Kimberly S. Budil

Budil came to Livermore in 1987 as a graduate student in Laser Programs and became a postdoc in the weapons program in 1994. Over the following decades Budil held management roles across Weapons and Complex Integration, Global Security, the National Ignition Facility, and Physical and Life Sciences.21

Budil twice served as a detailee in Washington, D.C., first in the NNSA Office of Defense Science and then as a senior adviser to the Department of Energy's undersecretary for science. As vice president for national laboratories at the University of California Office of the President, Budil was responsible for governance and oversight of the Livermore, Berkeley and Los Alamos laboratories.2

The LLNS board announced Budil's appointment as director on January 28, 2021, and Budil took up the role on March 2, 2021, succeeding Bill Goldstein. Before that appointment Budil was the laboratory's principal associate director for Weapons and Complex Integration.2

LLNL's leadership page describes the director's work with senior leaders at the Department of Energy, the NNSA, other national laboratories and private and academic partners. The page also lists Budil as a member of the National Academy of Engineering.1