Linda Kobel has been appointed president and chief executive of Albuquerque consulting shop Los Alamos Technical Associates, the company announced Tuesday.
Kobel, who joined the firm in 2012, takes over for William Vantine. She was most recently president of the company’s Energy and Nuclear Division.
Los Alamos Technical Associates also announced Mike Kennicott will become executive vice president and chief operating officer. Kennicott will oversee all internal operations on a day-to-day basis.
Among other things, the 40-year-old company has worked on cleanup projects across the Energy Department’s weapons complex, including at the now-complete Rocky Flats site, the Separations Process Research Unit, the Paducah site, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
