Dr. Joan B. Woodard is Vice President of the Energy, Information, and Infrastructure Technology Division at Sandia National Laboratories. She is responsible for research and development in information technology programs in information surety, command and control systems, and distributed information systems; energy-related projects in fossil energy, solar, wind, geothermal, geosciences, fusion, and nuclear power safety; environment-related programs in remediation, waste management, and waste minimization; and programs responsible for security of transportation of nuclear weapons and special nuclear materials, safety and security of commercial aviation, and various activities in combating terrorism. More than 80 percent of the programs include industrial or academic partners. The nature of the work ranges from basic research to prototype system evaluation.

Dr. Victor H. Reis is the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs in the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr. Reis directs all aspects of the DOE's Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program. These responsibilities include maintaining U.S. nuclear weapons in a safe, secure, reliable, and environmentally sound manner in the absence of nuclear testing; providing an assured supply of tritium gas for the nuclear stockpile; dismantling retired nuclear weapons to meet international arms control obligations; reducing the size of the nuclear weapons complex to one that is smaller and more cost efficient; and ensuring the continued science and technology base ofthe nation's nuclear weapons program. Dr. Reis was nominated for his position by President Clinton in May 1993, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in August 1993.

Dr. Pace VanDevender is the Chief Information Officer at Sandia National Laboratories. His responsibilities include defining and implementing corporate processes, setting corporate requirements, and insuring the physical and electronic protection of Sandia's information system. Before becoming CIO, Dr. VanDevender was the Director of the Strategic Sciences Center where he was responsible for improving the strategic effectiveness of research at Sandia and supporting Sandia customers in their development of science policy and strategy. He also has been the Director of the National Industrial Alliances, Corporate Communications, and Pulsed Power Sciences organizations. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. In 1991, he received the Department of Energy's Lawrence Award for Physics.

Dr. James K. Rice is Director of the Information Systems Engineering Center at Sandia National Laboratories. His activities include research, development, and system integration of computer, network, and software systems for sensing and mission data processing for nuclear detonation detection systems and nonproliferation monitoring; maintaining cost effective, survivable and enduring command and control of U.S. nuclear weapons and forces; and processing massive and diverse amounts of data, information, and knowledge for faster and better decisions. In addition, the Center participates in the creation and advancement of leading-edge information technologies. Dr. Rice is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society, and the American Chemical Society.

Dr. William A Wulf is on leave from the University of Virginia to serve as President of the National Academy of Engineering. Together with the National Academy of Sciences, the NAE operates under a Congressional Charter to advise the government on issues of science and technology. Much of this advice is provided through the National Research Council, the operating arm of the two Academies. Dr. Wulf serves as Vice Chair of the NRC. At the University of Virginia, Dr. Wulf is a professor and holds the AT&T Chair in Engineering and Applied Science. His university duties have included a complete revision of the undergraduate computer science curriculum; research on computer architecture and computer security; and an effort to assist humanities scholars exploit information and technology.

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