Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is an honor to recognize Jill Hruby and her team for their commitment to the success of Sandia National Laboratories and their commendable service to the Nation. Since 2015, Ms. Hruby has been the president and director of Sandia National Laboratories and will be leaving the labs at the end of April. It has been a pleasure working with her over the last 2 years. With more than 12,000 employees, Sandia is our Nation's largest national laboratory with principal sites in Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA. The lab employs some of the best and brightest minds in the country and is indispensable to our national security and to maintaining our Nation's science and engineering superiority. Ms. Hruby joined Sandia in 1983 to work on research in nanoscience, hydrogen storage, mechanical component design, thermal analysis, and microfluidics. She served for 27 years at Sandia's California location, managing projects responsible for weapon components, microtechnologies, and materials processing. In 2010, she came to New Mexico to serve as the vice president of the Energy, Nonproliferation, and High-Consequence Security Division and as the leader of Sandia's International, Homeland, and Nuclear Security Program Management Unit. In July 2015, Ms. Hruby became the first woman to direct a national security laboratory. Ms. Hruby has authored numerous publications, holds three patents in microfabrication, and won an R&D 100 Award in solid-state radiation detection.…”