality (ES&H) deputy manager. Alston has extensive experience developing, implementing and managing ES&H programs for DOE. The foundation of her career is built on 24 years at DOE’s Savannah River site where she implemented and led ES&H programs. Alston is a Certified Hazards Material Manager and Professional Engineering Manager. She has a doctorate in industrial and system engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management, both from the University of Alabama. Previously, Alston earned a master’s degree in hazardous and waste materials management/environmental engineering from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree in industrial hygiene and safety/chemistry from Saint Augustine’s College.
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| KATHY BAKER brings more than 20 years of diverse experience to her role as Chief Financial Officer, which began in May 2012. She has served in numerous senior operational management roles at Lawrence Livermore, including Work for Others Division manager, deputy controller, controller, and, most recently in addition to controller, acting associate director for the Planning and Financial Services Directorate. Prior to joining the Laboratory in 2001, she served as the business manager of the energy and environmental management group at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) from 1995-2001; and as the project control, contract administrator and contracting officer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from 1984-1995. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington State University and a master’s degree in organizational development from Central Washington University. She is a member of the National Contract Management Association and the Institute of Management Accountants. She reports to the director as LLNL CFO, as well as to the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS) Board of Governors as the LLNS treasurer.
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| DONALD BOYD is the principal associate director for Operations and Business. He has more than 30 years experience serving in multiple senior research and operational leadership roles. Prior to his current assignment, Boyd was deputy principal associate director for Strategic Operations in the Lab’s Global Security Directorate, where he led and managed the science and technology technical staff. Before joining LLNL, he served as the deputy laboratory director for operations at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where he provided oversight for the conduct of research and business operations. Boyd also served as the deputy associate lab director for the Energy Science and Technology Division at Battelle. In this role, he had primary responsibility for effective implementation and management of strategic business plans while assuring excellence in research operations and management. Prior to joining Battelle, he spent six years (1977-1983) with LLNL in the Nondestructive Evaluation Section. He worked on developing inspection solutions supporting the Defense Mission of the Laboratory and was promoted to a group leader and deputy section manager. Boyd attended the U.S. Military Academy. He has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate in materials science and engineering from UC Davis.
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| HAROLD CONNER, JR, is associate director of Facilities & Infrastructure. He has 40 years of Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) experience leading non-nuclear, nuclear, low-hazard and high-hazard operations. He has a record of cost effectively and safely managing and revitalizing facilities and infrastructure at Savannah River Site (SRS), Y-12, K-25, and Idaho National Laboratory Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). He was in a leading management role at SRS for Washington Group from 2000 to 2007, where he led infrastructure management, defense programs, nuclear nonproliferation, nuclear materials management and spent fuels. Conner is a Six Sigma champion and has achieved exemplary safety records at SRS. He also has received several DOE Secretary and NNSA awards for outstanding facilities accomplishments. Conner began his professional career at Lockheed Martin advancing from site manager to vice president of Environmental Safety, Health and Quality to executive vice president and chief operating officer with oversight responsibility of all INEEL operations, including nuclear and non-nuclear programs, environmental management, engineering, construction, maintenance, infrastructure services and emergency preparedness. Conner received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee. He is a registered professional engineer in Tennessee and South Carolina, and is active in the National Organization for Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers and the Board of Public Education Partners in Aiken County, S.C.
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| DONA CRAWFORD has 35 years of computational R&D experience at Lawrence Livermore and Sandia national laboratories. As Associate Director for Computation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Crawford is responsible for a staff of approximately 900 who develop and deploy an integrated computing environment for petascale simulations of complex physical phenomena. This environment includes high-performance computers, scientific visualization facilities, high-performance storage systems, network connectivity, multi-resolution data analysis, mathematical models, scalable numerical algorithms, computer applications, and necessary services to enable Laboratory mission goals and scientific discovery through simulation. Icons for the computing environment provided include the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Program's BlueGene/P DAWN machine (peak 500 trillion floating-point operations per second (TF)) and the ASC Sequoia machine (peak 20 quadrillion floating-point operations per second (PF)).
Prior to her LLNL appointment in July 2001, Crawford was with Sandia National Laboratories since 1976, serving on many leadership projects.
