As IEC’s Waste and D&D Senior Director, Dan is an seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience at all levels of project leadership. Dan returns to Idaho after a stint as the Chief Operating Officer at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Dan has safely managed cleanup programs at Rocky Flats, Idaho, West Valley, Canadian Nuclear Labs and Paducah. Dan has a significant amount of experience at the ICP leading a high performing decommissioning team whose key accomplishments included; managing end states for 197 facilities, dispositioning 5 reactors, the INTEC fuel reprocessing facility and hot cells at ATR and TAN. This work was accomplished safely, ahead of schedule, under budget with no impact to the INL. Dan’s extensive experience will help drive the safe and effective implementation of the desired end state for the closure of the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC).

As the Idaho Environmental Coalition’s Liquid Waste and Fuels Senior Director, Bill Kirby is responsible for three high-profile waste management/spent nuclear fuel projects at the Idaho National Laboratory Site. Most recently, Mr. Kirby managed the successful startup of one of three radioactive liquid waste treatment projects in the Department of Energy (DOE) Complex: the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit. Earlier in 2023, Mr. Kirby and his staff completed the transfer of spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage nine months ahead of a key milestone with the State of Idaho. Mr. Kirby also manages a project to retrieve 4,400 cubic meters of a granulated high-level radioactive waste called calcine.

He has more than 30 years’ experience in nuclear operations and cleanup pertaining to Naval Nuclear Reactors, the DOE Complex, and commercial nuclear industry. With this experience, Mr. Kirby also oversees balance of plant, maintenance, infrastructure, and operations at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, a Cold War-era spent nuclear fuel reprocessing facility that has a long-term role in spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste management.

Ken Brewer has 40 years of experience in nuclear operations, encompassing a variety of areas including radionuclide separations, high-level waste treatment, spent nuclear fuel reprocessing and handling, as well as start/restart readiness verifications. He has held a number of positions at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) from Maintenance to Spent Fuel and Liquid Waste Operations, and Manager of the Analytical Laboratory.

Ken possesses a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the College of Idaho, as well as a Master of Science in Chemistry from the University of Idaho while also having 4 US patents and 2 Russian patents in waste treatment and radionuclide separations processes. He has authored and co-authored over 125 publications in the form of peer reviewed journal articles, college textbooks, conference proceedings and internal and external reports.

Ken is proud to have led the dedicated teams that prepared the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) for sustained radiological operations and completed all spent nuclear fuel transfers from wet to dry storage; monumental achievements in completing major Idaho Settlement Agreement milestones. He has been married to his wife, Lani, for 42 years, and they have four children along with a Maltese dog named Maggie. He enjoys salmon fishing in Alaska and deer hunting at the family cabin in Oklahoma in his free time. He is also a huge Oklahoma Sooner fan.

Dana Kirkham is IEC’s Senior Director of Regulatory and Strategic Affairs, leading the company’s environmental regulatory activities to ensure the company meets its regulatory agreements and requirements. Her work also includes leading IEC’s strategic affairs that includes IEC’s external and internal communications, community engagement, and government relations.

Dana is extremely familiar with eastern Idaho, having served as the Mayor of the City of Ammon. She served two terms on the Ammon City council, six of those years as the Council President. Following her tenure as Mayor of Ammon, Dana was the Chief Executive Officer for the Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho (REDI). Her local experience is complemented by her prior federal government experience from past assignments with the Central Intelligence Agency and the United States Department of State.

