Managerial Leadership
The success of FE&C lies in the great individuals that keep the company running. We’ve hired only top-notch management capable of creating a vision then realizing it to its top potential. FE&C key management each have 20+ years of industry experience and present creative and innovative solutions for each project. In addition, only top-level staff are used when creating project teams.
Richard T French, Chairman
President & CEO, FE&C
French has spent his entire career focused on the management of nuclear and environmental remediation, engineering and construction services and has over 35 years experience managing programs and projects in highly technical and scientific environments. He has spent more than 20 years at government-owned nuclear sites and facilities. Notable past roles include multiple Vice President roles with EG&G Idaho at the Idaho Cleanup Project; President of ICF Kaiser Hanford; and the first Manager of the US Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
DeVerne Dunnum
President, FE&C Canada, Ltd.; Executive VP; Chief Operations Officer
Dunnum brings more than 30 cumulative years experience to his role at FE&C, including positions in project management, engineering, operations, construction, and quality assurance in both federally-funded and private sector projects. He has extensive experience developing and managing nuclear environmental remediation, decontamination/demolition and construction projects. Project types include nuclear, waste repository, nuclear processing plant, chemical general plant, mining and industrial decommissioning and demolition, life safety and environmental compliance.
Bassel Younes
Chief Financial Officer
Younes is responsible for financial for all national and international offices at FE&C. Additionally, he is accountable for all aspects of equipment management, human resources, contracts and procurement roles in the company. Previously, Younes was responsible for operations of the environmental division of FE&C, including financial accountability. He has held many roles within FE&C including project manager and chief engineer. Prior to his life at FE&C, Younes worked as a senior global product support engineer in Silicone Valley for Novellus Systems, a multi-million dollar computer chip manufacturer, where he planned, managed, and executed complex projects domestically and internationally.
Jessica Blankenship
General Counsel
Blankenship is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of FE&C. Her duties include drafting and reviewing teaming agreements and subcontracts and managing interactions with outside counsel. She serves as the point of contact for questions regarding interpretation of contract terms, Federal Acquisition Regulations and various agreements of which FE&C is involved. Blankenship attended law school at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where she worked for two years at the Marion County Prosecutor’s office trying misdemeanor cases. Blankenship’s past experience includines working for Bechtel and for a commercial real estate development firm.
Scott Seiler
President, FE&C United Kingdom Ltd.; Vice President, Engineering & Technical Services
Seiler leads all work in the UK for FE&C in addition to heading up engineering and technical services company-wide. His experience in federal-level government construction and remediation projects has focused on the disposition of complex nuclear facilities and associated wastes, including the resolution of extensive safety, compliance, and logistical issues. As former President of two design engineering firms, he provided project management and execution support, accelerated closure planning, environmental compliance assessments, and life-cycle asset management services.
Larry Burdge
Vice President, Construction Services
Burdge is a Vice President of FE&C and in charge of delivery of construction project controls. He has led work at several of the largest and most complex environmental cleanup and decommissioning projects in the US and the UK. He is noted within DOE for being the creator of the ‘Cost Critical Path” concept for the development of integrated critical paths, utilizing cost effectiveness as a primary prioritization criterion. He was also at INEL (now INL) as the Assistant General Manager and has been CEO and president of various companies including three divisions of a Fortune 500 company. He has been awarded the Achievements in Nuclear Reactor Safety by the American Nuclear Society and is the author of numerous papers and articles.
Steve Klover
Vice President, ESH&Q
Klover has 34 cumulative years experience, including 26 years in the nuclear industry with extensive experience in the areas of radiation safety, construction site project safety, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, mechanical engineering and design, project management, software quality assurance and configuration control. He has been a Certified NQA Lead Auditor for several years. Klover’s experience also includes quality assurance, environmental management, regulatory interpretation and the development and implementation of new and innovative programs and procedures to meet regulatory requirements that have been audited and approved by numerous government agencies.
Dale Allen
Executive VP, Business Development; Vice President, FE&C East Coast; Manager, FE&C Oak Ridge and Portsmouth offices
Allen has over four decades of diverse managerial and technical experience at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and commercial nuclear sites in weapons manufacturing, gaseous diffusion, fuel cycle, and environmental cleanup, including U.S. Navy Seabee Ground Combat, shipboard and shipyard operations, and State of Illinois Highway Department field construction and maintenance operations. He has provided leadership in a wide variety of Executive and General Management positions including hazardous waste operations, major upgrade programs, nuclear and non-nuclear maintenance, uranium enrichment activities, and steam and utilities operations. He has served as a Subject Matter Expert in implementation of Integrated Safety Management and Safety Conscious Work Environment programs in nuclear operations at multiple DOE sites. He has provided Business Development Leadership for both large and small business entities on project scopes ranging from $250K to over $2B. . He is an unrelenting champion for change resulting in increased safety, profit, employee development and customer recognition.
Richard French jr.
Vice President, FE&C West Coast
French is responsible for building all business west of the Mississippi River. Formerly as FE&C’s Chief Financial Officer, he was accountable for all aspects of finance, information technology, equipment management, human resources, contracts and procurement roles in FE&C’s national and international offices. He holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and has many years of experience managing multiple projects, products and teams. Before his life at FE&C, he was a Senior Project Manager at Lockheed Martin Information Technology where he led sizable project teams on software and web development projects for large government contracts and Fortune 500 corporations.
