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Symposium Organization

Symposium Organization

Event Chairs

Dick Thornburgh, Counsel, K&L Gates, LLP, Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy

James Maher, Provost Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh

Gerald Holder, Dean, Swanson School of Engineering

Administration

Edward McCord, Director, Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy

John Metzger, Director, Nuclear Engineering Program, Swanson School of Engineering

Committee Members

Patricia Beeson, Provost, University of Pittsburgh

Donald Burke, MD, Dean, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

G. Reynolds Clark, Vice Chancellor for Community Initiatives and Chief of Staff, University of Pittsburgh

N. John Cooper, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.

Thomas Crawford, Associate Vice Chancellor, Central Giving Programs and Communications, University of Pittsburgh

Mary Crossley, Dean, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh

John Delaney, Dean, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

Harold Denton, Former Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

David Ehrenwerth, Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy Advisory Committee

Dr. Larry Feick, Sr. Director of International Programs, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh

John Keeler, Dean, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh

Paul Kovach, Marketing Director, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

Teresa Miller, Director, Institute of Politics, University of Pittsburgh

Ted Muller, Professor, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh

Al Novak, Vice Chancellor, Institutional Advancement, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Margaret Potter, Professor, Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

Jim Seif, Thornburgh Forum Advisory Committee

Donald Shields, Executive Director, Center for Energy, University of Pittsburgh

Richard Stafford, Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy at the Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University

Jeanne Stoner, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Federal Government Relations, Office of Governmental Relations, University of Pittsburgh

Paul Supowitz, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, Governmental Relations, University of Pittsburgh

Joel Tarr, Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor of History & Policy, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. David Waldeck, Professor, Department Chair, Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh

Nancy Watson, Curator, Thornburgh Archives

Trish White, Senior News Representative, University of Pittsburgh News and Magazines

Samuel Zacharias, Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy Advisory Committee

Administrative Coordinators

Kimberly Carson, Program Administrator, Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy

Monica Bell, Special Projects Coordinator, Swanson School of Engineering

Danielle Ilchuk, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Energy

Special thanks to: 

Dr. Peter B. Lyons, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Matthew D. Milazzo, Deputy Staff Director for The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future

Liz Ramsay, Policy Advisor, The Office of Nuclear Energy at U.S. Department of Energy

University of Pittsburgh Office of Alumni Relations