NNMCAB Members and Nominees Biographies

J. D. Campbell (Arroyo Seco)

          Dr. J.D. Campbell resides in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico.  Dr. Campbell is the president of JDC Consultants, Inc. He lives in Arroyo Seco. He earned his B.S., M.A. and his Ph.D., from the University of Illinois in Civil Engineering. Dr. Campbell's professional experience includes a 33-year career with Woodward-Clyde Consultants and URS, where he was a Senior Principal. He continues to provide strategic consultation, project leadership and expert litigation support services for a variety of engineering projects.   Dr. Campbell has been engaged in providing waste management services and geotechnical engineering worldwide. His expertise lies in assessing the performance and impact of existing facilities on the environment and developing appropriate and cost effective remedial programs. He also develops designs for new facilities to meet performance objectives and regulatory requirements. Dr. Campbell has characterized, developed and implemented remediation plans for many industrial hazardous waste facilities including landfills, lagoons and contaminant plumes. Dr. Campbell has extensive experience as an expert witness in regulatory and in public hearings and court proceedings..

          Dr. Campbell was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award presented by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Civil Engineering Alumni Association in 1997 for his pioneering efforts in USEPA Superfund process to clean up hazardous waste sites.  Dr. Campbell joined the CAB when he moved to Taos in December of 2003 his wife.  Dr. Campbell wants to use his experience to help remediate and monitor some of the sites at LANL.  Dr. Campbell serves as Chair of the NNMCAB.

Joseph Mark Chavarria (Espanola)

          Mr. Joseph Mark Chavarria resides in Espanola, New Mexico.  Mr. Chavarria is the Director for the Office of Environmental Affairs for Santa Clara Pueblo.  Within his position, Mr. Chavarria oversees grant submissions to DOE and EPA, monthly and quarterly reports to DOE regarding the status of air, soil, ground and surface water programs at the Santa Clara Pueblo as well as provides oversight for the North Railroad Avenue Plume in Espanola, New Mexico; a NPL Superfund Site.  Mr. Chavarria serves as an appointed member of Governor Richardson's New Mexico Storage Tank Committee.  Mr. Chavarria acted as a cultural recourses advisor for the Cerro Grande Fire Unit in 2000.

          Mr. Chavarria has completed numerous professional level courses on Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, EPA courses on Air Quality management, pollution technology, and ground and surface water training.  He is a certified DOE RAD worker and holds a DOE Q-Clearance.

Donald A. Dayton (Santa Fe)

          Mr. Donald Dayton resides in Santa Fe.  Mr. Dayton is retired from the National Park Service after serving 35 years, including 25 years in Executive Level Natural Resource Management.  Mr. Dayton also served as a smokejumper with the U. S. Forest Service, during seasonal fire seasons.  Mr. Dayton received specialized training with the U. S. Dept. of Interior Management Training Program and in various National Park Service programs in natural and cultural resources.

          Mr. Dayton earned his B.S. Degree in Environmental Management from Ohio State University. Mr. Dayton currently volunteers on the Santa Fe County Mine Plan Review Board and was one of the founding members of the Jemez y Sangre Regional Water Planning Council.  He is also a volunteer with the State Office of AARP serving as a legislative lobbyist on water resources issues affecting state water quality and quantity.

Lucy Foley (Santa Fe)

          Ms. Lucy Foley is a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Ms. Foley is currently employed as an ESL Instructor for Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe and Santa Fe Community College.  Ms. Foley’s previous work experience includes a position as Chief, GIS Unit for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti and a GIS Specialist for the Indus Corporation in Washington DC.  Ms. Foley provided support to the U.S. Department of State in developing a web-based international boundaries information database.  Ms. Foley has consulted on many international mapping and image analyzing programs including Nairobi, Madagascar and Cambodia.  Additionally, she served as a principal investigating geologist for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Denver, Colorado where Ms. Foley worked on studies of earthquake and other geologic hazards for existing and proposed dams and water management projects in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Oregon.

