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CNTA Board of Directors

Susan Wood, Chair
Daren Timmons, Vice Chair
Charlie Hansen, Treasurer
Jim Marra, Executive Director
Allison Hamilton, Office Director
Jeff Allender
Tom Burns
Byron Bush
Dean Campbell
Shannon Cavero
Wyatt Clark
Paul Cloessner
Dara Glass
Joyce Hopperton
Fred Humes
Sue King

Sunny Lunka
Karl Lutterloh
Forest Mahan
Matthew McCoy
Craig McMullin
Nick Miller
Chuck Munns
Joe Ortaldo
Rick Sprague
Major Thompson
Fitz Trumble
John Veldman
Clint Wolfe, Exec. Dir. Emeritus
James Corley, ex-officio
Walt Joseph, ex-officio
Steve Sheetz, ex-officio

Chair
Susan Wood

Dr. Susan Wood retired from the position of Director of the Savannah River Technology Center on October 30, 2002 after holding this position for more than 8 years. She previously led the Materials Technology Division at the Westinghouse Corporate R&D Center in Pittsburgh for three years followed by four years managing the Manufacturing Technology Center for (then) Westinghouse Electronic Systems in Baltimore. Dr. Wood holds an Hons. B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Manchester in England, and an M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering and Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. She spent twelve years in Materials R&D, including work on fusion, breeder, and light water reactor materials prior to her executive management experience.

Dr. Wood was selected as the first Distinguished Alumna of the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering in 1997, where she served as an external advisory board member for more than fifteen years. She previously served on the DOD Defense Science Board and as a mentor for the Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) at the Institute for Defense Analyses. She was appointed by the Governor of South Carolina to serve on the Technology Council in 1997 and in 2001 to serve on the Technology Transition Team Steering Committee. She is a past member of the Board of Directors for the Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network (WEPAN) and is an active role model for engaging young women in the engineering professions.

Vice Chair
Dr. Daren Timmons

Dr. Daren Timmons is University of South Carolina - Aiken's Dean of the College of Sciences and Engineering. As Dean, Timmons is responsible for the following departments: mathematical sciences, including engineering; psychology; biology and geology; exercise and sports science; and chemistry and physics. Timmons' responsibilities include faculty recruitment, development, evaluation and promotion; management of financial, personnel and physical resources; supervision of relevant accreditation processes; cultivation and stewardship of alumni and community relations; collaboration with partners within and outside the university; and securing and facilitating external funding, both public and private.

Before coming to USCA, Timmons was the John C. Allen '62 Institute Professor of Chemistry and head of the Chemistry Department at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington VA. He received his bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Duke University in Durham NC and his doctorate in chemistry from Texas A&M University in College Station TX.

Treasurer
Charlie Hansen

Charlie Hansen is a retired contractor and federal senior executive who served for 46 years in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, commercial nuclear power generation, and in US Department of Energy (DOE) waste management programs. Most recently he was a Vice President of Parsons Corporation, from 2005-2013, where he was responsible for business development, and project controls and risk management for construction of the Savannah River Site Salt Waste Processing Facility Project (SWPF).

From 1995 to 2005 Hansen served as the DOE Deputy Manager, Savannah River Site. He also served as a DOE Assistant Manager for nuclear separations, spent fuel stabilization, and waste storage and disposal, at both the Savannah River Site, Aiken SC and Hanford Site in Richland WA.

Hansen entered commercial business in 1987 with Babcock & Wilcox in Lynchburg, VA and served as a business, technical development, and operations manager for eight years. His focus was chemical cleaning of commercial nuclear power plant steam generators, corrosion monitoring, and robotic and miniature inspection tooling for safety evaluation of commercial nuclear power plant and Navy Nuclear ship components.

From 1967 to 1987, Hansen assumed positions of increasing responsibility in the Navy Nuclear Power Program, reporting directly to Admiral H.G. Rickover for ten years. He was the senior Naval Reactors Representative at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton CT for ten years and directed new reactor plant design as well as reactor plant construction, maintenance, and refueling for over 38 nuclear submarines.

