1204 Whiskey Rd, Suite B
Aiken, SC 29803-4318
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CNTA Board of Directors

Susan Wood, Chair
Dean Sackett, Vice-Chair
Paul Rideout, Treasurer
Clint Wolfe, Executive Director
Pamela Amendola
Mark Bolton
Melvin R. Buckner
Susan Cathey
Fred Cavanaugh
Dan Evans
Tom Hallman
Dawn Haygood
Jack Herrmann
Fred Humes
Walt Joseph
Dirk S. Leach
James L. Little

Craig McMullin
Brant Morowski
Bruce Morson
Bill Mottel
Pavi Nettamo (alternate)
John Paveglio
W. D. Phillips (alternate)
Ed Presnell
James Rawson
William Reinig
Ron Schroder
Steve Sheetz
Major Thompson
Kathryn Wade
Susan Windsor
Keith Wood

Chair
Dr. Susan Wood

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 lead 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 in on fusion and 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 continues to serve as an external advisory board member. She also received the Society of Women Engineers' 1997 Upward Mobility Award and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer's 1999 Laboratory Director of the Year Award. In 2001, the Savannah River Chapter of the National Management Association (NMA) named her Executive of the Year, and in 2002, she received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness (CNTA).

She has 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. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for CNTA and the Board of Trustees for the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA).

Vice-Chair
Dean Sackett

Dean Sackett comes from Beatrice, Nebraska where he grew up and attended high school. In 1952, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating with distinction in 1956. He also received a Master of Science Degree in Engineering from George Washington University.

He completed a full career of 34.5 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1991 as a Rear Admiral. His assignments included tours in destroyers and nuclear submarines in the Navy's nuclear power program. He commissioned, as Commanding Officer, the USS Trepang (SSN674). He also served as Commanding Officer of the USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16), a nuclear capable repair ship and Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 12.

His shore tours included assignments in submarine personnel management and assignment. As a flag officer, he worked with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, developing and managing military arms control policy, including 2 years as member and deputy to the ambassador of the delegation for the Strategic Arms Reductions Talks (START) with the Soviet Union in Geneva, Switzerland.

Subsequent to his retirement from the Navy, he joined NUS Corporation as an engineer/manager, becoming Executive Vice President, General Manager of the Aiken, SC office, and Project Manager fro the company's technical support services contract with the Department of Energy Office at the Savannah River Site. In this position, he served as a member of several DOE Headquarters Operational Review and Readiness (ORR) teams participating in the reviews for the Restart of K Reactor, Defense Waste Processing Plant, In Tank Precipitation Facility, Resumption of Operations in H Canyon, and Resumption of Operations at the Rocky Flats Plant. These reviews provided him an opportunity to become familiar with the operations of the Savannah River Site as well as DOE's approach to safety and operations.

He retired in 1999, living in Aiken with his wife Marilyn where both are active in their church and the community.

Treasurer
Paul Rideout

Paul Rideout is an Aiken native who obtained a business degree from Clemson University. He has had twenty-one years of banking experience and as a controller for corporations. He has always been active in community affairs, serving in Chambers of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis, and the American Heart Association. Paul now is Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer for Security Federal Bank in Aiken.

Executive Director
Clinton R. Wolfe

Clint Wolfe took over the reins as Executive Director in January 2008. 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. He 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.

Dr. Wolfe has engaged vigorously in education and community outreach and in technology transfer. His complete resume is posted here.

Pamela Amendola

Pamela Amendola is a member of the Parsons engineering team located on Silver Bluff Road here in Aiken. Joining Parsons last year, she handles the community relations activities for the company's SWPF project (Salt Waste Processing Facility).

Pam is originally from the Pittsburgh, PA area where she owned and operated two retail clothing stores. She attended the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Management Information Systems.

Pam moved to Aiken 15 years ago when she was offered a position with the Westinghouse Savannah River Company. While with WSRC, and subsequently with Washington Group International, she held various positions in logistics, administration, and business support. In 2000, she left the company and completed a Master's degree in Organizational Management through the University of Phoenix.

Pam's local volunteer activity began in 1994 when she was the chairperson for the SRS Employee United Way Campaign, raising over $1.9M. Over the years she has participated on several United Way agency committees and boards. She is currently a member of the Leadership Aiken County Class of 2005, and a member of the board of directors for the Aiken County Mental Health Association.

