Mr. Todd Lapointe is a member of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy, Science and Environment (ESE) Chief of Nuclear Safety (CNS) Staff in Washington, D.C. Todd's duties include serving as the technical expert for conduct of operations, operational readiness assessments (ORRs), and integrated safety management (ISM) supporting line oversight, technical aspects of operational nuclear safety, related regulations & standards, and field assessments related to operational nuclear safety implementation.

Mr. Lapointe has over 18 years of engineering, operations and technology management experience within and outside the DOE complex. He has supported the department's headquarters offices of Environmental Management (EM) and Environment, Safety & Health (EH) in the areas of conduct of operations assessment and safety performance metrics. Outside of the department he has managed operations, maintenance and business process analyses and reengineering activities for some of private industry's most respected manufacturing leaders including SC Johnson, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Akzo-Nobel, among others. Prior to working with DOE Mr. Lapointe gained recognized nuclear operational management, reactor operations and leadership experience as an Officer in a dynamic US submarine environment.

Mr. Lapointe is a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy with a degree in Marine Engineering Operations and minors in Nuclear Engineering and Management as well as a graduate of the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Officers Program and a decorated submarine veteran. He is also a recipient of the US Vice-Presidential National Performance Review "Hammer" Award for developing and coauthoring DOE's Performance Indicators for the Environment, Safety & Health Program. He resides his wife Megan in Baltimore, MD and works out of the Under Secretary's Office in the Headquarters Forrestal Building.