
Garry E. Kiefer, PhD, CEO and Director of Research
Garry E. Kiefer, PhD is Chief Executive Officer and Director of R&D. He received a PhD in Organic / Coordination Chemistry from Louisiana State University in 1984 under the mentorship of Professor George R. Newkome. In 1985 he accepted a position with the Dow Chemical Company working in Discovery… read more
Patrick Bourdet, President
Patrick Bourdet has more than 23 years of experience in the nuclear industry. He joined COGEMA in 1988 (now AREVA) at the La Hague site in Normandy (France), where he took on progressively higher responsibilities in Production Facilities, Quality, and Program and Business Departments. In 2005, he joined the AREVA headquarters in Paris and participated in international contract negotiations… read more
Tom Pennington, Secretary
Mr. Pennington graduated from the University of Oregon in 1970 with a BS in Business, ranked No. 1 in his class, and was elected to membership in Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business honor society, in his junior year. He then attended law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 1973 with a JD… read more
Geoff Wilde, Treasurer
Mr. Wilde is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a BS in Architecture, 1991, and of the College of William and Mary with an MBA in Finance, 1998. His career in finance began with Sea-Land Shipping in Charlotte, NC, a subsidiary of US rail operator CSX, and then as Finance Director for international container ports developer and operator CSX World Terminals… read more


