LLNS Board of Governors
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS) is managed by a board of governors, a group of key scientific, academic, national security and business leaders from the LLNS partner companies.

LLNS’ management team includes Bechtel National, Inc., the University of California, Babcock and Wilcox Company, Washington Division of URS Corporation and Battelle Memorial Institute.

The board was created to provide oversight to the Laboratory and ensure LLNS delivers the best combination of scientific research and development, business management and operations, national security and nuclear safety in support of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s missions.

biographical sketches

Chairman
Norman J. Pattiz is the founder and chairman of Westwood One, America's largest radio network, and currently serves on the Board of Regent of the University of California, the world’s largest academic institution. Pattiz also chairs the Board of Governors of Los Alamos National Security, LLC. Pattiz has served as a member of the UC Regents' Committee on Oversight of the Department of Energy Laboratories since 2001 and as its chairman since 2007. In addition, Pattiz is a former member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), and past president of the Broadcast Education Association.

Vice Chairman
Craig M. Albert is President of Bechtel Systems & Infrastructure, Inc. (BSII) and Senior Vice President of Bechtel Group, Inc. He also serves as vice chair of the Board of Governors at Los Alamos National Security. Craig began his career in 1985 with Westinghouse Electric Corporation as an engineer and was later appointed Manager of Business Development for Westinghouse's Government Business. In 1998 he joined Bechtel National, Inc. in a senior business development position focused on defense and environmental programs. Subsequent positions included Project Manager at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Project, Bechtel's Elm Road Generating Station Project, Bechtel's Queensland Curtis Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Project off the coast of eastern Australia, and Operations Manager of the Bechtel Nuclear Power Business Line. He was appointed President of BSII in January, 2011.

Steven Beckwith is the University of California’s vice president for research and graduate studies. He is director emeritus of the Space Telescope Science Institute and a professor of physics and astronomy at The Johns Hopkins University’s Space Telescope Science Institute. He served as the managing director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg, Germany, and was a professor in the astronomy department at Cornell University.

Bruce Darling is the vice president laboratory management, University of California.  Vice President Darling is responsible for the University's management oversight of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.  He is a member of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Advisory Board and serves on the Executive Committees of the Boards of Governors of Los Alamos National Security LLC and Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC.  Darling has been a Vice President at the University since 1996.  He previously held administrative positions at the University of California San Diego, including Vice Chancellor and President of the UCSD Foundation and various positions at the National Science Foundation, including Special Assistant to the NSF Director. Darling is a member of the Board of Directors of the California Council on Science and Technology and the Judicial Council of California's Leadership Group on Civics Education.

Sidney Drell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of theoretical physics (emeritus) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University. Drell, who served as SLAC’s deputy director until retiring in 1998, has been active as an adviser to the executive and legislative branches of government on national security and defense technical issues. He is a founding member of JASON, a group of academic scientists who consult for the government on issues of national importance.

William Frazer is senior vice president, emeritus of the University of California and professor of physics emeritus, UC Berkeley. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Armenia, and chairs the external advisory panel for the UC-Caltech Thirty-Meter Telescope project. From 1981 to 1991 he was provost of UC's campus system. In addition to academic planning for and admissions to the University, his responsibilities included oversight of the scientific programs of the Los Alamos, Livermore, and Berkeley national laboratories.

John Gordon served in the White House as the president’s homeland security adviser from June 2003 to June 2004 and as deputy national security adviser for counterterrorism from June 2002 to June 2003. Prior to joining the White House, he served as the first administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and undersecretary of the Department of Energy, responsible for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. As an Air Force four-star general, he was the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency from October 1997 to June 2000.

John P. Howanitz is the general manager of Nuclear Security & Allied Governments for Bechtel National, Inc., and oversees a portfolio of government projects that includes management and operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Pantex Plant. He has responsibility for project performance and customer satisfaction and shares in the accountability of winning new work in the business line. He has over 29 years with Bechtel, where he has gained extensive program and project management, site management, construction, and nuclear operations experience.

Richard Mies is the president and chief executive officer of Hicks and Associates, Inc. He serves concurrently as the deputy group manager of the Transformation, Training, Test and Logistics Group at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Mies served as senior vice president and head of the Strategies and Security Sector in SAIC, a high-technology research and engineering company. Mies joined SAIC after completing a distinguished 35-year career in the U.S. Navy, retiring as an admiral. He commanded U.S. Strategic Command for four years prior to retirement.

Nicholas G. Moore is the recently retired global chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the professional services firm formed in July 1998 by the merger of Coopers & Lybrand LLP and Price Waterhouse. Moore most recently served as chairman of Coopers & Lybrand International as well as chairman and CEO of Coopers & Lybrand LLP (the U.S. firm). Following the merger, he served as chief executive officer of the U.S. firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers and for three years as global chairman of PwC.

DAVID PETHICK is president of the Energy & Environment Business Group of URS Corporation's Washington Division. Pethick has more than 36 years of nuclear industry management experience, including 20 years in U.S. Naval Reactors nuclear fuel component manufacturing. He has served as the executive vice president for operation of the URS Washington Division, working in both the DOE's environmental managment market and in the unit's business expansion in Europe. Before joining the URS Washington Division, Pethick was the corporate vice president for planning and business development for McDermott International. In addition, he has served as general manager for five government businesses and an armament and defense manufacturing plant. He also served as a vice president for General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division, and he held management positions in nuclear-fuel component manufacturing services performed for the U.S. Navy, including health, safety, and licensing work involving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and procurement.

jeff wadsworth is the senior executive responsible for Battelle’s laboratory management business. He was the director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2003-2007. Prior to that he served a year at Battelle’s world headquarters and was a member of the White House Transition Planning Office for the Department of Homeland Security. He served 10 years as a senior manager at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

David Walker is a senior vice president of Bechtel and president of Bechtel National, Inc. Prior to this assignment, he was president of Fossil Power, where he was responsible for strategy, business development, operations and financial results. He has over 30 years with Bechtel, most of which has been in the power industry.

Craig Weaver is executive vice president and manager of strategy, marketing and business development for Bechtel Systems and Infrastructure, Inc. and Bechtel National, Inc. In addition, he serves on the board of managers for several companies that manage and operate Department of Energy sites, including Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC; BWXT Y-12, LLC and Washington Savannah River Company.