Housed in the Office of the President (1111 Franklin St., 5th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607-5206), the Laboratory Management Office (LMO) is responsible for management of contract administration and governance at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and of UC's parent obligations as an owner of Los Alamos National Security (LANS) and Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLCs. The office reports to the University's vice president for laboratory management.

Background on the LMO

The LMO has two main units: Operations and Administration and Programs. The Operations and Administration unit is headed by Robert Van Ness, UC Associate Vice President for Operations and Administration. The Programs unit is headed by John Birely, Associate Vice President for Laboratory Programs. The Operations and Administration unit comprises two sections: Operations and Contracts. These sections are headed respectively by Deputy Associate Vice President James F. Koonce and Executive Director Ronald A. Nelson.

LMO Organization Chart

LMO Staff Directory

Operations and Administration

The highest priority of the Operations and Administration unit is to facilitate the achievement of excellence in the management, productivity, and performance of laboratory operations and administration, and to assist the laboratories in the adoption and implementation of appropriate performance-based measurement and continuous improvement processes.

Operations works with the laboratories and the DOE in functional areas such as:

• Laboratory Management - assessing the quality of laboratory leadership in such areas as communications of principles and goals, support of operational and administrative requirements, and relations with internal and external constituencies.
  
  
• Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (ERWM) - managing restoration and waste management activities.
  
  
• Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) - conducting operations in a manner which protects the environment and the safety and health of laboratory employees and the public.
  
  
• Project, Facilities and Construction Management - making sure that buildings and major equipment are safe and operable and providing mentoring and assistance to Project Managers.
  
  
• Safeguards and Security - maintaining security, safeguarding hazardous materials, protecting classified data and materials.
  
  
• Financial Management - accounting, financial reporting, and budgeting of overall operations.
  
  
• Human Resources - managing personnel and benefit functions and ensuring that the best qualified people are hired and retained.
  
  
• Procurement - purchasing goods and services to support laboratory operations.
  
  
• Property Management - managing property such as supplies, tools, and equipment.
  
  Buck Koonce
  Deputy Associate Vice President, Operations
  Manager, Laboratory Management
  (510) 987-0738
  buck.koonce@ucop.edu
  
  Jim Hirahara
  Executive Director, Business & Finance
  (510) 987-0614
  jim.hirahara@ucop.edu
  
  Sharon Eklund
  Director, Performance Management & Integration
  (510) 987-0836
  sharon.eklund@ucop.edu
  
  

Programs

The Laboratory Programs Office (LPO) has the responsibility for the management and oversight of all programmatic work and science and technology (S&T) activities at Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories. The goal of the office is to promote and demonstrate outstanding scientific and programmatic performance at the Laboratories in service to the nation.

Specifically, in the programs/S&T area, it is responsible for:

• Meeting all contractual obligations;
• Generation, implementation, and oversight of Laboratory Management policies;
• Negotiation of performance standards and monitoring of performance;
• Developing aspects of and working with the new governance structure and advisory bodies; and
• Enhancing, promoting, and overseeing communications and collaborations with other aspects of the University and private sector partners.

For more information on Laboratory Programs, contact:

John Birely
Associate Vice President, Programs
(510) 987-9405
john.birely@ucop.edu

Contracts Management

The three main functions of Contracts Management are to:

• Establish protocols for improved contractual communications and to help expedite coordinated responses by UC and the laboratories to DOE directives.
• Develop and maintain a modern computer-based management information system for use by UC, DOE, and the laboratories.
• Perform financial accounting related to UC contract compensation and oversight activities.
  

Contracts Management, through its UC Research Security Office, also arranges for new DOE Q clearances, updating of clearances, and temporary security clearances for LAO employees and other UC representatives whose work requires them to visit restricted areas of the Livermore and Los Alamos laboratories.

For more information on Contract Management, contact:

Ronald A. Nelson
Executive Director, Contracts and Administration
(510) 987-0800
ron.nelson@ucop.edu