Crawford participates in numerous professional organizations, review teams and panels. She co-chairs the board of directors of CRDF Global, is on the advisory board for the Council on Competitiveness's High Performance Computing Initiative, IBM's Deep Computing Institute's external advisory board and Microsoft's Technical Computing External Advisory Council.
Under Crawfords's leadership, LLNL has launched several initiatives to increase and streamline access to LLNL's unique computing technologies and expertise, including hpc4energy, a no-cost partnership between LLNL and energy companies to use HPC modeling and simulation to spur innovation and advance energy technologies. Dona helped establish Livermore's High Performance Computing Innovation Center, an enterprise that fosters academic and industrial innovation through the use of scientific modeling, predictive simulation, and advanced analytics running on the world's fastest, most efficiently operated, massively parallel computers.
She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and participates in community outreach activities to promote math and science. Crawford received the Computerworld Honors Award in 2006 and was named 2005 Woman of the Year in Science in Alameda County. She has a master's degree in operations research from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Redlands, California.
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PAUL EHLENBACH is the Lab’s general counsel. During his 25 years as an attorney, he has served as a senior corporate manager, private law firm partner and federal government attorney. He has extensive experience in protecting and utilizing intellectual property, and facilitating regulatory compliance and ethical conduct. Ehlenbach has served as vice president and assistant general counsel at The Boeing Company, in Chicago, Ill., where for nine years he led the legal team responsible for defending and prosecuting litigation, conducting investigations and supporting a broad range of compliance activities. Prior to joining Boeing, he was a partner at Perkins Coie in Seattle and also served as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, following a federal court clerkship. He holds a bachelor’s of science degree in political science from Santa Clara University and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. |
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GLENN FOX has more than 20 years' experience working in physical, chemical and life sciences. As acting associate director of the Physical & Life Sciences directorate, he has responsibility for research and development, including nuclear, particle and accelerator science; condensed matter and high-pressure physics; fusion energy; medical physics and biophysics; earth sciences, chemistry optical sciences and instrumentation; and high-energy-density physics. Fox has served in a number of leadership roles at the Lab, including deputy associate director of Science & Technology, leader in the Chemical Sciences Division in Physical & Life Sciences as well the director of the Forensic Science Center. Fox has a doctorate and master's degree in inorganic chemistry from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Lewis and Clark College in Oregon. |
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BILL GOLDSTEIN, deputy director for Science & Technology, leads the strategic deployment of the Laboratory's science and technology capabilities, taking line responsibility for the institutional roadmap portfolio, including the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program, collaborative research with academia and private industry, and institutional planning activities. Prior to his appointment as deputy director, Goldstein served as associate director of Physical & Life Sciences, where he had responsibility for a broad range of physics research and development; medical physics and biophysics; chemistry; optical sciences and instrumentation; and high-energy-density physics. He has been a strong contributor to stockpile stewardship by generating data that underlies advanced codes and simulations. Goldstein led the creation of the Jupiter Laser Facility and, in 2006, oversaw completion of Titan, a unique new Jupiter Laser Facility capability. Goldstein was a postdoctoral research associate, Theoretical Physics Group, at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He received his doctorate in theoretical physics from Columbia University, New York, and a bachelor's degree in physics from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Physical Society and on the board of directors of the National Science Foundation Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology at UC Davis. He has received numerous awards and has authored or co-authored more than 70 papers in the fields of elementary particle theory, nuclear physics, atomic physics, X-ray physics and plasma spectroscopy. |
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BRUCE GOODWIN is the principal associate director for Weapons and Complex Integration at Lawrence Livermore and has lead the nuclear weapons program at LLNL since 2001. He has been a key player in the success of the nuclear weapons program since 1981, first at Los Alamos National Laboratory and then at LLNL since 1985. He led the process to certify LLNL nuclear weapons and was responsible for establishing priorities, developing strategies and designing and maintaining LLNL’s nuclear weapons; for the past ten years he has been responsible for leading the Stockpile Stewardship Program. Goodwin lead the development of innovative reuse methods to extend stockpile lifetimes and streamline manufacturing. He champions cutting edge high performance computing for national security and broad national competitiveness. He won the Department of Energy E.O. Lawrence Award for innovative weapons science for demonstrating that plutonium behaves in a fundamentally different way than previously thought -- now the basis for understanding weapons performance. Goodwin received his doctorate and master’s degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois, and a bachelor’s degree in physics from City College of New York. He is a member of the American Physical Society, a recipient of many awards and the author of numerous publications. As one of the world’s leading theoretical experts in plutonium and implosion dynamics, he often presents weapons physics to the community, officials and members of Congress. |
