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Gibbs named acting associate director for operations

Scott Gibbs is the new acting associate director for operations (ADO) beginning today.

Gibbs joined the Laboratory in 1985 as a technical staff member in Materials Technology: Metallurgy (MST-6) and has held a variety of assignments since that time, including program manager for uranium processing and storage, scientific and technical adviser for Nuclear Materials and Stockpile Management Programs, program director for Materials and Manufacturing in the Nuclear Weapons Program and deputy associate director for operations. Gibbs became Security and Safeguards (S) Division leader in January 2003.

"I'm looking forward to this challenge and the opportunities it presents," Gibbs said. "The Operations Directorate has enjoyed many successes and progressed rapidly under Jim Holt's direction, and I hope to continue that momentum."

Holt, associate director for operations, has accepted a new job at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Holt's career at the Laboratory has encompassed a range of activities from research and development that supported the nuclear weapons program, including nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site, as well as assignments in Washington D.C.

"I have made a very difficult career decision to leave Los Alamos based on a number of factors, some personal and some professional, but I have decided the move was best for me at this stage of my career," Holt said. "My time at Los Alamos has been both challenging and exciting and I have enjoyed every assignment."

Assuming the day-to-day operation of S Division is John E. "Jack" Killeen, who will be acting division leader. Killeen has most recently served as the general manager of the Department of Energy's National Training Center. Before going to the Training Center, Killeen was general manager of Protection Technology Los Alamos, the Lab's protective force subcontract company.

-- Kathy DeLucas

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