[All_jlau] Message from Hugh Montgomery: Directorate Appointments at Jefferson Lab

[Pat Stroop]

*New Directorate Appointments*

*Jefferson Lab*

*March 31, 2016*

Jefferson Lab has completed a search to fill its vacancy in the 
Directorate left by the departure last year of the Chief Operating 
Officer. The extensive and thorough process attracted a broad field of 
applicants including some from outside the United States. A short list 
of excellent candidates was selected and interviews completed on 
February 19, 20, 2016. As a result of this process, Jefferson Lab has 
decided to fill two directorate positions. These appointments are 
designed to strengthen the directorate and to facilitate the expansion 
of scope of the laboratory as it seeks to cement its position of 
excellence among the nuclear physics laboratories of the world and the 
science laboratories of the Department of Energy.

In addition to that of Chief Operating Officer, we have created a new 
position in the directorate with the title Chief Planning Officer. The 
responsibility of the Chief Planning Officer will be to coordinate and 
manage the allocation of laboratory resources and budgets across the 
divisions, including internally and externally funded projects, and to 
facilitate development of the Lab’s operations and research budgets with 
the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics. The portfolio of the Chief Planning 
Officer, who will report to the Director, will include the Budget 
Office, the Project Management Office and Director’s Office staff. We 
are delighted that Allison Lung, who is currently the Deputy Project 
Manager for the 12 GeV CEBAF Upgrade and has worked at Jefferson Lab for 
18 years, has agreed to accept this position, which will ensure 
coherence across the laboratory. These responsibilities will be shared 
with critical oversight of the 12 GeV Upgrade Project through its 
completion.

Michael Maier has accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer. Mike 
comes to Jefferson Lab from Pacific Architects and Engineers where he 
was Vice President for Space System Operations.Mike’s experience 
includes leading a 1,300 person contract responsible for the 
instrumentation, communication, and information systems used to command 
and control all space launches from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space 
Center and a network of tracking stations across the Atlantic 
basin.Mike’s role will include much of the conventional portfolio of the 
traditional COO including Environment, Health, Safety and Quality, the 
Legal Office, Human Resources, Information Technology, the Business 
Office including Procurement, Accounting and Finance, Facilities and 
Maintenance, and Public Affairs. Of course, there are certain of these 
functions which, in case of need, have direct access to the Director. 
This extensive portfolio represents the support functions which are the 
vital underpinnings to the successful execution of the scientific 
mission of the laboratory.

The Director will continue to take line responsibility for the 
Accelerator, and Experimental Physics division, Engineering and Theory. 
The Deputy Director will concentrate on the Science and Technology 
mission of the laboratory. In this respect, the Deputy pays special 
attention to the strategic planning and the appropriate alignment of the 
mission of the laboratory with the guidance from the Office of Science 
and the Office of Nuclear Physics.

We are delighted that Allison and Mike will take these roles; they will 
start on May 2, 2016; please welcome them.


-Mont



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