PNNL

Roberta Burbank is the group leader for the Security Systems Optimization Technical Group of 70 physical security professionals and leads the group in its mission to deliver global critical asset protection through integrated risk analysis, optimized security operations, and specialized training. These operational security solutions are more than the obvious “guns, gates, and guards”; SSO addresses the entire system of security needs to determine and integrate the appropriate combination of technology and people solutions. She is also a project manager in two primary areas—human capital/workforce development and treaty/policy implementation in support of security and nonproliferation. She is the president of the Pacific NW Chapter of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management and has a BS in biology and an MBA in project management.