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March
13, 2002
Energy
Department Announces Leadership Changes at Brookhaven
and Oak Ridge Offices
WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Energy (DOE)
today announced leadership changes at its Brookhaven
Area Office and Oak Ridge Operations Office and
the creation of a team to look for opportunities
to simplify and streamline processes within the
Office of Science.
Leah Dever, most recently manager of the Oak Ridge
Operations Office, will be detailed to the Office
of Science at headquarters to head its Office
of Laboratory Operations and Environment, Safety
and Health. Ms. Dever will be responsible for
providing leadership and a central focal point
for all the operations, infrastructure, environment,
safety and health and construction management
activities of the Office of Science.
“Ms. Dever brings to her new position a
unique blend of experience from working at many
levels of the department, both in the field and
at headquarters,” James Decker, acting director
of the Office of Science, said. “Her perspective
on the issues facing our laboratory system with
respect to infrastructure and environment, safety
and health will be invaluable to us.
Ms. Dever has over 25 years of DOE management
experience. She began her federal career as an
environmental scientist at DOE headquarters where
she gave guidance to the department’s operations
offices on environmental compliance. Prior to
becoming manager of the Oak Ridge Operations Office,
she served as manager of the Ohio Field Office.
Replacing Ms. Dever will be Michael Holland, most
recently manager of DOE’s Brookhaven Area
Office in New York. In his new position as interim
manager, Holland will be responsible for Energy
Department programs in basic research, national
defense, environmental management, and uranium
and engineering programs at facilities located
in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and in four other states.
While at the Brookhaven Area Office, Holland was
responsible for contractor oversight including:
operation of DOE’s newest nuclear physics
facility, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider;
environmental remediation; shipment of spent nuclear
fuel; community outreach programs and large facility
commissioning and decommissioning. “Mr.
Holland has done a great job at Brookhaven,”
Decker said. “His experience managing large,
complex and high-profile projects involving considerable
public interest will serve him well in his new
position.”
Mr. Holland has 25 years experience in the operations
of large facilities including 12 years related
to DOE nuclear facilities operation, construction,
environmental remediation and facility decommissioning
projects. Another 17 years were spent in the commercial
power industry including 15 years in the construction,
operation and decommissioning of the Shoreham
Nuclear Power Station. Mr. Holland was licensed
by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a Senior
Reactor Operator.
Frank Crescenzo, deputy manager of the Brookhaven
Area Office will serve as acting manager at the
Brookhaven office. Crescenzo has 22 years of federal
service in various technical and management positions.
He joined the department’s Brookhaven Area
Office in 1990. He was promoted to deputy area
manager in 1992 and has acted as area manager
for a period totaling nearly three years. He has
also contributed greatly to several DOE initiatives
to improve safety management, contract management
and community relations throughout the department’s
complex. He played an important role in the selection
and transition of the new contractor at the Brookhaven
Lab. Prior to joining the department, Mr. Crescenzo
worked as a senior inspector with the NRC.
Ed Cumesty, deputy manager of the Oak Ridge Operations
office, will also take on new responsibilities.
Cumesty will lead a team to look at opportunities
to re-engineer processes within the Office of
Science to:reflect a more standards-based management
approach; adopt, where possible, best business
practices; clarify and streamline roles and responsibilities;
and lower the cost of providing Office of Science
services. He will be detailed to headquarters
to lead this effort. Prior to taking the position
of deputy manager at Oak Ridge, Mr. Cumesty served
as the Operations Office’s assistant manager
for laboratories, project director and deputy
project director for the Superconducting Super
Collider, and deputy manager of the Chicago Operations
Office.
These changes will be effective April 1.
Media Contact: Jeff Sherwood, 202/586-5806
Number: PR-02-041
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