Mr. Black is the Vice President and Controller for the Babcock and Wilcox Company (B&W).  B&W has annual revenues of $3.4B and manages additional annual budgets exceeding $1.2B through affiliated entities.  Mr. Black serves on the Board of several pension committees that manage approximately $11.1B in funds.  B&W has over 22,200 employees dispersed internationally and across the United States including both company-owned facilities and M&O operations managed for the Department of Energy.

In 1991, Mr. Black joined BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT - a subsidiary of B&W) as General Accounting Manager for the Nuclear Environmental Services Division.  Other positions held within B&W were Financial Services Manager for the ASD Service Center Division, Controller for B&W Federal Services, Inc., Controller for BWXT Services, Inc. and Vice President and Controller for BWXT.  He has held his current position since January of 2007.  Mr. Black served as Controller for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia from 1987 until 1991.

Mr. Black holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and also a Master of Science degree in Accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.  In 1987, Mr. Black became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Virginia. He continues to develop his knowledge of accounting and related areas through continuing education requirements focused on pension fund and investment management, mergers and acquisitions, and SEC accounting and reporting.   

Tony holds an MBA from Franklin University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wittenburg University.

George Beam is currently Senior Vice President of Nuclear Services for AREVA NP Inc. Beam started his career as a Reactor Engineer at the Oconee Nuclear Station in 1977. After two years, he left to attend business school, after which he started work at Babcock & Wilcox in its Nuclear Services business in 1981. He initially started out on staff as a Strategic Planner, followed by several assignments in Business Development/Marketing for Steam Generator and Reactor Services.

Mr. Janky’s career portrays a history of solid contributions in a broad range of technical disciplines including infrared systems, signal processing, hardware and software development, technical management, and Land Mobile Radio systems.  Bill has over 28 years of experience including electro-optic search/track and threat warning system design with GE’s Aerospace Electronics Systems department, and the last 17 years in Lynchburg working on Land Mobile Radio systems with Ericsson-GE, Ericsson, Com-Net Ericsson, and finally Harris/Electronics-M/A-COM.  He currently manages the system design group in Lynchburg and holds the title of Technology Fellow.

Keith is the Director of Research & Development and part owner of AMTI (Advanced Manufacturing Technology Inc).

AMTI manufactures and develops electronic products for the DOD, Industrial, Commercial and Consumer business segments.

Previously, Keith was employed by Ericsson Inc in Lynchburg holding positions in Component Engineering, Project Management and Engineering Manager. Before joining Ericsson, he worked at Rockwell Collins Avionics in Melbourne, Florida designing RF circuits for Navigation (ILS, ADF, VOR) products. Keith was also involved with the Air Force Eastern Test Range upgrade during the late 80's employed by Pan Am World Services.

Keith received his Bachelor of Electronic Engineering Technology from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. He currently sits on the board directors for CAER (Center for Advanced Engineering & Research) and AMTI.

Aaron Mathes (Liberty Class of 1999) serves as the Deputy Secretary of Technology for the State of Virginia.  Prior to his current position with Governor McDonnell’s office, he served as the CIO and Information Security Officer for the Office of the Attorney General.  

Steve attended Central Virginia Community College and Lynchburg College. He is employed as Vice President of Delta Star, Inc. and also serves on the Board of Directors . Delta Star is manufacturer of medium power transformers and mobile substations with plants in Lynchburg and San Francisco.

Currently, Sen. Newman serves on several vital committees in the State Senate. These are Commerce and Labor, Education and Health, Local Government, Transportation (ranking member), and Senate Rules Committee. Serving as Chair of the Republican Caucus is also part of his responsibilities at the state capitol. Governor McDonnell’s entire 2010 Education Package was authored by Sen. Newman. He also served on the Governor’s Higher Education Reform Commission.

Sen. Newman has been involved in many of the capital upgrades here at Central Virginia Community College, including construction of the Merritt Building, renovation of the CVCC Library, funding for the AREVA project, and securing approval for many of the programs and yearly budget items.

Education has been a priority for Sen. Newman since going to Richmond as a legislator. Just in this current year, he has backed the Charter School Bill, the Lab Schools Bill, and the Virtual Schools Bill. All of these are innovative and technologically advanced programs aimed at improving the Virginia education system.

Ron received his Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering (1975) and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering (1976) from the University of Michigan. He serves on steering committees and advisory panels and actively serves alongside his family at church. 

Richard Rawls is the CEO of Rawls Aerospace Consulting. This small consulting company was formed after I retired from NASA in early 2008. My career at NASA spanned 37 years and started with a Mechanical Engineering background, working Aeronautics in my early years with NASA and eventually working Systems Engineering.

Over the last 20+ years of my career at NASA, my focus was on International Space Programs. I interfaced with space programs in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, France and Italy. I have also supported satellite programs at Ball Aerospace, TRW and Northrup Grumman.

My support of various space programs has also allowed me the opportunity to work at many NASA Centers including Langley, Goddard, Kennedy, Johnson, Ames, Dryden, Marshall and Glenn. I also spent a year at the Jet Propulsion Lab (Cal Tech) leading the mechanical team in the development, assembly and test of the two Mars Exploration Rovers.

Since my retirement in early 2008 from NASA, I have provided consulting support to the Constellation Program managed out of the Johnson Space Center in Houston and the CERES FM5/FM6 Project managed out of the Goddard Center in Maryland. I continue to maintain close contact with my NASA counterparts as well as counterparts in industry.