          Ms. Foley holds a M.A. in Geographic Information Systems and International Development from Clark University and a M.S. in Geology from Western Washington University.  She earned her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.  Additionally, Ms. Foley holds a TESOL Certificate from the school for International Training.  Ms. Foley’s areas of expertise include: Geographic Information Systems, Land Cover Mapping, Capacity Building in international environments, Geology, Community Development and teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Robert M. Gallegos (Santa Fe)

          Mr. Gallegos resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  He is currently the Environmental Compliance Specialist for the City of Santa Fe.  Mr. Gallegos responsibilities include assisting City staff in complying with federal and state environmental regulations, preparing state and federal applications for permit coverage, supporting City facilities with management of hazardous waste and conducting specialized sampling and testing.  Previously, Mr. Gallegos served on the New Mexico Environment Department Drinking Water Bureau and the New Mexico Health Department Scientific Laboratory Division.

          Mr. Gallegos earned a B.S. and a M.S. in Biology from New Mexico State University.  Mr. Gallegos is the President Elect for the New Mexico Environmental Quality Association.  He is a member of the American Water Works Association and a former Board member of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators.

Jane Gaziano (Santa Fe)

          Ms. Jane Gaziano is a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Ms. Gaziano is retired.  Her previous employment includes over 10 years as a Senior Systems/Program Analyst with the Sears and Roebuck Company in Chicago, Illinois.  Ms. Gaziano holds a B.S. in Education, Family and Consumer Services from Northern Illinois University.  She studied Computer Science at Oakton Community College in Niles, Illinois.

          Since moving to Santa Fe, Ms. Gaziano has been very active in community service.  She is the most recent past President for the League of Women’s Voters and is currently a board member and the Education Chair for the organization.  Additionally, she has served on the Santa Fe Public School Strategic Planning Task Force.  Ms. Gaziano is also a past Board member and Secretary for the Warehouse 21 Teen Arts Center. Ms. Gaziano was a founding Board member for the Vista Grande Public Library and Volunteer Coordinator and Board Member for the El Dorado Elementary School.

Kathleen Hall (Tesuque)

          Dr. Kathleen Hall is a resident of Tesuque, New Mexico.  Since 2005, Dr. Hall has been a Professor with the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.  From 1997 to 2005, Dr. Hall was an Associate Professor with the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.  Previously, she worked as an Assistant Professor and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri and the Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

          Dr. Hall holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics from University of California, Berkeley.  She earned a B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Minnesota.  Additionally, Dr. Hall was a Postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis University in 1990.  Ms. Hall has served on several editorial boards including the Biophysics Journal and the RNA Journal.  She is the recipient of the Damon Runyon/Walter Winchell Postdoctoral Fellow, 1985-1987 and the Lucille P. Markey Scholarship, 1988-1995.

George Heindel (Santa Fe)

          Mr. George. Heindel is a resident of Santa Fe.  Mr. Heindel worked 14 years as a safety analyst at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.  Prior to his work at LANL, Mr. Heindel was a safety director for Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories and spent an additional eight years as a research analyst with Kodak as well.  Mr. Heindel holds a M.S. in Health Physics from National Technical University and a M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Rochester.  He earned his B.S. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

          Mr. Heindel is a member of the Health Physics Society.  Mr. Heindel also spent three years on the Board of Directors for Self Help in Los Alamos.  Mr. Hendel has authored numerous presentations on the subjects of hazard analysis and characterization, aircraft crash analysis, dose response character for the inhalation of contaminants, estimating downwind consequences for pathogenic microbes, determining radiological hazards of plutonium isotopes and atmospheric dispersion modeling for radiological accident analysis. Mr. Heindel also developed an American Chemical Society video course on chemical laboratory safety.

Pamela A. Henline (Santa Fe)

          Ms. Pamela Henline resides in Santa Fe.  Ms. Henline is now retired but she is a past employee of Argonne National Laboratory where she worked with a DOE "Q" clearance in the mathematics branch and the High Energy Physics Division. At Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Ms. Henline worked on computer codes that predicted the particle reactions inside a nuclear energy power plant’s core. Ms. Henline worked as a senior engineer and systems programmer at General Atomics for over 18 years in the fusion division.  She has authored over 25 technical publications, many printed in national journals, including a proposal to DOE to enhance ways for remote personnel to operate the daily experimental program safely. At General Atomics she received yearly radiation training. She was the Chairperson of the Fusion Computing Council in 1992-1993. The Fusion Computing Council represented all computer users in the US from labs, universities, and corporations that received money from the DOE for research in magnetic fusion.