Hansen earned a BS in chemical engineering from Tufts University in 1967. He is a registered professional engineer (Nuclear Engineering), and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness, the Navy League, and American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Charlie and his wife, Lyddie, have resided in Aiken since 1998 and are active in their community; they are both avid ballroom dancers.

Executive Director
Jim Marra

Dr. James C. Marra ia a veteran in the nuclear industry. He began his nuclear career at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) as a Senior Engineer and progressed to the level of Advisory Engineer. He also spent time as a Senior Scientist for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM).

His background includes work in radioactive and hazardous waste immobilization; nuclear nonproliferation; Fukushima Daiichi technical support; DOE-EM International Program leadership; International Atomic Energy Agency consulting; Hanford Waste and Immobilization Treatment Plant technology development and testing; Plutonium Immobilization Program; new production reactor for weapons materials; and production reactor safety rod development.

Marra has a Bachelor of Science degree in Ceramic Science and Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics (Alfred University, Alfred, NY); a Master's degree in Materials Engineering (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA); and a Ph.D. in Ceramic and Materials Engineering (Clemson University).

Office Director
Allison Hamilton

Dr. Allison Hamilton Molnar has always been involved with local government/local politics and finds non-profit work incredibly rewarding. Her experience with nonprofits ranges from international organizations based in D.C. to local volunteer groups and one thing they all have in common is the belief that as a group we can accomplish what cannot be done alone.

She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Iowa, a Master's Degree in Applied Politics from the University of Akron, and attended Grand Valley State University for her bachelor's degrees.

In her personal life she has two spoiled dogs, still finds time for an occasional videogame, and volunteers with FOTAS at the Aiken County Animal Shelter with her stepson. She and her husband are also avid sports fans and enjoy watching, or going to, almost any sporting event.

Jeff Allender

Dr. Jeffrey S. Allender is Advisory Scientist and Program Manager at Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). He joined the lab in 1978 to perform research on radioactive waste disposal during the planning and implementation of the DWPF and was technical coordinator for the evaluation of geologic repositories for long-term disposal. He developed technologies for reactor fuel fabrication and recycling and plutonium immobilization. Dr. Allender's most recent focus is on Complex-wide and SRS materials management and on implementing the disposition of surplus plutonium. He earned a B.S. in Physics from Davidson College and Ph.D. from Cornell.

Tom Burns

Dr. Thomas D. Burns, Jr. is the Senior Vice President/Deputy Project Manager/Director of Engineering for Parsons' Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) design-build-operate project. The SWPF project is a multi-billion dollar first-of-a-kind radiochemical processing plant for stabilizing more than 100 million gallons of legacy waste from plutonium and tritium production at the Savannah River Site (SRS).

As the Deputy Project Manager/Director of Engineering for SWPF, Dr. Burns has been responsible for a technical workforce of more than 850 personnel supporting all aspects of technology development, design engineering, nuclear safety, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations.

Dr. Burns is recognized as an excellent technical leader in the DOE complex who has been uniquely successful in resolving difficult technology/design challenges and complicated oversight/regulatory issues ranging from complex structural design qualification to large-scale air-pulse-agitator mixing performance validation testing.

Prior to joining Parsons, Dr. Burns served as both an Executive Engineer with MPR Associates, providing consulting support services to DOE and commercial nuclear industry clients and as a Senior Technical Staff member for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). During his tenure with the DNFSB, Dr. Burns served as a field representative at both SRS and Los Alamos National Laboratory with responsibilities including strategic assessments of nuclear weapons programs and nuclear material processing activities as well as process and operational oversight of nuclear material separations and metallurgy, nuclear materials testing, nuclear waste disposition, tritium processing, and all associated safety-basis activities.

Prior to joining the DNFSB staff, Dr. Burns served as a research associate at both national and international laboratories including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, and the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique at Cadarche, France.

Dr. Burns is a graduate of the University of Virginia, having received his undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral degrees in Nuclear Engineering.