On a more personal note, Pam and her husband Sal have been married 27 years. They have no children, but have several nephews in the area with whom they enjoy spending time. Pam and Sal live in Cedar Creek and like to spend free time at their second home on Fripp Island. Pam is an avid Steelers fan, enjoys Italian cooking and herb gardening. Sal has a Harley Davidson Heritage Classic motorcycle and they have a great time taking it for overnight trips on the weekend.

Mark Bolton

Mr. Bolton is director of the Security Planning and Infrastructure Division of Wackenhut Services Inc., the security contractor at the Savannah River Site. Mr. Bolton has 20 years' experience at SRS, having worked as security inspector, central alarm station sergeant, emergency operations center specialist and other positions. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina Aiken and resides in Aiken with his wife, Terri, and their two children.

Dr. Melvin R. Buckner

Mel is a nuclear engineer with over 33 years of experience at Savannah River Site (SRS), having served for 14 years with Westinghouse and 19 years with DuPont in a wide variety of professional and management positions. He is currently the Program Manager of University Relations and Senior Consultant in the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL).

At present, Dr. Buckner is involved in the coordination of university programs for SRS and is the liaison with Site Integration and Program Development for new mission activities such as plutonium disposition, advanced fuel cycle initiatives, and the SRS energy park, including nuclear hydrogen production and university research reactor. He is also responsible for professional recruiting for SRTC (primarily of candidates with M.S. or Ph.D. degrees).

Mel is a native of Tennessee and holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the University of Tennessee. He has produced more than 50 publications in a variety of technical areas including computational methods, statistics, reactor safety and analysis, environmental, waste management, plutonium disposition, tritium production options, medical isotope production, and nuclear nonproliferation. He is an active member in the American Nuclear Society both locally (previously as Chairman and now as a member of the Executive Committee - ANS Savannah River Section) and nationally (as Chairman of the ANS President's Special Committee on Nuclear Nonproliferation for four years).

Dr. Buckner is a member of the Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness Board of Directors and is active in the CNTA's Speakers Bureau.

Susan Cathey

Susan is a South Carolina native and received a B. S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Carolina. She has recently retired after a 30-year career in the nuclear industry at the Savannah River Site. Her career has allowed her to work in many of the areas at SRS with varying positions in Operations, Engineering, Technical, and Financial Planning. She has spent the majority of her career in positions associated with the High Level Waste and Defense Waste Processing missions at the site and more recently was the Business Manager for the Management and Operations Division at the site. In retirement she is staying active by pursuing part time consulting activities.

Susan has been active in CNTA since the middle 1990s. She currently serves on both the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, and is also the Finance Committee Chairman. Susan has a son, Charlie, who has recently married and lives with his family in Summerville SC Susan resides in Aiken SC.

Fred Cavanaugh

Fred has been Aiken's Mayor for 13 years and before that he was a city councilman for 17 years. Although he was a native of Richmond, Virginia, his parents moved to Aiken while Fred was in high school. He obtained a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Military Institute, and then served in the Air Force before returning home to work for DuPont at SRP, where he worked for 30 years. Fred has always been an active community leader, and has received many awards and honors, including the 2005 Aiken Chamber of Commerce's "Man of the Year" award.

Daniel M. Evans

Dan is a Project Director with Fluor Daniel, and brings a background of 28 years of technical and management experience in nuclear fuel cycle and energy issues. Prior to joining Fluor Daniel, Dan was Vice President for Energy Services for Tetra Tech NUS.

Dan began his professional career with Exxon Minerals Company in Moab, Utah. He was part of the team that, in response to the energy crisis of the 1970s, discovered more than 20 million pounds of mineable uranium ore. Later Dan joined the Energy Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to focus on energy consumption and forecasting, as well as the application of the emerging complex set of environmental requirements associated with energy production.

At Tetra Tech, Dan provided leadership on a wide range of nuclear issues, including:

• Development of the first successful renewal of an NRC operating license under 10 CFR part 51 and most of the subsequent license renewal applications
• Technical and management support to the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management in gaining Presidential approval of the Yucca Mountain repository
• Development of the first Early Site Permit for a new nuclear power plant submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Environmental restoration and closure strategies for the Savannah River Site and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.

He is a member of the American Nuclear Society and the Society of American Military Engineers, and has actively participated in the Nuclear Energy Institute. Dan holds a BA from Knox College and an MS from the University of Tennessee.

