Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation (AFORR)
Annual Meeting and DOE Appreciation Night

Tuesday, January 31, 2006, 7:00 p.m.

Midtown Community Center, Oak Ridge  - Wildcat Den
102 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge (on the corner, facing Oak Ridge Turnpike)

Review the year’s activities and accomplishments, ratify the slate of officers, enjoy refreshments, hear our invited speaker, and help us thank DOE for its efforts as manager of the Oak Ridge Reservation.

Speaker: Gerald Boyd, Manager of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office

The DOE office that Gerald Boyd manages is responsible for tens of thousands of acres of federal government land in Oak Ridge. During the past year, DOE completed the establishment of the Black Oak Ridge Conservation Area (3,000 acres dedicated to conservation under state management), and made progress in other initiatives of interest to AFORR and the community.

AFORR expects to thank Mr. Boyd and his agency for its accomplishments in stewardship of the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) lands and resources and hear his comments on the subject of the ORR. Other agenda items include review of the year’s activities and accomplishments, and the election of officers. Refreshments will be served.

Gerald Boyd came to Oak Ridge in 2002 as Assistant Manager for Environmental Management in U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge Office (ORO). He was named manager of ORO in January 2003. In that position, he is responsible for DOE’s programs in science at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, environmental management, assets utilization, and uranium programs at the Oak Ridge Reservation. ORO also provides support to the Y-12 National Security Complex managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Before coming to Oak Ridge, Boyd served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology in the Office of Environmental Management at DOE Headquarters, where he was responsible for managing a national and international program for science and technology development for environmental remediation and waste management. Previously, Boyd was DOE’s Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology, and the Director of the Emergency Preparedness and the DOE National Transportation Program. He also has served as Deputy Superintendent of the Emergency Management Institute, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and was affiliated with Valdosta State College and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

A native of middle Tennessee, Boyd received a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from the University of Mississippi and a master’s degree in education and administration from Florida State University. He and his wife, Betty Jo, have two daughters.

AFORR is a nonprofit organization chartered in 1999 with the mission of encouraging the appropriate stewardship of the ORR and its resources. Its activities include encouraging public participation in decisions about future uses of the ORR and obtaining, analyzing, and disseminating information about the ORR, including its resources, the value of these resources, present and potential uses, and sustainable development concepts.

This event is open to the public.
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