As Raft’s Senior Director of Data and AI, Angela Sheffield leads programs to build software, data, and AI solutions to deliver information and decision dominance in all operations conditions and all warfighting domains. Before joining Raft, Ms. Sheffield served as the Senior Program Manager for AI at the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy. In that role, she led programs to advance the science of AI a...
Sep 28, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 107
Dr. Howard Hall is the Director for the UT Institute for Nuclear Security . He holds a joint appointment with Consolidated Nuclear Security (Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN, and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, TX) , and serves as Professor in both the Department of Nuclear Engineering and the Bredesen Center For Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education . Professor Hall is also a Senior Fellow in Global Security Policy at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at ...
Sep 26, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 106
James Stemm has been Curator at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History since 2021. He began his museum career in 1996 working with the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona as the museum’s Registrar. He remained at Pima for the next twenty-five years while holding several jobs in the museum’s Collections Department including Assistant Curator, Curator of Collections, and Director of Collections. James attended The University of New Mexico where he received a bachelor’s deg...
Sep 21, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 105
Frank Lowery is the Associate Administrator for Management and Budget , National Nuclear Security Administration , where he oversees the offices of Budget and Financial Management, Human Resources, Business Services, Employee Empowerment, Learning and Career Management , and International Operations . A member of the Senior Executive Service in NNSA since March 2012, he has also served as the Department of Energy’s Acting Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer; NNSA’s Deputy Associate Administrator ...
Sep 19, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 104
Matthew Costlow is a Senior Analyst at the National Institute for Public Policy . His areas of expertise are in nuclear deterrence, missile defense policy, arms control, and Russian and Chinese nuclear doctrine. His work has been published by Comparative Strategy, Strategic Studies Quarterly, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He has also published numerous opinion pieces in the Institutes Information Series as well as the Wall Street Journal, War on the Rocks, Defense News, and Defense ...
Sep 14, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 103
Maj Gen (Ret), USAF, Garrett Harencak is the President and CEO of Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) . Harencak joined Mission Support and Test Services, LLC after nearly four years as Vice President of Strategic Defense Programs for Jacobs Engineering. While at Jacobs, he also served as Deputy Program Manager of the Missile Defense Agency Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions contract, providing overall strategic vision, leadership, direction, and management fo...
Sep 12, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 102
James McCue is a career helicopter pilot having performed all three USAF rotary wing missions; nuclear security, combat search and rescue, continuity of government. He has earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and masters studies with the Air Force Institute of Technology, Emby Riddle, Missouri State University, and a fellowship with the National Defense University's C-WMD program. He has been working at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for the last four years supporting n...
Sep 07, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Thomas (Thom) Mason is the President and CEO of Triad National Security, LLC (Triad) and serves as the Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory . Most recently he was the Senior Vice President for Global Laboratory Operations at Battelle where he had responsibility for governance and strategy across the six National Laboratories that Battelle manages or co-manages. Prior to joining Battelle, Thom worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for 19 years, including 10 years as the Laboratory ...
Sep 05, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Christopher Stone is a senior fellow for space deterrence studies at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies think tank. He previously served as special assistant to the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy. EPISODE NOTES: Follow NucleCast on Twitter at @NucleCast Email comments and story suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.org Subscribe to NucleCast podcast Rate the show...
Aug 31, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 99
With nearly 53 years living and working in Oak Ridge, TN , Ray Smith has developed an extensive understanding and appreciation of the heritage of Oak Ridge’s history, especially the Manhattan Project era and resulting technological advances during ensuing years. For the last 10 years of his 47-year career with the Y-12 National Security Complex , he served as the official Y-12 Historian. Ray now serves as the Historian for the city of Oak Ridge, TN . He was appointed to that position in December...
Aug 29, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Dr. John Swegle works as an independent consultant through the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska on issues related to the effects of nuclear weapons and proliferation on US national security. Immediately prior to that, he was a Senior Advisory Scientist at the Savannah River National Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina. He began his career at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was a member of the plasma theory group, and then moved...
Aug 24, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 97
With nearly 53 years living and working in Oak Ridge, TN , Ray has developed an extensive understanding and appreciation of the heritage of Oak Ridge’s history, especially the Manhattan Project era and resulting technological advances during ensuing years. For the last 10 years of his 47-year career with the Y-12 National Security Complex , he served as the official Y-12 Historian. Ray now serves as the Historian for the city of Oak Ridge, TN . He was appointed to that position in December 2015....
Aug 22, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Dr. Matthew Kroenig is Vice President and Senior Director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Council’s Director of Studies. In these roles, he manages the Scowcroft Center’s bipartisan team of more than thirty resident staff and oversees the Council’s extensive network of nonresident fellows. His own research focuses on US national security strategy, strategic competition with China and Russia, and strategic deterrence and weapons nonproliferation. Kroen...
Aug 17, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Lieutenant General In-Bum Chun (ROK, Ret) served his country with both honour and integrity for nearly four decades. Chun retired in 2016 after distinguished service in the South Korean Army . During his military career which started in 1978 at the Korea Military Academy he ascended to positions of leadership that included, the Chief of the Election Support Branch, Civil Military Affairs/Strategic Operations Directorate of the Multinational Forces in Iraq, the Director of U.S. Affairs at the Min...
Aug 15, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 94
This is the first episode in ANWA Deterrence Center's Legacy Series where we look back at the Manhattan Project and the evolution over 80 years of the U.S. strategic nuclear deterrent. Darwin Morgan retired as Director, Office of Public Affairs, Nevada Field Office, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) In March 2021. In retirement he serves as the President of the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation . This Non-Profit organization oversees the Atomic Testing Museum , a Smithsonian a...
