Director Jack Craig Heading to SRS
Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
3/20/2015
Management changes are underway at the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Consolidated Business Center, with DOE announcing this week that EMCBC Director Jack Craig has been named to head up the Savannah River Operations Office. Craig is expected to transition to the new post when current Savannah River Manager Dave Moody retires at the end of May. EMCBC Deputy Director Ralph Holland will serve as acting director after Craig’s departure. EMCBC is in the middle of major procurements for cleanup work at Idaho and Los Alamos National Laboratory, among other contracts.
In another move by an EMCBC senior official, Assistant Director of the EMCBC Office of Contracting David Hess is leaving his position within the next month. Hess’ departure was noted during remarks at this year’s Waste Management conference in Phoenix this week by Chris Honkomp, director of project assessment for EM, who also said a replacement has not yet been named. Hess has held is current position since July 2012. He is reportedly moving to take a position with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).
Craig ‘Not a Stranger’ to Savannah River Site
At Savannah River, Moody is retiring after a five-year tenure at the site. While Craig has served as EMCBC director since 2004, he also was acting Manager of the Savannah River Office from March to November 2010. “Jack is a seasoned leader with decades of experience in the EM program, including serving as acting SRS manager in 2010,” acting Assistant EM Secretary Mark Whitney said in a message to employees this week. He added: “Jack and I will travel to SRS in the coming weeks to meet with SRS staff and with some of our key community partners as we begin preparing for the leadership transition.”
Craig has been with DOE for 20 years, also serving as deputy manager of the DOE Ohio Field Office from 2000 to 2004 and was director of the Fernald Environmental Management Project from 1995 to 2000. The transition will occur “before this summer,” Moody said this week at the Waste Management conference. “I look forward to passing the baton to Jack. He’s not a stranger to the Savannah River Site and he’s looking forward to continuing the tremendous progress the site has made,” Moody said, adding that he hopes to continue work at Savannah River in the future “once my year in the penalty box is over.”