Byron Bush

Byron N. Bush is currently executing Strategic Service Acquisitions in the Procurement Department for the Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS). His responsibilities include preparing, reviewing, and issuing solicitations, identifying and resolving complex customer and supplier issues, and preparing and analyzing all necessary supporting documentation. Mr. Bush also supports the administration of the Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, and the Women Owned Business concerns to ensure fair and equal considerations are provided. While supporting the socioeconomic policies and goals of the company and the Department of Energy (DOE), he is currently managing over $25M of subcontracts.

Before moving to Procurement, Byron has also worked in the Interface Management Department for SRNS governing the agreements on the exchange of services, interface boundaries, and responsibilities that SRNS is responsible for in accordance with the provisions of their DOE-SR Manage and Operating (M&O) contract. There he communicated, mediated, and/or facilitated resolutions of any disputes, concerns, or risks related to the agreements SRNS has with other site tenants.

He has also worked as a Financial Analyst for SRNS, working in the Contract Accounting and Central Accounting Departments where he managed the SRNS Corporate financial statements, prepared monthly entries and reports for SRNS closing and partnership companies, processed off site expenses for payment, created budget vs. actual reports, reconciliations, forecasts, and supported Board of Director meetings and reviews for unallowable expenses. Bush coordinated the Financial Management Assurance Assessment for the Finance Department, which evaluates company risks and ensure controls are in place to mitigate the risks.

Byron is also involved in several other organizations. He is a former VP and current member of Leaders Emerging Among Professionals (LEAP), a SRNS young professional organization designed to train, develop, recruit, and retain the young professionals of SRNS, a member of Aiken Young Professionals (AYP), Savannah River Young Generation in Nuclear (SR-YGN), the Aikenites, and is the current President of the Savannah River Site Leadership Association (SRSLA), the site's chapter of the National Management Association (NMA). Bush also serves on the Board of Directors for the Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness (CNTA), the Inclusion Advisory Board at USCA, and is a Board Member and Treasurer for Education Matters.

Mr. Bush graduated from South Carolina State University where he played football, a semester of golf, and joined the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. He coached football for three years for the South Aiken High School Varsity Football Team, and he is the President & CEO of Bright & Bold Entertainment, a company that markets and promotes peaceful and positive events. As the President & CEO of Bright & Bold Entertainment, Bush DJ's parties, corporate events, and weddings. He also promotes and emcees events such as concerts, shows, sport events, open mic events, competitions, and formal programs. Bright & Bold also can be used for radio advertising, video production, and sound. Byron was born in Ellicot City MD, raised in Aiken SC, and has been active in the community for most of his life. He has been a member of Friendship Baptist Church since 1991, and his hobbies include fellowshipping with friends, sports, loving life, and serving others.

Dean Campbell

Dean Campbell is a Lead in the Savannah River Remediation, LLC's Public Affairs and Project Communications Division. He focuses on external and Site communications; government affairs at the local, state and federal levels; community relations; and media relations.

Mr. Campbell joined Washington Savannah River Company, now SRR, in 1989 and has held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in the Public Affairs field at the Savannah River Site.

Mr. Campbell is very active in the community, holding positions over the years on executive committees for the Edgefield County Alliance; Johnston Development Corporation; and United Way of Edgefield County. He is the former Mayor of Johnston, SC (1996-2006) and is the current Chairman for the Edgefield County Council (elected 2010). He is also a graduate of Leadership South Carolina.

Shannon Cavero

Shannon Solomon Cavero is employed by Atkins and is a Technical Writer and Editor on the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) Project. She is responsible for formatting and editing Project Administrative Procedures, Technical Procedures, Programmatic Plans, and Contract Deliverable documents for SWPF customers. She works closely with managers and peers to ensure that documents are reviewed, approved, and issued to Project employees in a timely manner to meet Project needs.

