Carol E. Kessler
Ms. Kessler is an expert in nuclear safety and nuclear nonproliferation having spent 30 years of her life in the field. From 2011-2014, she was Chair of the Department of Nonproliferation & National Security at Brookhaven National Laboratory, which carried out scientific research on nonproliferation and homeland security. From 2003-2010, Ms. Kessler directed the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where she researched and worked with other countries on nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation issues.
Ms. Kessler was Deputy Director General of the Nuclear Energy Agency at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, France from 2001-2003, managing personnel, business operations, and nuclear safety and nuclear liability matters.
Ms. Kessler worked for the U.S. Department of State from 1988-2001 on nuclear nonproliferation and international nuclear safety. She was the Senior Coordinator for Nuclear Safety from 1994-2000, where she partnered with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy to provide nuclear safety assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. She worked with the International Atomic Energy Agency on its nuclear safety work. She was the U.S. delegate to the Asian Nuclear Safety Network. Ms. Kessler represented the U.S. in the G-7 working group on nuclear safety.
Her nuclear career began at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1984 where she reviewed export license requests and initiated her work on nuclear safety with the former Soviet Union.
Ms. Kessler has a B.A. from Brown University in Bio-geology, an M.S. from MIT in Technology and Policy, and an M.S. in National Security Studies from the U.S. National War College.