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MONYA LANE is the associate director of Engineering. She has more than 30 years of experience working in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory programs. As associate director of Engineering, she is responsible for leading a diverse organization of approximately 1600 that provides engineering science and technology to ensure the success of the Laboratory’s programs and institutional goals. These efforts include both large- and small-scale systems and components engineering, computational code development and simulation, engineering design and requirements, specialty manufacturing, prototyping and assembly, experiment execution, and the operation of critical engineering facilities. Engineering personnel manage numerous projects requiring complex interactions and a multidisciplinary team approach. Much of the work involves the simultaneous integration of multiple technologies—from large-scale, complex applied physics systems to microscale engineering. Lane also oversees and directs engineering research and development activities in computational engineering, micro- and nanotechnologies, pulsed power, precision engineering, advanced diagnostics, and knowledge management systems. Monya Lane previously served as acting associate director of Engineering, deputy associate director of Engineering, and has had leadership positions in mission areas including the National Ignition Facility, Defense Program, Environmental Restoration, Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation, Inertial Confinement Fusion, and Magnetic Fusion Energy. She joined the Lab in 1979 after earning her degree in mechanical engineering from San Jose State University. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of California and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers. |
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JOHN LEWIS is the Lab’s director of Security. He is a former special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he served for 30 years. Prior to leaving the FBI he was in charge of the Phoenix, Ariz., field office, where he was responsible for all operational activity in Arizona including counterterrorism, national security, criminal, special event preparedness and response, as well as community, cross-border, and media relations. Lewis has extensive experience leading personnel and management of operational and fiscal programs addressing international and domestic terrorism, counterintelligence, cyber crime, intelligence collection, and other federal criminal jurisdictional areas. During his tenure with the FBI, Lewis also was responsible for multi-agency special event planning/crisis response plans for events such as the 2006 Olympics in Italy, 2004 Olympics in Greece, 2004 G-8 Summit in Atlanta, and multiple NFL Super Bowls, NBA and Major League Baseball championships. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Southeastern University in Washington, D.C. |
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MICHAEL MERRITT is the associate director of Nuclear Operations. He has more than 30 years of substantive experience in nuclear operations including Federal government service and within contractor organizations. He previously served as the LLNL Deputy Associate Director for Nuclear Operations. In this role, he managed efforts to enhance the safety and compliance of LLNL nuclear facilities and led the Nuclear Operations efforts for re-verification of Integrated Safety Management as the Functional Area Manager for nuclear operations, conduct of operations, and packaging and transportation. Merritt is also the chairman on several LLNL committees including the Radiation Safety and ALARA Committee, the co-chair of the Los Alamos/ Livermore Joint Nuclear Operations and Safety Council, and the Conduct of Operations Stakeholder Advisory Group. Prior to joining LLNL, Merritt served as the LLNL Site Representative for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) where he was responsible nuclear safety oversight and representing the DNFSB to DOE/NNSA, government officials, and the public. Previously, Merritt was a member of the DNFSB’s senior staff in Washington, DC where he was responsible for operations to safely stabilize nuclear material across the DOE complex; including plutonium stabilization operations at the Savannah River Site, Rocky Flats, and Hanford. Before joining the DNFSB, Merritt worked within the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (Naval Reactors) as a project manager and senior nuclear engineer at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory supporting the overhaul and refueling of nuclear reactor prototypes. Merritt began his career at General Dynamics – Electric Boat Division, as a Nuclear Construction Engineer supporting the construction of OHIO Class (Trident) nuclear submarines. Merritt earned his master’s degree in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his bachelor’s degree in ocean engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology. He is a member of the American Nuclear Society, the Heath Physics Society and the Alpha Nu Sigma - Nuclear Engineering Honor Society. |