Ms. Calvero also worked closely with the Commissioning and Testing Groups to develop and revise Startup Testing procedures. Shannon worked as a Laboratory Research Assistant at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where she trained new research assistants on the day-to-day laboratory activities, and developed a laboratory manual to train new research assistants on the use of laboratory equipment and duties of laboratory personnel.

Shannon holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science (graduated Magna cum Laude) from USC Aiken and a Master of Science in Exercise Science from USC Columbia.

Wyatt Clark

Wyatt Clark is the Senior Vice President of Environmental Management Operations for SRNS. He is responsible for the safe execution of all environmental management operations at SRS.

Clark has 31 years of management experience in the areas of project management, operations, engineering, and maintenance within complex, high-hazard nuclear chemical facilities.

Most recently, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Hanford Tank Farms for Washington Protection Solutions, where his responsibilities included all aspects of operations, engineering, environmental, and project execution.

He spent the majority of his career at SRS, serving in positions of increasing responsibility, including interim Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Project Manager for Savannah River Remediation, the liquid waste contractor at SRS.

Paul Cloessner

Dr. Cloessner is the Vice President and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Chief Business Officer for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions in Aiken SC. He is responsible for leadership of the NNSA programs, projects, finance and business services.

Prior to his current assignment, Dr. Cloessner was a Laboratory Fellow for National Security in the Savannah River National Laboratory. He spent over thirty years in various assignments involving most elements of the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear stockpile stewardship. Early in his career he developed nuclear instruments for nondestructive analysis of special nuclear materials. For twenty-five years he held management positions providing leadership in science and technology for nuclear materials production, defense waste management, tritium R&D, nuclear stockpile stewardship, nuclear nonproliferation, homeland security, and cyber security.

Dr. Cloessner received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Louisiana State University and his Doctorate in Nuclear Chemistry from The Florida State University.

Dara Glass

Dara V. Glass heads up the BWXT Aiken office as regional director, managing daily operations for the company. Ms. Glass directs BWXT's regional and local community outreach efforts and has been with BWXT nearly seven years. Before relocating to Aiken, Ms. Glass was business development manager for the Lynchburg VA office of BWXT, formerly known as Babcock and Wilcox.

Prior to BWXT, Ms. Glass worked in economic development for 16 years promoting Commonwealth of Virginia communities to corporate executives around the world, creating jobs and capital investment. Ms. Glass managed and directed global economic development programs for various regional and local government agencies that improved the quality of life for millions of Virginia residents.

Ms. Glass is currently on boards of the United Way of Aiken, Aiken Performing Arts Group, and USC-Aiken Partnership.

Joyce Hopperton

Ms. Hopperton is Director, Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality Assurance for Centerra-Savannah River Site. Her areas of responsibility include ensuring that Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental, Industrial Hygiene, and Quality Assurance programs meet Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Energy Orders, and other regulatory agency requirements to ensure Centerra meets and exceeds customer expectations and requirements. She provides processes and tools to support the principles and functions of the Safety Management System, including training; communications; sampling programs; and assessment programs.

Ms. Hopperton verifies that all activities affecting security, including protection of Special Nuclear Material, have been performed correctly. She oversees the Issues Management, Performance Measurement, Trend Analysis, Quality Assurance Audit, Physical Fitness, and Continuous Improvement programs.

She manages the oversight program, ensuring training and qualification requirements are met; document and record control are complete; inspection and acceptance testing meets requirements; and that the internal assessment program is effective. She serves as the Centerra-SRS representative to the site's Integrated Safety Management Council and serves as a voting member on the Executive Safety Committee. She provides oversight for the Readiness Team and Employee Safety and Health Committee.

Fred Humes

Fred is Director of the Aiken/Edgefield Economic Development Partnership. He is a native of Charleston, South Carolina where he graduated from Chicora High School in 1958. He attended and graduated from North Greenville Junior College. Later, he was awarded a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee and an M.S. in Business Management from Troy State University.