Aug 10, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Colonel Glen R. Shilland assumed the duties of United States Air Attaché to the Republic of Korea in 2019. Colonel Shilland entered the Air Force as a Distinguished Graduate of Officer Training School . In his first assignment as a satellite operations officer at Colorado Springs, Colorado, he performed command and control for surveillance, weather, and navigation spacecraft. He became a B-52H navigator and bombardier at Minot, North Dakota , and volunteered as an Air Liaison Officer, at Fort Ca...
Aug 08, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Dr. Wallace T. (Wally) Clark III retired as a civilian employee of the United States Air Force in November2020. Currently, he is a Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies and via Banda GroupInternational , he a Senior Technical Adviser on Nuclear Explosive Safety to the NNSA . Among Dr. Clark’s numerous positions in his 40+-year career are: ultra-high vacuum scientist at the DOEY-12 Weapons Plant and fiber-optic sensor scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories . He was a roc...
Aug 03, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 91
David Schild is Executive Director of the Printed Circuit Board Association of America . An established leader and trusted advocate, he has over 20 years of experience managing political involvement, corporate public relations and public policy efforts for the aerospace and defense industry. EPISODE NOTES: Follow NucleCast on Twitter at @NucleCast Email comments and story suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.org Subscribe to NucleCast podcast Rate the show...
Aug 01, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Raphael "Rafi" Cohen is the director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE , and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation . He works on a broad range of defense and foreign policy issues, including defense strategy and force planning, Middle East and European security and civil-military relations. Cohen previously held research fellowships at the Brookings Institution , the American Enterprise Institute and the National Defense University’s Center for Complex...
Jul 27, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Brian Green is a non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Missile Defense Project . Prior to his current position, he was the founder and principal at Impact Strategies , a national security consulting firm, and served as Executive Director of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Washington Operations Office , with planning and execution responsibilities for the company’s defense business development and government affairs in the DC area. Prior to his work at Aerojet, ...
Jul 25, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Carl Rhodes Ph.D. is the founder of Robust Policy , a Canberra-based business that provides evidence-based analysis on defense topics. Carl worked at RAND Corporation from 1997-2021, including four years as director of RAND Australia . Prior to moving to Australia, Carl spent twenty years as a researcher and manager in RAND’s Project AIR FORCE . His research portfolio has covered topics including long-range strike, ISR, sovereign weapons, nuclear deterrence, unmanned systems, and stressors facin...
Jul 20, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Wendy Baca started her career in 1987 with the Department of Energy in what was then known as the Albuquerque Operations Office . She was hired to fill the W87-1 Small Inter-continental Ballistic Missile (SICBM) Program Engineer position where one of her first tasks was to issue the Phase 3, Development Engineering, authorization to the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex . Although the program was canceled a short time later, she continued to work in numerous Federal Program Manager roles for the next ...
Jul 18, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Brad is an accomplished senior leader who enjoys a reputation for original thinking and strategic acumen coupled with an affirmative leadership approach. He holds a doctorate from Vanderbilt University and is a graduate of the National War College . Most recently Brad served as the Army’s longest-tenured Senior Strategist and Chief of Plans , Brad exercised wide-ranging and global responsibilities across the Army. With his enterprise-wide authorities Brad directly advised Army executives as he l...
Jul 13, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Juan Vitali is the Assistant Director Nuclear Energy Innovation at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House. Previously, he was the Army’s Nuclear Engineer and Chief of the Nuclear Power Branch where he led a team of engineers to shape conditions for the adoption of nuclear power by the Army. He was the chief concept architect for the development of mobile nuclear power plant for ground operations. He was the Senior Advisor to the Chief of Engineers on Nuclear Power Matters ....
Jul 11, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Major Frank W. Perry, Jr. is the Chief, Helicopter Operations Division , Twentieth Air Force . In this position Major Perry advises the Commander, Twentieth Air Force on operational and administrative issues for the Air Force’s sole Helicopter Group . He leads planning, coordination, and Operational Plan support for three operational helicopter squadrons, integrating USSTRATCOM and USNORTHCOM missions for over 400 personnel. Prior to this assignment, Major Perry was a student at Air Command and ...
Jul 06, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 83
The ANWA Deterrence Center wishes you a safe and happy 4th of July. EPISODE NOTES: Follow NucleCast on Twitter at @NucleCast Email comments and guest nominations to NucleCast@anwadeter.org Subscribe to NucleCast podcast Rate the show on Apple Podcasts...
Jul 04, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Thomas Karako is a senior fellow with the International Security Program and the director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) , where he arrived in 2014. His research focuses on national security, missile defense, nuclear deterrence, and public law. In 2010–2011, he was an American Political Science Association congressional fellow, working with the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee and the Subcommittee on Strategic F...
Jun 29, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Ambassador Eric S. Edelman is Counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He retired as a career minister from the U.S. Foreign Service on May 1, 2009. He has served in senior positions at the Departments of State and Defense as well as the White House , where he led organizations providing analysis, strategy, policy development, security services, trade advocacy, public outreach, citizen services, and congressional relations. As undersecretary of defense for policy (August ...
Jun 27, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 80
David Campbell is the Executive Vice President, EnergySolutions and previously served as the Associate Administrator, Office of Congressional, Intergovernmental & Public Affairs at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). As the Executive Vice President at EnergySolutions , Mr. Campbell is responsible for all aspects of business development and implementing the company’s growth strategies across the utility, commercial, federal, and international sectors. In addition to his ...
Jun 22, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Dr. Carl Rehberg is a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Carl was founder and director of the Headquarters Air Force Asia-Pacific Cell, which played a pivotal role in the development of Air Force strategy, force development, planning, analysis and warfighting concepts supporting initiatives related to Asia-Pacific and the DoD Third Offset Strategy . Carl spearheaded the establishment of the China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) and led the develo...
Jun 20, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 78