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ED MOSES is the principal associate director of NIF and Photon Science. He has 18 years of experience developing Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) laser systems and 30 years of experience developing and managing complex laser systems and high-technology projects. As associate director (AD) for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Program from 2005 to 2007, he was responsible for completing construction and bringing into full operation the world’s largest optical instrument for achieving ignition in the laboratory and for studying inertial fusion energy. He has been instrumental in sustaining the program’s current strong performance. Moses joined Lawrence Livermore in 1980, becoming program leader for Isotope Separation and Material Processing, and deputy AD for Lasers. From 1990 to 1995, he was a founding partner of Advanced Technology Applications, which advised clients on proposing on and designing high-technology projects. He returned to LLNL in 1995 as assistant AD for program development, Physics and Space Technology. Moses received his bachelor’s degree and doctorate from Cornell University in New York. He has won numerous awards, including the 2003 NNSA Award of Excellence for Significant Contribution to Stockpile Stewardship, the 2004 DOE Award of Excellence for the first joint LLNL/Los Alamos National Laboratory experiments on NIF, and the D.S. Rozhdestvensky Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Lasers and Optical Sciences. He holds seven patents in laser technology and computational physics. |
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Mike Payne |
MIKE PAYNE is the acting associate director for Business Operations and the acting chief information officer (CIO). He has more than 30 years of experience in business and information technology functions. As CIO, Payne is responsible for the leadership, management and financial oversight of all enterprise information technology activities, including unclassified networks and telecommunications, desktop lifecycle, enterprise applications, cyber security, and data center operations. Payne joined Lawrence Livermore in October 2007, where, prior to becoming associate director for Business Services, he served as the deputy associate director for Information Systems and Technology, and the Information and Communications Systems Department head. Prior to joining the Laboratory, Payne held a variety of management roles, including chief information officer at the Nevada Test Site and chief information officer for the Yucca Mountain Project. He has successfully led several large enterprise-wide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations, leading to the re-engineering of related business processes and functions including Finance, Budget, Supply Chain Management, Project Controls, Property, Human Resources, and Payroll. Prior to working in the DOE complex, Payne worked for IBM and petro-chemical companies. Payne received a bachelor's degree in computer information science from Eastern New Mexico University in 1978. |
Harry "Bruce" Schultz |
HARRY "Bruce" SCHULTZ is the contractor assurance officer for the Management Assurance Office (MAS). The MAS Office aligns the Laboratory's assurance, ISO certification and quality management functions. As contract assurance officer Schultz provides an integrated set of assurance processes, service and tools to operate Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and is a key foundation upon which NNSA's Contract Reform initiatives are based. Schultz has 32 years of experience including conduct of operations, quality assurance, training, operations, project management, startup testing and commissioning, integrated safety management system and ISO certification, and environmental management. Prior to joining the Laboratory in 2009, Bruce served in a broad spectrum of assignments including the director of ES&H Programs Regulatory Support Services at the Idaho National Laboratory, project manager at Rocky Flats and project manager at the Nevada Test Site and Environmental Area Functional Manager at Lawrence Livermore. |
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Bruce Warner |
BRUCE WARNER has more than 32 years of experience working in management and leadership at the Laboratory. He currently serves as Principal Associate Director of Global Security, and is a member of the director’s Senior Executive Team supporting the director in the management of Laboratory operations and programs. In his role as principal associate director, Warner is responsible for applying LLNL’s multidisciplinary science and technology to anticipate, innovate and deliver responsive solutions for the nation’s complex, global, national, homeland and energy security challenges. From 1999-2006 Warner served as a senior manager in the National Ignition Facility Programs Directorate. Prior to NIF, Warner was the program leader for the Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation program. Warner joined the Laboratory in 1979 as a physicist. He is an expert in laser based isotope separation and holds eight patents in laser technology and laser processing applications. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of California at San Diego, and his master’s and Ph.D. in in physics from the University of Colorado. |
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Art Wong |
ART WONG is the associate director of Strategic Human Resources Management. He joined the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1979, and has held numerous positions in Human Resources, including service as deputy associate director, Strategic Human Capital Management. Wong is a highly qualified senior human resource professional and executive with extensive Laboratory background and broad experience working with the Department of Energy, local community leaders, academia on the national level and with DOE complex-wide human resource professionals. He has championed many initiatives including the development and implementation of leadership and management development programs, strategic recruiting and succession planning, work-life and diversity programs and integrated human resources information systems. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and a master's degree in human resources and organization development from the University of San Francisco. |
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