Mr. Humes enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1962 and became a commissioned officer in 1965. He entered the USAF Pilot Training program three years later and received his pilot wings in 1969. After advanced pilot training, Fred served 13 months in Vietnam and returned to the United States as a Flight Instructor. Mr. Humes's flying career included the F-4, OV-10, T-39 and C-141 aircraft as a line pilot, instructor, and flight examiner. He served in various capacities at Major Air Command Headquarters, U.S. Air Force Headquarters, and the Pentagon staff and operational assignments. He is a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College. He completed his Air Force career in 1983 after a four-year staff tour at the Pentagon.

Fred began a second career with a nationally syndicated television show in Aiken, South Carolina, and in 1987 co-founded a video production company where he was President until 1990, when he join the Economic Development Partnership. The Partnership represents the economic development interests of Aiken and Edgefield Counties. Since joining the Partnership, more than $5.0 billion and 10,000 jobs have been announced in Aiken and Edgefield Counties. Mr. Humes has been recognized twice as the "Economic Development Practitioner of the Year" by Southern Business and Development Magazine. He was selected in 2003 as one of the Top Ten Economic Developers of the Decade by the same magazine. Mr. Humes is a member of the Board of Directors and Past President of the South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA) and Past Director of the Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC). He is a member of several civic organizations and is Past President of the North Augusta Rotary Club. He currently serves a member of the Board of Directors of the Savannah River Regional Diversification Initiative, the Savannah River Site Redevelopment Authority, the Aiken County School to Work Consortium, and various other organizations. He is a Certified Economic Developer by the State of South Carolina.

Sue King

Sue King graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in chemical engineering. She has worked in the nuclear industry since 1982. She started her career at the Charleston Naval Yard, refueling nuclear submarines. She worked for the Department of Energy at SRS and Pantex. Following her DOE service, she worked for WSRC at SRS supporting numerous facilities and missions. In 2006, she joined the MOX project and recently retired as Vice President of Operations at CB&I MOX Services.

Sunny Lunka

Sunny Lunka is from Denver, Colorado and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Colorado State University. She currently works as a process engineer in HB-Line under the operation of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS). Sunny has been involved with CNTA since August 2016 and is chair of the newly formed Young Professionals Committee, which organized CNTA's first Costume Ball.

Karl Lutterloh

Karl G. Lutterloh is Vice President and Trust Officer at Security Federal Bank. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law and holds a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Florida. Before joining Security Federal Trust, Karl practiced taxation, trust, probate, and estate planning. He is an active member of the South Carolina, Aiken, and Richland County bars as well as the Aiken Young Professionals.

Forest Mahan

Dr. Forest E. Mahan assumed the role as Aiken Technical College's fifth president on July 1, 2016.

A native of South Carolina, Dr. Mahan has spent more than 20 years in the South Carolina Technical College System. He began his career as a history instructor at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCTC) in January 1996 and taught introductory western civilization and American and African-American history courses. During this time, he developed some of the college's first online classes in 1999 and later taught dual enrollment courses at two high schools in the college's service area.

He joined the University of South Carolina Leadership cohort in May 2003, completing it in December 2004. While in the cohort, Dr. Mahan took on the role as Dean of Arts and Communications at OCTC.

In August 2008, he accepted the role of Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northeastern Technical College (NETC) to provide leadership for academics, the college's library, continuing education, and distance learning.

He worked with the college's leadership and faculty to develop online courses and within four years, NETC went from two to 86 online courses. He also worked to re-establish partnerships with service area high schools to offer dual enrollment courses. Within five years, the college saw its dual enrollment grow from zero to nearly 200 students.

In July 2010, the College merged Academic Affairs with Student Services. At that time, Dr. Mahan took on leadership of Admissions, Records, Financial Aid, Student Support Services, Orientation, the Predominately Black Institutions grant, Perkins grant, and ASSIST grant while retaining his Academic Affairs duties.

Over the years, he has also been very active in the South Carolina Technical Education Association and served on its board from 2000 to 2016 in the roles of president-elect, president, past-president, and technology coordinator.

