Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
1/17/2014
A committee that is searching for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s next director is expected to interview candidates in March, Norman Pattiz, the chairman of the search committee, said in a letter to lab employees late last week. Members of the search committee met with laboratory officials and employees Jan. 9, and is accepting nominations through Jan. 31 for the position, which was vacated when Parney Albright abruptly resigned in late Nov. 1. Bret Knapp, the head of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s weapons program, is currently serving as the acting Livermore director while the search is conducted. During the “Lab Day,” the 17-member search committee heard from Albright as well as former laboratory directors George Miller and Bruce Tarter and Livermore Field Office Manager Kim Davis Lebak.
They also met with five employee focus groups that included technical senior managers, mid-career scientists and engineers, early-career scientists and engineers, functional representatives, and professional/administrative staff. “The Search Committee will use input from Lab Day to further develop selection criteria to be used to assess the candidates during the search process to determine the best individual for the position,” Pattiz said.
Screening Task Force to Meet Feb. 11
Pattis said the Screening Task Force chaired by Texas A&M Professor Marvin Adams will meet Feb. 11 to create a list of approximately 15 candidates for the search committee. “The Search Committee will use these recommendations and consider other potential candidates to develop the short list of individuals to interview for the position,” Pattiz said.
Joining Pattiz on the search committee is former NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks; Bechtel Systems and Infrastructure President Craig Albert; Livermore Global Security Manager Kim Budil; Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC Board of Governors Executive Committee member William Frazer; UC Provost and Executive Vice President Aimee Dorr; UC Vice President of Laboratory Management Glenn Mara; University of California-Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi; former Strategic Command chief Adm. Rich Mies; UC-Davis professor Bob Powell; UC Board of Regents Chairman Bruce Varner; former Argonne National Laboratory Director Bob Rosner; UC President Janet Napolitano; UC-Berkeley nuclear engineering professor Karl Van Bibber; Texas A&M nuclear engineering professor Marvin Adams; LLNS Assistant Secretary to the Director for Laboratory Governance Ann Willoughby; and former Los Alamos and Livermore Director Mike Anastasio.