          Ms. Henline earned her B.S. in Mathematics from Carnegie Institute of Technology and her M.S. in Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a General Atomics Tribute to Women in Industry Honoree. She is an experienced public speaker and past board member of Challenge New Mexico.  Ms. Henline is the Chair of the Environmental Monitoring, Remediation and Surveillance Committee.

Kyo Kim (Santa Fe)

          Dr. Kyo Kim is a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Dr. Kim is retired.  His most recent position was as the Team Leader of Facility Safety Analysis for the Los Alamos National Laboratory.  During Dr. Kim’s employment at LANL he was also employed in the Safety Analyst-Office of Authorization Basis and the Acting Office Leader who managed the LANL AB program for timely submission and approval of AB/SB documents consistent with the University of California contract schedule.  Prior to working at LANL, Dr. Kim was a Physics Modeling Technical Advisor and a fellow engineer for Westinghouse Savannah River Company in South Carolina, where he was responsible for review and advise on risk assessment methodology used in safety documentation, source terms modeling, atmospheric transport/dispersion modeling, and consequence calculation methods.  Dr. Kim also provided seminars and classes to safety analysts on the fundamentals of safety analysis.  He also served as a technical expert on the Process Safety Management program for implementing OSHA and EPA regulation.  Dr. Kim also worked as a supervising nuclear engineer for United Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Dr. Kim’s additional experience includes work as a consultant at Ente Nazionale Electrica del Laboro in Milan, Italy and time as a project manager for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C.

          Dr. Kim holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University and he earned his B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Seoul National University.  Dr. Kim has published numerous nationally recognized papers, technical reports and manuals.  With many honors to his credit, Dr. Kim has been listed in "Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology", received the US NRC High Quality earned a Performance Award, the Westinghouse Total Quality Achievement Award and a NNSA Recognition for Excellence.

Ken LaGattuta (Espanola)

          Ken LaGattuta is a resident of Espanola, New Mexico, and a retired physicist. During the years 1986-2006 he worked in the Applied Theoretical Physics Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory, in areas of computational atomic, molecular, optical, and plasma physics. While at LANL, Dr. LaGattuta also served as a fact-finder for LANL's Complaint Resolution Service, on LANL's Employee Advisory Committee where he chaired the Security Subcommittee, and as a principal referee for the Fission Fragment Review Committee. Early in his career, Dr. LaGattuta worked as a post-doctoral fellow in both the Physics Department of the University of Connecticut and in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego.

          Dr. LaGattuta holds a Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, and B.S. degrees in both Physics and Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Dr. LaGattuta has published over seventy technical papers in refereed physics journals. 

Lawrence Longacre (Santa Fe)

          Mr. Lawrence Longacre resides in Santa Fe.  Mr. Longacre is a retired U.S. Army military instructor for missiles.  He also worked for Kermac Nuclear Fuels designing underground infrastructures.  For over 35 years he worked as a contractor to LANL through Kermac, BIA Company, Pan AM and Johnson Controls Utilities Department and Support.

          Mr. Longacre received a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado.  He went to the U.S. Armed Forces Institute in 1956 and served in U.S. Army from 1955 to 1958.  Mr. Longacre remained on staff as faculty for the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma .  He received a Q clearance and was honorably discharged.  Mr. Longacre has 40 years of dedicated community service experience including Elementary Scholl PTA President, Little League Coach, Boy Scout Troop Leader.  Beginning in 1968, Mr. Longacre chaired the Santa Fe Planning Commission and served as the Vice Chair for the Model Cities Citizens’ Advisory Board.  Mr. Longacre was elected to serve on the Santa Fe City Council from 1972 to 1978 where he worked with the police commission, on the public works committee, the airport committee and the federal programs committee.  Mr. Longacre was also the Chairman of the Civic Housing Authority from 1982 to 1986 to which he returned for service again in 2006.

Antonio Lopez (Santa Fe)

          Mr. Antonio Lopez resides in Santa Fe.  Presently, Mr. Lopez is a Licensed Financial Advisor/Stock Broker with Morgan Stanley in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Previously, Mr. Lopez worked as an auto claims adjuster for Progressive Insurance in Santa Fe and a mortgage broker / senior loan officer for Financial Triangle of New York.

          Mr. Lopez earned his B.A. in Psychology with a Minor in Theatre Arts from the University of San Diego.  Mr. Lopez graduated with honors and earned a place on the Deans List and the Academic Athletic Honor Roll.  Mr. Lopez served on the Student Athletic Council.  He was also a NCAA Division I Athlete in Cross Country and Track. He set USD school records in cross country, 5000 meters, 3000 meters and 1500 meters.