His experience has developed a leadership style that emphasizes collaboration between and among the various sectors of the college with an emphasis on transformative gains with individuals growing and developing their leadership skills within his or her role at the college. He strongly believes that empowerment of faculty and staff leads to great improvement in student success and our efforts to fulfill our mission to serve our stakeholders.

Dr. Mahan received a bachelor's degree in history from the College of Charleston and a master's degree in history and a Ph.D. in higher educational administration from the University of South Carolina. Outside of the college, his interests include travel, reading history and mysteries, movies, following college football and basketball, and outdoor activities.

Matthew McCoy

Matthew McCoy is an Engineer with Savannah River Remediation, supporting the Saltstone Project. He is a former Nuclear Submarine Officer and Lead Project Manager with experience in nuclear power plant operations and management. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Craig McMullin

Craig W. McMullin has more than 40 years of experience in the commercial nuclear power industry and at various Department of Energy (DOE) site locations. He is currently a Senior Program Manager of Special Projects at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), LLC. In this position, he is responsible for the integration of the Performance Based Incentive (PBI) Program, Institutional General Plant Projects (IGPP), Laboratory Operations Board (LOB) initiatives, facilities' infrastructure improvements, and strategic mission support initiatives, and is qualified Emergency Technical Support Coordinator (TSC) for the Research Operations Department (ROD).

Mr. McMullin has extensive leadership experience in nuclear operations and startup testing, system and design engineering, project and program management, and independent oversight and operational assessments. He served as Deputy Area Project Manager, responsible for excess facility operations, D&D program and project development, and receipt and storage of nuclear materials supporting the deinventory of DOE production sites. Mr. McMullin also led various operational and maintenance assessments and facility management performance evaluations at the Savannah River Site, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Y-12 National Security Complex.

Also, as a project manager for ABB Combustion Engineering, Mr. McMullin was instrumental in establishing a local field office at SRS and managed operations and maintenance engineering in support of K-Reactor Restart. As a project manager for Raytheon Engineers and Constructors (formally Ebasco) at SRS, he was responsible for operations and maintenance tasks for the Project Engineering and Services Contract (PESC).

Previously, Mr. McMullin was a startup and test engineer responsible for pre-operational and hot functional system testing, including power accession verification leading to licensed commercial operation of nuclear power stations. As a systems design engineer and manager of a multi-disciplinary design organization at Combustion Engineering, Inc. he received two U.S. patents for innovative commercial nuclear plant system designs. He also served at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta GA and qualified as a Maintenance Evaluator, performing conduct of maintenance evaluations at many commercial nuclear power plants across the country.

He has co-authored six technical papers in the areas of operations, maintenance, and plant life extension techniques and productivity enhancements for commercial nuclear power plants and DOE facilities. Mr. McMullin is also a member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS).

Mr. McMullin is a graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Engineering. He also received a Master of Business Administration from Western New England College.

Nick Miller

Nick Miller is the Facility Manager for the HB-Line Facility at Savannah River Site, the only chemical processing facility of its kind in the DOE complex. The facility was built in the early 1980s and currently supports legacy plutonium disposition and reuse missions for DOE. He is responsible for the overall safe operation of the facility while meeting DOE missions and directives.

Miller has experience in areas of project management, operations, and engineering within both DOE and DOD facilities. He is the former Operations Manager of L-Area Spent Fuel Basin at SRS. He also served as Construction Supervisor and Engineering Manager for Shipboard and Dockside Nuclear Facilities at Newport News Shipbuilding, supporting the Refueling and Complex Overhaul of A4W Class Aircraft Carriers.

Miller has a wife and three children and resides in North Augusta, SC.

Chuck Munns

Charles L. Munns is a Commissioner at the South Carolina Commission for Higher Education. Currently the President of Munns Advisement, LLC, Admiral Munns was President and Chief Executive Officer of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions from 2007 through 2009, where his company managed and operated for DOE the Savannah River Site nuclear facility. Previously he served for 34 years in some of the US Navy's most high-profile and challenging positions, attaining the rank of Vice Admiral. His most recent Navy position was Commander of the US Submarine Force, which included all US submarines worldwide.

