Sandia National Laboratories has selected Jill Hruby as its next president and director, the lab announced yesterday. Hruby, whose predecessor Paul Hommert is set to retire next month, will begin in her new position mid-July following 32 years of technical and managerial work at the lab, according to the notice. Hruby “will be the first woman to lead a national security laboratory” and is recognized by Sandia’s board of directors as an individual with “the right combination of technical expertise and strategic vision to lead Sandia into the future,” the notice says. Prior to this appointment, Hruby was a vice president “overseeing Sandia efforts in nuclear, biological and chemical security; homeland security; counterterrorism; and energy security,” according to the announcement. Hruby noted in a statement that “we will continue to deliver on our weapons Life Extension Programs on schedule and on budget” and plan to “expand the transfer of Sandia innovations to the U.S. economy.”
Jill Hruby to Become President and Director of Sandia National Labs
Savannah River Site poised to resume uranium recovery
Uranium recovery at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina will resume next month when the site’s H Canyon facility restarts head end operations, meaning it will begin the initial processing stage. During an SRS Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) meeting on Tuesday, the site’s DOE Office of Environmental Management executive Edwin Deshong […]