Dr. Tom Hallman

Dr. Hallman is Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer at the University of South Carolina Aiken.

After joining USCA in 1983, Hallman has served as institutional liaison with several regional groups in matters related to sponsored research and local economic development. Dr. Hallman serves on the Savannah River Regional Diversification Initiative, as chair of both the Savannah River Site Redevelopment Authority and the Aiken Region Salvation Army Advisory Board, and as a member of the Rotary Club of Aiken and the Aiken County Strategic Planning Committee.

Dawn Haygood

Dawn is a Georgia native and received a bachelor's and masters degree in business administration from Augusta College. She works in public affairs at SRS and has been involved in public involvement activities at the site since 1991. She was the administrator of the SRS Citizens Advisory Board from its inception in 1994 until 2006, and since has provided executive support to senior management.

Dawn became active in CNTA in 2007 and became the Membership Committee Chair in 2008. Dawn resides in Martinez GA with her husband Steve and their two children.

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.

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 is an enthusiastic historian, a long-time member of the Aiken County Historical Commission, and a life member of the Archaeological Society of South Carolina.

Dirk S. Leach

Mr. Leach is currently the Executive Vice President and Deputy Project Director of the Shaw AREVA MOX Services Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). Mr. Leach's responsibilities include assisting in the day to day management of the $4.8 billion MFFF project including engineering design, procurement, construction, Quality Assurance, licensing, Environment Safety and Health, estimating, and project controls. Mr. Leach is the senior AREVA manager on the project with responsibility for planning and logistics, staffing, and management of AREVA personnel including approximately 40 French expatriates.

Prior to joining AREVA and returning to Savannah River in January 2005, he filled a variety of positions for Fluor Government Group, including domestic and international operations supporting both the Department of Energy (Hanford and SRS) and the Department of Defense. In addition to his experience in managing large projects, Mr. Leach has led diverse teams involved with nuclear engineering and safety analysis. He began his career in Nuclear Operations with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, moving to the DOE sphere to lead and support Reactor Safety Evaluation activities at Savannah River before moving to Hanford.

James L. Little

Mr. Little, who has more than 30 years of experience in the nuclear and environmental fields, is the President of Washington Safety Management Solutions (WSMS), the service and consulting and project-solutions arm of Washington Division of URS Corporation's Energy and Environment Business Unit. He joined WSMS in 2003 after serving as president of West Valley Nuclear Services Company, the prime contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project for the Department of Energy.

From 1988 until 1992, Mr. Little held management positions in the commercial environmental services business unit of the former Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Rhode Island and a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Craig W. McMullin

Craig's 30 years of professional experience include 15 years at the Savannah River Site developing maintenance improvement programs, performing facility operational assessments, managing excess facility operations and infrastructure, managing D&D projects, and nuclear materials management; nine years as a lead systems design engineer and manager of multi-discipline engineering group resonsible for commercial nuclear safety system design and performance improvement modifications; and four years experience performing preoperational and functional system tests during startup at Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station.

Mr. McMullin was on-loan to the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta, Georgia and qualified as a maintenance evaluator participating on numerous commerical nuclear power plant evaulations. He provides aggressive leadership that promotes the safety and health of employees and safe facility operations; a commitment to excellence in the conduct of operations, technical and maintenance areas; and establishing a culture through a continuous improvement process. His leadership has resulted in BWXT Savannah River Company going eight years without a lost workday incident.

Brant D. Morowski

Mr. Morowski is Manager of Functions for Bechtel Savannah River, Inc. (BSRI), and is responsible for managing BSRI construction, engineering, procurement, and project controls organizations. He also serves as Design Services Manager for Washington Savannah River Company. He joined the Savannah River community in 2002, after 33 years of experience in the engineering and management of fossil and nuclear power generation projects in the U.S. and overseas. Most recently he directed the engineering and design activities for two large fossil power projects in the Middle East: Aleppo (Syria) and Ghazlan II (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).

At SRS, Brant previously served as Engineering Manager for large projects, division-managed modifications, and design support to DOE's NNSA and Environmental Management projects in Nuclear Materials Management, Spent Fuel Storage, Solid Waste, Site Infrastructure, and the Savannah River National Laboratory. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.