Admiral Munns received his Bachelor of Science degree from the US Naval Academy, his Master of Science, Computer Science degree from the University of Colorado, and his Corporate Board Directors Continuum Certificate from the University of Chicago School of Business. Admiral Munns is active in his church and serves on various educational and community committees.

Joe Ortaldo

Joe Ortaldo is a retiree from SRS who began his career at SRS in 1980. At the Site, Ortaldo held engineering management positions that included what is now Savannah River National Laboratory, F Canyon, H Canyon, FB Line, HB Line, Saltstone Facility, and DWPF.

After retiring in 2004, he served on the SRS Citizen's Advisory Board for six years, including five years as Chair of the Waste Management Committee, and on a Center for Disease Control advisory board, which reviewed a CDC study on the health impacts on the local population as a result of SRS radiological releases.

Richard Sprague

Richard (Rick) Sprague is the Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Materials Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), LLC. In this position, he is responsible for integration and management of Savannah River's nuclear materials programs, optimizing use of site nuclear facilities and assets, and developing nonproliferation and disposition options. He is SRNS's primary point of contact on nuclear materials issues and coordinates all nuclear materials management activities with DOE.

Mr. Sprague has extensive leadership experience in nuclear facility operations, engineering, integrated safety management, project management, independent oversight, and business services. He has managed all aspects of nuclear facility operations and engineering at Savannah River Site (SRS), including Facility Manager assignments in multiple Nuclear Materials and High Level Liquid Waste facilities. He was in lead operational positions during the successful startups of the Saltstone Facility, Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), K-Area Category 1 Design Basis Threat Project, K-Area Material Storage Facility (KAMS) and K-Area Interim Surveillance Facility (KIS).

As Director of Nuclear Materials Storage for the site, he facilitated plutonium consolidation from across the DOE complex and spent fuel returns from numerous foreign and domestic research reactor facilities. Mr. Sprague was Facility Manager during the successful deinventory and deactivation of the K-Basin, Receiving Basin for Offsite Fuels (RBOF), 235-F Plutonium Storage, Heavy Water and Reactor Materials facilities.

He has led multifunctional Integrated Safety Management oversight teams across the DOE complex. He led the transition and bifurcation of the longstanding SRS contract to two contractors, including SRNS as the site's M&O contractor. More recently, he provided leadership for SRNS Business Services functions including Project Controls, Business Process Modernization, Performance Evaluation, and Supply Chain and Contracts Management. Prior to coming to SRNL he led the SRNS transition to the Enterprise-SRS organization. His current role includes shaping the site mission development process that will ensure a vibrant future for the Savannah River Site

Major Thompson

Dr. Major Thompson is a native of Alabama. He obtained a B.S. in Chemistry from Birmingham Southern College and M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in inorganic chemistry from Ohio State University. Dr. Thompson has worked at SRS for more than 48 years. He has worked in actinide chemistry and chemical separations, including support of nuclear material production and high- and low-level radioactive waste treatment. He has provided technical and programmatic support to DOE's Office of Environmental Management (EM) at the national level as well as SRS and other DOE site.

Since his retirement he works part time at SRNL and consults for various other departments in DOE including reviewing the MOX and SWPF projects at SRS. He has been honored as co-winner of CNTA's Distinguished Scientist Award in 2003 and the Seaborg Actinide Separations Award in 1997, a national honor.

Dr. Thompson has authored or co-authored more than 90 journal articles, chapters in books, articles in symposia proceedings, and technical reports. He is an emeritus member of the American Chemical Society and Sigma Xi Society. He is chairman of the selection committee for CNTA's Distinguished Scientist Award.

Fitz Trumble

Fitz Trumble is Programs, Strategy, and Enablement Manager for URS Safety Management Solutions. He provides strategic and programmatic direction, resource allocation, customer interface, and regulatory interaction activities for a large, diverse group of engineers supporting nuclear criticality safety; accident analysis; risk technology; fire analysis; emergency management and preparedness; and nuclear safety documentation. He has more than 25 years of experience in the performance of applied analysis and management in the fields of safety analysis, criticality safety, reactor physics, and health physics in both the commercial and U.S. Department of Energy sectors.

