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Southeast Region Research Initiative
National Security Directorate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6252
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SERRI Staff
Ann B. Hasting provides program management support to the Director and team with an emphasis on cost and budget. Ann also assists in areas of procurement, accounts payable, meeting logistics, travel arrangements, and general office management activities.
David C. Landguth provides technical support to senior management of the SERRI Program. He received his undergraduate degree in Geology
from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Masters degree in Public Health (MPH) with a specialization in Environmental Occupational
Safety and Health from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Master of Arts in Homeland Security and Defense from the Naval
Post Graduate School. He has extensive experience in: developing, implementing, and monitoring Public Health/Occupational and Environmental
Health and Safety for numerous federal sponsors, Homeland Security Training, contracting, and development of technology transfer opportunities
to provide homeland security technology solutions. Additionally, Mr. Landguth serves as a logistics specialist on the TN-1 Disaster
Medical Assistance Team for the National Disaster Medical System managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Benjamin (Ben) Thomas, Jr. provides program management support to the SERRI Program. Ben is specifically responsible for oversight
of the Mississippi Research Initiative and the Regional Research and Operations Support Projects of SERRI. Ben has more than 30 years
experience working on the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation. Over the last 10 years, Ben has worked closely with minority institutions to
build technology related partnerships and to implement research collaborations with minority institutions (in particular Historically
Black Colleges and Universities). Ben's most recent assignment prior to the SERRI Program was loan personnel to Tennessee State University
to implement the mentor protégé agreement between TSU and the Y-12 National Security Complex (Oak Ridge, TN). Ben's undergraduate
degree is from Tuskegee University and his graduate degrees are from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
SERRI Director
Warren C. Edwards
Mr. Warren C. Edwards currently serves as the Director, Southeast Region Research Initiative (SERRI) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL) managed by UT-Battelle, LLC.
After retiring as a Major General from the United States Army and before joining UT-Battelle,
Mr. Edwards served as the Chief Operating Officer for Oak Ridge Technology Connections (TechConnect), LLC. In that position he established
the start-up business plan, the operating systems, policies, and business procedures for a high-technology consulting enterprise and
brought them to full operating capability. Prior to TechConnect, Mr. Edwards was a Senior Director for CACI, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia.
In that capacity, he established the Atlanta operations office for CACI and managed a series of programs throughout the Southeast
supporting the US Army and Centers for Disease Control.
During his more than 30 years of military service, Mr. Edwards held numerous
positions including, Deputy Commanding General, Coalition Land Component Command/3rd US Army, Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan);
Deputy Commanding General, 5th US Army; Assistant Division Commander, 2nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea; and Chief of Staff,
US Army Aviation Center and School, Fort Rucker, Alabama. Senior-level commands include the 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 2nd Infantry
Division, Republic of Korea and the 10th Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. Mr. Edwards also served as
the Chief of the Operations Division, National Military Command System, the Joint Staff.
Mr. Edwards graduated from the University
of Richmond, Richmond Virginia and holds a Masters of Military Arts and Sciences from the US Army Command and Staff College and a
Masters of Science in International Studies from the US Naval War College.
Mr. Edwards and his wife, Diane, currently reside in Oak
Ridge, Tennessee and have one grown son, Joel.
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