Lou Von Thaer, Battelle President & CEO, Named to 2022 Wash100 for Scientific R&D and National Laboratory Support Leadership

Lou Von Thaer, president and CEO of Battelle, has been selected to receive a 2022 Wash100 Award for stewarding the nonprofit organization to position itself for annual revenue growth and its management role at eight of the 17 Department of Energy national laboratories.

This marks Von Thaer’s fourth consecutive induction and seventh Wash100 win overall in the nine-year history of the award. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for him as your favorite GovCon figure.

In February 2021, the Battelle Savannah River Alliance received the green light to take over the responsibility for the management and operations of the Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory under a 10-year, $3.8 billion contract.

“We have the lab management experience to make a difference and we’re committed to ensuring the success of this important national resource,” Von Thaer said when the Battelle-led consortium won the contract in December 2020.

Following the award, former Idaho National Laboratory Director Mark Peters joined Battelle’s senior leadership team as executive vice president for laboratory operations.

In May 2021, The Columbus Business First reported that Battelle was on track to reach an annual revenue of nearly $10 billion to double the figures recorded before Von Thaer took leadership of the Columbus, Ohio-based research and development contractor as president and chief executive on Oct. 1, 2017.

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