As IEC’s Safety, Health, Quality and Security Acting Senior Director, Eric is a seasoned safety management professional with over 35 years of experience in high hazard environmental remediation operations for the Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Safety has always been an integral part of his day-to-day successes. Eric’s extensive knowledge and experience ensures the safety and health of IEC employees, and the quality and security of the work accomplished. Eric provides supervision and guidance to senior managers as well as the Project Evaluation Board, Radiological Safety, Industrial Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection, Integrated Safety Management Systems, Voluntary Protection Program, Safeguards, Security, Emergency Management, Quality/Performance Assurance, Procedures, and Regulatory Training. Eric has extensive experience in integration and oversight of complex regulatory requirements into the ICP daily work activities, assuring that requirements are consistently applied in the field through technical procedures, work permits, and job specific analysis. Through his experience and guidance, the ICP has completed several high hazard works scopes including completion of the Subsurface Disposal Area (SDA) exhumation of targeted waste, safely decommissioning and demolishing the seven highly contaminated accelerated retrieval project structures, commencing D&D of the three Naval Reactors Facility (NRF) prototype reactors, completion of the ICP wet to dry fuel packaging project, and the safe startup, operations and maintenance of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU).

As IEC’s Senior Director Essential Missions, Ben has experience with the Department of Energy Idaho Cleanup Project customer and its contractors making him ideally suited for the role. He was previously the IEC Task Order and Risk Director responsible for delivering compliant Task Orders for DOE. Ben has experience across the DOE complex including Idaho, Los Alamos, Hanford, and Pantex. He has experience leading and managing DOE programs across diverse portfolios achieving desired cleanup end states, including transuranic and low-level waste management, engineering and nuclear safety, environmental compliance, and project management.

Kim Southwick is senior executive and manager with over 25 years of experience dedicated to DOE nuclear cleanup projects. Kim brings a wholistic approach to business services grounded in project management and support to mission goals and objectives for cleanup. Kim has significant personnel and managerial experience in all aspects of business operations including Contract Management, Document and Records Management, Finance, Information Technology and Cyber, Performance Indicators and Reporting, Project Controls and Supply Chain. Kim is also well versed in establishing and maintaining required business systems including accounting, purchasing, property, earned value and estimating. Kim focuses on fostering a strong business foundation through collaboration and partnering, ensuring management and mitigation of risk, and applying analytical skills including dashboard reporting to benefit projects, stakeholders and customers.

As the Senior Project Director for the Idaho Environmental Coalition, Jimmy Spells leads the team at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient operations. The IWTU is a first-of-a kind facility to treat 900,000 gallons of liquid radioactive waste that is currently in underground storage tanks at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC). The waste being treated, commonly called Sodium-Bearing Waste (SBW), was generated from legacy reprocessing operations at INTEC and is being converted into a stable dry granular product. Treatment of the SBW supports the current regulatory agreements between the Department of Energy and State of Idaho.

Mr. Spells has more than 40 years’ experience in nuclear operations, manufacturing, training, and cleanup pertaining to Naval Nuclear Propulsion and the DOE Complex. Prior to managing the successful startup and initiation of radioactive operations at the IWTU, Mr. Spells also managed the readiness assessment process and startup of other high-profile cleanup activities at the Idaho National Laboratory.

Mike Swartz has more than 42 years of experience in nuclear weapons production, nuclear operations, and clean up within the DOE Complex, 20 years of which he has spent involved in deactivation and demolition (D&D). During his career, Mike has safely managed D&D projects at Rocky Flats, Hanford, and Paducah sites, and he has been instrumental in the D&D of over 500 structures across the complex. His extensive experience is helping to drive the safe and effective implementation of end state closure for the S1W, A1W, and S5G naval reactor prototypes.

Eric joins IEC as Deputy Business Services Senior Director/Chief Financial Officer, and he previously served as IEC General Counsel. Eric helps manage all aspects of IEC’s business operations including Contract Management, Document and Records Management, Finance, Information Technology and Cyber, and Supply Chain. Eric’s legal background spans a diverse range of issues, including project support, environmental remediation, prime contracts, subcontracts, employee relations, insurance, and corporate governance. Eric previously worked at the Hanford Site as Legal Counsel for CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company and the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant as General Counsel for Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership.

