DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES
MANAGEMENT RESTRUCTURING AND STREAMLINING
George Malosh and Robert Brown to Assume New Management Assignments
 

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge Offices Manager Gerald Boyd today announced the reassignment of two key managers to new positions within the organization.  Effective immediately, George Malosh has been named Deputy Manager for Laboratory Operations and Robert Brown has been named Chief Operating Officer.

Also, three key management positions at Oak Ridge Operations (ORO) have been abolished as part of ORO’s management restructure.  Edward Cumesty, previously the Deputy Manager, has been detailed to an executive level position that focuses on restructuring the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science.  Margaret Morrow, previously the Deputy Manager for Operations, has accepted a position with Pro2Serve as Director of the National Security Program for the Oak Ridge office.  Robert Folker, previously the Deputy Manager for Business Operations, will be detailed to assist in the transition and will perform other duties for the Manager.

Boyd said, “These reassignments and changes will eliminate a layer of management within ORO.  The reassignment of George Malosh to a new position within ORO reflects the importance of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to ORO.  Robert Brown will provide executive leadership for all day-to-day activities including coordination of all major business and technical service activities and management responsibility for all other ORO programs.”

ORO is responsible for major national DOE missions in science, environmental management, and uranium programs, and provides support to national security missions of the National Nuclear Security Administration.  ORO is responsible for major facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Paducah, Kentucky, Portsmouth, Ohio, and Newport News, Virginia.

Biographical Information

George Malosh previously served as ORO’s Assistant Manager for Laboratories.  In that position, he was responsible for the oversight of activities at ORNL, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, and the Spallation Neutron Source.  Malosh brings to Oak Ridge more than 33 years of experience and has served in high-level management and technical positions at major facilities in the United States and Australia.  Prior to joining ORO, Malosh served as the DOE Group Manager at Brookhaven National Laboratory since 1998.  A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Malosh received his Bachelor of Science degrees in physics and mathematics from the University of Scranton in 1963 and a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1965.  Malosh and his wife, Barbara, have one son, Todd, and live in west Knoxville. 

Robert Brown previously served as Assistant Manager for ORO’s Assets Utilization, a position he was named to in May 1999.  Assets Utilization was created to consolidate efforts in reindustrialization, metal recycling, and a major environmental cleanup program at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).  Brown’s responsibilities included planning, coordinating, and initiating implementation of reindustrialization of the ETTP and other portions of the Oak Ridge Reservation, which no longer have viable missions and are excess to future DOE needs.  Additional responsibilities include implementing the ORO vision for reuse, reindustrialization, and sale of assets; providing policy and assets management services to the DOE Business Center for Precious Metals Sales and Recovery; and providing guidance in ORO’s efforts to reduce capital investments, waste disposal, and decontamination costs. 

Prior to becoming Assets Manager in 1996, Brown was Deputy Manager for ORO’s Construction and Engineering Division, which he began in March 1994.  In addition, he previously served as Director of the Project Management Division and Deputy Assistant Manager of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, located in Louisiana.  A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Brown received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from The University of Tennessee.  Brown is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee and is a past member of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers.   Brown and his wife, Joyce, and stepson, Jeff Marlar, live in west Knoxville.

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