Laura Ortiz Wilkerson

Affiliation

US DOE OREM

Biography

Laura Wilkerson is the Chief Engineer for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In this role, she oversees the daily operations needed to perform the organization’s environmental cleanup and stewardship, decontamination and decommissioning activities, waste processing and management, surveillance and maintenance programs, and procurement and contract functions. Previously, as the Director of the Planning and Execution Division, she oversaw all planning and execution activities related to the cleanup at Oak Ridge’s three primary sites—the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).