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Mindy DeLong-Weetch is a programmatic risk manager for the Risk and Environmental Assessment group. Mindy earned her MBA and BA in accounting from Washington State University after earning an AA and an AAS in accounting from Columbia Basin College. She has earned a professional certificate in Stanford Strategic Decision and Risk Management and the NeuralPlan Project Planning Qualification, and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Since joining PNNL, DeLong-Weetch has provided risk management expertise to several National Nuclear Security Association nuclear weapons programs, as well as to sustainable fuel scale-up projects through the Bio-Energy Technology Office.

DeLong-Weetch had previously worked for 11 years at the Hanford Site, primarily in risk management as first a risk analyst, then a risk manager, and finally as the manager of Contractor Assurance. In these roles, she performed many statistical analyses supporting a variety of projects, ranging from short-term, repeated efforts with relatively low cost to projects spanning multiple years and millions of dollars. Additionally, she performed and oversaw the performance of causal analyses to prevent the recurrence of significant issues. 

During this time, she led two separate multi-entity efforts to develop and implement site-wide software packages: the Enterprise Risk and Opportunity Management System and the DevonWay integrated Contractor Assurance System. She was also active as a member of the Energy Facilities Contractor Group and co-published “Improve Planning and Forecasting and Reduce Risk Using Behavioral Science,” in September 2018.

Beyond her professional life, DeLong-Weetch continues to explore ways to help her community. She is a co-founder and former board member of the Pasco Taco Crawl, a charity event promoting small businesses in Pasco, Washington, and supporting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin counties. She is especially interested in helping efforts to mitigate the sources and impacts of climate change, improve sustainability, and support bio-fuel development. 

• Contractor Assurance
• Corrective Actions
• Issues Management
• Leadership and Management
• Risk Analysis
• Risk Informed Decision Analysis
• Strategic Decision Support

• MBA in business administration, Washington State University
• BA in accounting, Washington State University
• AAS in accounting, Columbia Basin College
• AA, Columbia Basin College

• DeLong, M., J. E. Ramirez, and H. Gomez. 2018. Improve Planning and Forecasting and Reduce Risk, Using Behavioral Science to Mitigate Bias. EFCOG Final Report, Energy Facility Contractors Group, the Department of Energy.