Shannon Bowman directs Human Resources strategy for IEC. Shannon is an Idaho native who attended Idaho State University and University of North Texas in Denton. Her more than thirty-year career in HR includes working for defense and energy contractors in twelve states, but she has lived primarily in Idaho and Texas. Shannon is a certified HR professional (SHRM and HRCI) and a certified mediator. She is passionate about organizational development, diversity and inclusion. She has received national accolades as the recipient of the Community Contributor to Inclusion Award from the U.S. DOE and was Project Manager of the Idaho Hispanic Youth Symposium when it was honored by the National Latino Children’s Institute with their prestigious award “La Promesa de un Futuro Brilliante.”

Michael Hillman is IEC’s Independent Audit Director. Responsibilities under his purview include proactively assisting IEC management in effectively discharging its corporate governance responsibilities by serving as an independent and objective resource for conducting internal audits and assessments. His responsibilities also include evaluating the achievement of IEC business objectives.

Michael's career began in the public sector where he gained experience in accounting and auditing. He has over 20 years of experience in internal audit at the Idaho National Laboratory site. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration with an accounting emphasis degree and is also a certified internal auditor.

As IEC’s Director of Project Support Ross has 30 years of experience leading and managing projects both in the private sector and at DOE sites. He was previously the Director of EM Infrastructure and Interface for Fluor at DOE’s Idaho site. He has experience leading and managing projects across diverse portfolios and achieving desired results for mission goals, including waste treatment, waste movement and storage, characterization operations, production planning, facility support activities, maintenance, construction, RCRA closure activities, and labor relations interface.

James Barker has over 40 years of combined experience in nuclear and non-nuclear facility operations, maintenance, closure, and decommissioning in the United States and the United Kingdom.

He comes to the Idaho Cleanup Project from Navarro Idaho, where he serves as the Idaho Environmental Coalition Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Liaison. He has managed nuclear facility operations, including DUF6 processing, canyon reprocessing facilities, nuclear fuel handling and storage, high level waste treatment and storage, TRU waste retrieval, characterization, packaging and shipment, and alkali metals (Na & NaK) retrieval, treatment and storage. His experience also includes the operation and closure of high-level waste tank farms and treatment facilities as well as decontamination and decommissioning projects in the US and UK.

Sean Coletti is IEC’s General Counsel and the company’s chief legal advisor. His responsibilities include managing legal risks, and providing advice, counsel, and support for all of IEC’s operational activities. Prior to working at IEC, Sean was a partner at a local private law firm and a legal counsel at the Idaho National Laboratory. He has a wealth of experience in the areas of prime contracts, subcontracts, human resources, corporate governance, and litigation. He has represented both small and large corporate clients throughout his career. Sean received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is currently serving a second term as the Mayor of the City of Ammon, where he previously served two terms on the Ammon City Council.

As IEC's Chief Engineer, Joseph provides leadership and oversight for all IEC engineering, nuclear safety, and criticality safety activities. With a staff of 150 engineers, designers, and analysts located across all IEC facilities, Joseph oversees the technical aspects of IEC's most complex projects. Ensuring safe facilities and equipment for personnel is his primary responsibility.

Joseph has more than 25 years of experience in nuclear licensing, project management, system engineering, design engineering and nuclear plant management in the nuclear power industry and the DOE complex. He has a baccalaureate of science degree in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Joseph is also a graduate of a Tennessee Valley Authority sponsored accelerated leadership program from the Vanderbilt University Owen School of Business.

Tresa has been with the ICP since September of 2020. She has a master’s degree in social work. Previously, she worked in the mental health practice and her experience working with diverse populations gives her a unique perspective in her role as the Employee Concern Program Manager.

Joy Wilkie is the Executive Assistant to the President/Program Manager and the COO with over 25 years of experience as an Administrative Professional. Joy began working at INL over 13 years ago, joining IEC in 2021. As an advocate for the administrative profession, Joy currently serves as the Idaho Branch Director for IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professionals) and in 2019 Joy received her CAP designation with IAAP. She is passionate about servant leadership in the workplace, as well as her personal life.

Joy has been happily married to her husband, Kirk, for 35 years. They have two sons, two incredible daughters-in-law, and six grandchildren. Outside of work, Joy is an active community volunteer who loves to sing, bike, golf, and spend quality time with her family.