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PENROSE C. "PARNEY" 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.
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In 2010, THOMAS F. GIOCONDA was selected as Deputy Director for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL),
managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, Inc. (LLNS). As Deputy Director, Tom 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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DONALD BOYD Donald Boyd 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, 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 over 31 years of computational management experience at
Lawrence Livermore and Sandia national laboratories. She has been the associate director for the Computation directorate, at LLNL since
2001, with responsibility for the operation of high-performance computers, scientific visualization facilities, high-performance
storage systems, network connectivity, multiresolution data analysis, mathematical models, scalable numerical algorithms, computer
applications and services that enabled LLNL mission goals and scientific discovery through simulation. Icons for the computing
environment provided include the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Program's BlueGene/L (BG/L) machine and the ASC Purple
machine. BG/L is the fastest computer in the world, and Purple is ranked No. 4. With Sandia from 1976 to 2001, Crawford went
from project leader in the Computation Department to director of the Model-based Design and Manufacturing Integration Program.
She participates in more than 30 professional organizations and is on the board of directors of the Civilian Research and
Development Foundation and the advisory board of the Council on Competitiveness High Performance Computing. She leads and
chairs professional review teams, panels and boards. Crawford received the Computerworld Honors Award (2006) and was named
2005 Woman of the Year in Science in Alameda County. She received a master's degree in operations research from Stanford
University and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Redlands, Calif.
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TOMAS DIAZ DE LA RUBIA was appointed deputy director for Science & Technology in June 2010, to steward the continued long-term health
of science, technology and engineering at the Laboratory. He has served as an associate director for Chemistry, Materials & Life Sciences.
Since June 2009, he has been the acting S&T principal associate director and Laboratory chief R&D officer. In addition, Díaz de la Rubia led the
development of LLNL’s scientific and engineering strategic human capital and in helping plan for the Laboratory’s future through the
100-day plan and the creation of the five-year strategic roadmap. Díaz de la Rubia joined the Laboratory as a postdoc in
1989 and since 2002 has held a variety of senior management positions. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed
articles focused on the application of high-performance computing to materials properties in extreme environments, and co-edited
several books. His work has been cited more than 5,800 times. Díaz de la Rubia was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2002
and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007. In addition to being a member of the Board of Directors of
the Materials Research Society between 2002 and 2005, he was the vice chair (chair elect) of the Division of Computational Physics of the APS in 2008.
He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree (summa cum laude) and a Ph.D. in physics from The State University of New York, Albany.
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During his 25 yeas as an attorney, PAUL EHLENBACH 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 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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REGGIE GAYLORD is the acting director of Environment, Safety & Health.
Prior to this he served as deputy director, handling financial and personnel management, strategic planning, cross-directorate issues,
as well as representing the organization inside and outside LLNL. With more than 15 years experience at LLNL, Gaylord has worked in
Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Management, Global Security, Chemical Sciences Division, and the Director's Office. He represents
ES&H on institutional committees and working groups, and works closely with programmatic, scientific and operations managers across
the Laboratory to deliver ES&H services in a cost-efficient and effective manner. Reggie also manages the LLNL Beryllium Project
with institutional responsibility for coordinating LLNL's response to beryllium safety concerns. Gaylord has a bachelor's degree
in physical sciences from UC Berkeley and master's in biomedical physics from UCLA.
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BILL GOLDSTEIN has over 21 years of leadership experience in
physical science at Lawrence Livermore. As associate director of Physics and Advanced Technologies since 2000, he has had
responsibility for a broad range of physics research and development, including nuclear, particle and accelerator science;
condensed matter and high-pressure physics; fusion energy; medical physics and biophysics; 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. He oversees the Livermore branch of the University of California's Institute of Geophysics
and Planetary Physics and the Institute for Laser Science and Applications, which strengthens collaborations between LLNL
laser researchers and the academic community. For more than a decade, Goldstein has supported major National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of Energy Office of Science and Department of Homeland Security program goals. He
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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STEPHEN JOHNSON was Director of the Office of Contractor Assurance
at Washington Savannah River Company (WSRC), where he was responsible for contractor assurance system functions including management
and independent assessment; event reporting, lessons learned; worker feedback; issues management and performance measures. Johnson
has 15 years of senior management experience with WSRC in the areas of conduct of operations, training, performance-based self-assessment
and oversight, safety management and nuclear activity startup. Johnson is a former nuclear-trained submarine officer with more than 24 years
of U.S. Naval service, earning the rank of captain and serving as commanding officer of a fast attack nuclear submarine. The highlight of
his command tour was an extended under-ice Arctic deployment. Johnson also served as commanding officer of the Submarine Training Facility
in Charleston, S.C. Johnson received his bachelor's degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and studied systems analysis
at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
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MONYA LANE 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. 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 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 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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AL MOSER has been acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since
November 2010. He was appointed Deputy CFO in 2005, and had responsibility for implementing the Enterprise Project
Accounting and Reporting (EPAR) System, participating in the Contract transition team, and managing the Planning
and Controls Department and the matrixed Interagency Mission Business Office team. Moser is currently Chairman
of the�Contractor Financial Management Association, and is a member of the Project Management Institute and
Institute for Management Accounting. Moser's 23-year career at LLNL has included work in the fields of Operations
Management, Resource Management, and Financial Management.��Moser has been a supervisor in Accounts Payable, an
ADRM and Business Manager in the Chemistry & Materials Science Directorate (CMS) before being promoted to Operations
Manager. As Operations Manager, he conducted infrastructure strategy and planning for CMS, was responsible for
developing and implementing the safety authorization basis, and managing operations for facilities, ES&H,
business services, application development, and document control. Moser also conceived of and led the development
of Java CAFÉ, the popular financial reporting application. Moser received his BA from Vanguard University,
graduating with honors, and his MBA from UC Berkeley, with an emphasis in Finance.
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ED MOSES 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 has more than 30 years of experience in business and information technology functions.
He joined Lawrence Livermore in October 2007, where, prior to becoming Acting 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.
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BRUCE WARNER has more than 32 years of experience working in management and leadership at the Laboratory.
He currently serves as acting 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 acting 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 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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