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. Warren Halbig, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  13. Naeem Huque, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
  14. Janill Kohler, Idaho National Laboratory
  15. Lidija Kokoska, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  16. Jesse Luehring, Sandia National Laboratory
  17. Michelle Mas Los, Alamos National Laboratory
  18. Fabrice Matichard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  19. Michael Misch, Nevada National Security Site
  20. Tracy Ng, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  21. Jeffrey Oram, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  22. Daniel Rachal, DOE Site Office
  23. Nick Salazar, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  24. Matthew Samples, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  25. Joel Sefcovic, Argonne National Laboratory
  26. Thomas Strauss, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  27. Rachel Waggoner, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  28. Brian Walsh, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  29. Andrew Walter, Brookhaven National Laboratory