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LEADERSHIP TEAM
	GEORGE MILLER has played a critical role in the national security mission at LLNL since 1972 and has led every aspect of the nuclear weapons program at the Laboratory, from design through development, testing, deployment to the stockpile and retirement. As LLNL Laboratory director since 2006, he has directed management and operations and applied the resources necessary to meet its core missions related to weapons, Nuclear Weapons Complex (NWC) integration, the National Ignition Facility (NIF), and the reduction of global threats from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Read More about George Miller
	STEVE LIEDLE is a Bechtel principal vice president with 24 years of Department of Energy (DOE)/ National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) experience and a history of bringing improved productivity and processes to DOE/NNSA sites. As deputy general manager at the DOE/NNSA Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., which plays a vital role in DOE’s Nuclear Weapons Complex, he implemented Six Sigma process improvement tools at both Y-12 and the Oak Ridge cleanup contract, which realized savings of $101 million in 2005–06. Read More about Steve Liedle
	PENROSE C. "PARNEY" ALBRIGHT has more than 20 years of experience in the federal government and the private sector. His focus has been in programs to counter terrorism, protect against weapons of mass destruction, protect borders, and develop and implement intelligence and special operations technologies. Prior to joining the Laboratory he worked with Civitas Group, a homeland security consultant in Washington, D. C. He has served as assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), assistant director in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, senior director in the Office of Homeland Security in the White House, and program manager with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He has extensive experience with interagency and congressional interactions, and was a spokesperson for both the White House and DHS to the press on issues associated with science, technology, and weapons of mass destruction. Albright holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and applied mathematics from The George Washington University, and a master’s and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland.
	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.
	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.
	DONA CRAWFORD has 31 years of computational management experience at Lawrence Livermore and Sandia national laboratories. She was associate director, Computation, at LLNL from 2001 to 2007, 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.
	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.
	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 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.
	BILL GOLDSTEIN has 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 is 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.
	BRUCE GOODWIN has been the associate director of Defense and Nuclear Technologies at Lawrence Livermore since 2001. He has been a key player in the success of the LLNL 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 six years he has been responsible for leading the Stockpile Stewardship Program. Goodwin designed LLNL’s proposed reliable replacement warhead to streamline manufacturing, and developed the JASPER facility, which markedly reduced the costs of tests. 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.
	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.
	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. 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.
	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.
	MICHAEL MERRITT has more than 28 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.
	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.
	LINDA RAKOW has more than 20 years of experience in financial management at Lawrence Livermore. Chief financial Officer at LLNL since 2004, Rakow manages a $1.6 billion budget and provides financial leadership, including the development and implementation of enterprise financial systems. Previous positions at LLNL include assistant deputy director for Business and Finance and assistant deputy director for Strategic Operations. She served as assistant associate director (AD) for Program Planning for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), assistant AD for Program Planning for the National Security Office, and business manager for Defense and Nuclear Technologies. She worked at the Nevada Test Site for 10 years, first studying site ecology and then leading a team that created a database for the nuclear testing program. Rakow received her master’s in business administration from the University of the Pacific in California and her bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. She is a member of the Department of Energy Financial Management Systems Improvement Council, Financial Executives International and the Financial Managers Strategic Initiatives Committee.
	PAM SMITH has more than 20 years’ experience at Lawrence Livermore, having previously served as the acting associate director of Laboratory Services from May 2006 to September 2007. She has extensive experience in financial controls, supply chain management, information resources management, procurement, material distribution and property management. She served as deputy associate director of the Business Directorate from October to December 2007 and was named acting associate director in January 2008. Throughout her career she has promoted business processes that were risk-based, cross functional and cost effective, as well as streamlined and integrated. Smith joined the Laboratory in 1987 as the relocation coordinator in the Supply and Distribution Department. Since then, she has held a number of increasingly important senior management assignments, including Supplemental Labor Office group leader, deputy leader of Property Management, Service Support Division leader, Business Services deputy department head, Technical Information Department head, and Innovative Business and Information Services department head. Smith received a bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of California at Davis in 1966.
	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.
	STEVEN WUTHRICH is a 30-year Bechtel employee who spent six years working on various projects at LLNL prior to joining the Laboratory at contract transition. He has a keen understanding of the Lab’s programs, support services and culture. Wuthrich has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Michigan State University. He has been the manager for Project Management and Project Controls and has demonstrated his ability to lead, manage, and motivate technically diverse staffs. Wuthrich provided leadership following contract transition and took steps to establish a sound ESH&Q foundation by consolidating the formerly distributed ESH&Q organization, importing best practices from parent organizations, and upgrading ESH&Q policies and procedures.