Mr. Trumble has served on both internal and external review committees for production sites as well as in laboratory environments. He earned a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Science & Engineering from Virginia Tech.

John Veldman

Dr. John Veldman retired as Associate Laboratory Director for National and Homeland Security at SRNL after 38 years of service. He was responsible for leadership in applied research and development programs that served NNSA Defense Programs, NNSA Nonproliferation Programs, and various Homeland security, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. These programs ranged from sophisticated measurement and materials science technologies, to technical support to Tritium Operations, and operation of the Enhanced Surveillance and Life Storage programs.

John served as Chief Engineer on the Integrated Leadership Team for the NNSA Modern Pit Facility. He was the primary interface with NNSA-HQ on planning, budgeting, managing, and monitoring all tasks related to facility design. John was appointed manager of Technology Business Development at Savannah River Technology Center, the predecessor of SRNL. He has held many management positions throughout his career. He received B.S., M.E., and Dr. of Engineering degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY.

Executive Director Emeritus
Clint Wolfe

Dr. Clinton R. Wolfe served as CNTA Executive Director from 2008 through 2015. He obtained B.S. in Chemistry degree from Marshall University (1958-1962) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry (1966) from the University of New Mexico, with a combined minor in Math and Physics. He worked at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory with plutonium salts and alloys, then participated in research and problem-solving for 12 years at the Westinghouse R&D Center.

Dr. Wolfe led research for ten years on nuclear steam generator corrosion issues at the Westinghouse Service Technology Division while managing groups responsible for nuclear power plant water chemistry and materials corrosion. In 1988, he joined Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), where he managed the Strategic Materials Technology Department in the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) from 1996 until his retirement in 2005.

Ex-Officio
Jim Corley

Dr. James H. Corley is Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at Georgia Health Sciences University Medical College of Georgia (MCG). He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Georgia, and is Board Certified in Nuclear Pharmacy.

Prior to joining MCG in 1990, Jim served at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was Deputy Chief of Nuclear Medicine Service at the Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon. He is an Honors Graduate of the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, and has authored numerous papers in the Nuclear Medicine field.

Ex-Officio
J. Walter Joseph

Walt was employed for 39 years at the Savannah River Site in a variety of technical and management positions for E.I. Du Pont and the Westinghouse Savannah River Co.

He is a graduate Mechanical Engineer with a BE degree from North Carolina State College and a MS from the Pennsylvania State University. He served as an officer in the US Army Ordnance Corps in Korea during the conflict. His initial assignments at SRS were in the Savannah River Laboratory doing research and development on reactor hydraulics and heat transfer and irradiation effects of structural materials. He transferred to the Savannah River Plant for varied assignments including managing the Traffic and Transportation Department, the L-Reactor restart project, and Site Quality. Walt currently serves as Executive Director of the SRS Heritage Foundation and is actively involved in establishing the new Savannah River Site Museum, which will describe the history and accomplishments of the Site.

Ex-Officio
Steve Sheetz

Stephen O. Sheetz is a mechanical engineer from Georgia Tech with over 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry. He was actively involved during the construction and early test operations of the Defense Waste Processing Facility and has supported the Savannah River National laboratory by marketing technologies to the Department of Defense. His work on the Accelerator Production of Tritium project included a three-year assignment at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Steve supported a multi-lab program called the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative/Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. This program investigated technologies that will improve the utilization of commercial power reactor fuel while consuming the plutonium and minimizing the volume and toxicity of the wastes. This was followed by pursuing opportunities for advanced nuclear reactors to build their first-of-a-kind units at the Savannah River Site.

He retired from SRNL in 2015 and is now providing consulting services on future tritium programs for the country as well as strategic planning support to domestic advanced nuclear reactor teams.

Steve was a founding member of CNTA and has served on the Board of Directors and chaired the speaker's bureau.