Bill Mottel

Bill is a retired Senior Executive with E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company who is now living at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Immediately after retirement, he served as Board Chairman for the National Safety Council. Currently he serves on the Governor's Nuclear Advisory Council, the Low Country Council of Governments, and the Hilton Head City Council.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Mottel was DuPont's Plant Manager for the Savannah River Plant.

John Paveglio

John W. Paveglio is Vice President at Energy Solutions, and is responsible for all corporate, contract, financial, and community-outreach activities. He previously served as Business Manager, Deputy General Manager, and Program Manager of the Solid Waste and Infrastructure Project.

Mr. Paveglio has filled management and engineering positions at BNFL, Stone & Webster Engineering, and Dravo Corporation. He acquired a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Clarkson University.

Ed Presnell

Ed is President of the Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce.

James Rawson

Dr. James Vincent Rawson, Warren Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiology at the Medical College of Georgia, completed a fellowship in Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Mallinkrodt Institute of Radiology in 1995. He completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at New York Medical College and was Senior Chief Resident from 1993 to 1994. He is certified by the American Board of Radiology.

Dr. Rawson's current interests are magnetic resonance body imaging, computer networking and PACS, and Radiology administration. He has done research on the application of MR imaging to the pelvis, abdomen, and the liver and has published techniques for pediatric body MRI.

Bill Reinig

Bill was one of the founders of CNTA. He was also one of the first DuPont employees to arrive at SRP in 1951. He conducted environmental surveys of the site prior to the start of construction and went on to manage several organizations at SRP, most notably the Health Physics Department.

Mr. Reinig has served on many national and international Health Physics organizations. For years, Bill was Vice Chairman of CNTA's Board until he relocated to Annapolis, Maryland. but still serves on our Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

Stephen O. Sheetz

Steve is a mechanical engineer from Georgia Tech with 20 years of experience in the nuclear industry at the Savannah River Site. 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.

Mr. Sheetz is currently supporting a multi-lab program called the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative. This program is investigating technologies that will improve the utilization of commercial power reactor fuel while consuming the plutonium and minimizing the volume and toxicity of the wastes.

Steve was a founding member of CNTA. He serves on the Board of Directors and chairs the speaker's bureau. He lives in Augusta with his wife, Lisa, and his two teenage daughters.

Kathryn Wade

Kathryn attended the University of South Carolina, where she earned a B.S. degree in Psychology. In 1999, she earned a Masters Degree in Counseling from the Biblical Seminary at Columbia International University.

Kathryn is a Field Representative for Congressman J. Gresham Barrett, South Carolina Third District. She is married to Robert and they have one son.

R. Keith Wood

Keith Wood is the Director of Washington Savannah River Company's (WSRC's) Public Affairs Division. In this position, he focuses on external and site communications; government affairs at the local, state, and federal levels; community relations; public involvement and Citizens Advisory Board support; economic transition; education outreach; and new mission support.

Mr. Wood is very active in the community, holding positions over the years on executive committees for CNTA and the Aiken Chamber of Commerce (Vice Chairman in 2007); the Aiken County United Way Board of Directors (Chair in 2007) the City of Aiken Election Commission; the Aiken Partnership Board; and St. Paul Lutheran Church. He is a graduate of the South Carolina Exective Institute and Leadership Aiken County.

Executive Director Emeritus and Consultant
J. Malvyn "Mal" McKibben

Mal McKibben obtained a BA degree in Chemistry from Emory University in 1955, and while there was the student leader for two years on an ORNL contract to determine fission yields of proton bombarded heavy isotopes. From June 1955 until January 2000, Mal was employed by E. I. Du Pont, then Westinghouse, at SRP/SRS. Technical assignments included support of SRP's production reactors and the Heavy Water Components Test Reactor, development of analytical chemistry methods, spent nuclear fuel reprocessing, special isotope separations, and research on radionuclide separations. Managerial assignments included technical oversight of the two SRP separations facilities, and Senior Project Manager for design and construction of the $2 B Defense Waste Processing Facility. His last assignment at SRS was as Senior Advisory Scientist for Advanced Planning.

Mal is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), where he currently serves as Chairman of the Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division and as a member of the ANS Planning Committee. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and past member of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, American National Standards Institute, and the American Society of Testing Materials. Mal has authored about 35 technical publications and papers.

The South Carolina House and Senate honored Mal in 2000 with a joint resolution commending him for outstanding service to the community and the nation.