The Current 2026 PLI Cohort

Year 10 of the Project Leadership Institute is well under way. The 2026 cohort represents 16 different affiliations within the DOE complex:

  1. Zahraa Ali, DOE Site Office
  2. Mattia Checchin, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  3. Brian Cox, National Laboratory of the Rockies
  4. Bradley Davis, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  5. Brian Doerr, National Laboratory of the Rockies
  6. Rachel Faub, Savannah River Site
  7. Darrick Fender, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  8. Jeffrey Florando, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  9. Ryan George, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  10. Catherine Green, Sandia National Laboratory
  11. Lance Grossarth, Idaho National Laboratory
  12. Raj Rao Gutta, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  13. Warren Halbig, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  14. Naeem Huque, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
  15. Janill Kohler, Idaho National Laboratory
  16. Lidija Kokoska, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  17. Jesse Luehring, Sandia National Laboratory
  18. Michelle Mas Los, Alamos National Laboratory
  19. Fabrice Matichard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  20. Michael Misch, Nevada National Security Site
  21. Tracy Ng, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  22. Jeffrey Oram, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  23. Daniel Rachal, DOE Site Office
  24. Nick Salazar, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  25. Matthew Samples, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  26. Joel Sefcovic, Argonne National Laboratory
  27. Thomas Strauss, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  28. Rachel Waggoner, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  29. Brian Walsh, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  30. Andrew Walter, Brookhaven National Laboratory