Mike Loya (Arroyo Seco)

          Mr. Loya is a native of New Mexico and he and his wife are residents of Arroyo Seco. Mr. Mike Loya is a principal with LaMesillaVerde.com, which is a green building concept company focusing on minimizing environmental footprints for new home construction.  Mr. Loya is a building an environmental technologies specialist.  He has over 30 years experience in the construction and renovation industry with an emphasis on large scale earthwork, railroad infrastructure repair and environmental drilling and remediation.  His work involves developing procedures, recommendations and specifying appropriate solution methodologies.  Mr. Loya has some college and has taken many courses in environmental remediation and well drilling.

Gerald Maestas (Espanola)

          Mr. Gerald Maestas resides in Espanola, New Mexico.  Mr. Maestas is a retiree of Los Alamos National Laboratory, having served in various capacities including: Nuclear Waste Management Engineer, Government Relations Officer and Program Manager for Energy Security Programs.

          Mr. Maestas is a graduate of New Mexico State University, with a B. S. Degree in Chemical Engineering.  He also has a M. A. Degree in Management from the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School. Mr. Maestas served as Chairman of the New Mexico State Game Commission and is also a past Chairman of the New Mexico Municipal Boundary Commission.

Ralph Phelps (Los Alamos)

          Mr. Ralph Phelps resides in Los Alamos, New Mexico.  Mr. Phelps has over 33 years experience in all phases of the commercial nuclear power industry. He retired in 2005 as Division Manager of Engineering for Omaha Public Power District’s Fort Calhoun Station , where he provided over a 16 year career, senior management direction over design, systems, projects and fuels engineering.  Mr. Phelps has extensive management and project engineering experience from his 12 years with Southern California Edison’s three unit PWR San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, where he performed project engineering and licensing to bring two units from construction through reliable operation. Mr. Phelps is a veteran, having served in the U. S. Air Force from 1969 to 1972, as a Project Officer responsible for nuclear weapons effects research. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain.

          Mr. Phelps received his B.E.E. (Electrical Engineering) from Manhattan College and his M. S. N. E. Degree (Nuclear Engineering) from the University of Virginia.  Mr. Phelps is the Chair of the Waste Management Committee.

Nazareno (Larry) Rapagnani (Santa Fe)

          Dr. Larry Rapagnani  resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Dr. Rapagnani served in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1977 and retired as Lt. Colonel in the U. S. Air Force Reserves in 1990.  Dr. Rapagnani successfully built the first Supercomputer center for the Air Force as Director at the old AFWL on Kirtland AFB, NM.  This center provided supercomputer capability to AF laboratories across the country, providing state of the art technology to solve the most technically demanding and computationally intensive problems.  He was actively involved with analysis and design issues related to large scale laser weapons systems for 21 years.  This required an interdisciplinary approach combining physics, engineering, chemistry and optics.  Dr. Rapanani was awarded two patents for Laser Induced Flourescence as applied to supersonic, chemically reactive flowfields.  He was also an invited speaker and guest of the Academy of Sciences, USSR for three scientific symposia.  He has published twenty-five technical papers and has made numerous presentations.

          Dr. Rapagnani received his B.S. and M.S. Degrees from the University of Kansas, his M.S.M.E, from the University of Missouri and his Ph.D. in Applied Sciences from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.  Dr. Rapagnani is the Vice Chair of the Waste Management Committee.

Karen Torres (Santa Fe)

          Ms. Karen Torres resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Ms. Torres is a County Hydrologist for Santa Fe County, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Her primary duties includeL: reviewing water availability reports and water budgets for subdivisions and development within Santa Fe County, providing technical assistance to the County Utility for water right applications and well drilling program, managing the Santa Fe Groundwater Model Project.  Ms. Torres gained experience by •preparing written recommendations for pending water right and water trust board applications and providing expert testimony for the Water Rights Division in Administrative Hearings during her tenure in the Office of the State Engineer in Santa Fe where she worked as a water resource specialist.

          Ms. Torres is currently working on a Master of Water Resources Degree from the University of New Mexico.  Her coursework includes water resource management, hydrology, economics, GIS, modeling and water chemistry.  Ms. Torres earned her B.S. in Environmental Geology from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.

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