William Tobey

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William H. Tobey is deputy administrator for NNSA's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. He is responsible for managing a $2 billion program to prevent nuclear terrorism and proliferation by detecting, securing, and disposing of dangerous nuclear materials, working with over 100 countries around the world. The National Nuclear Security Administration has dismantled Libya's nuclear weapons program, secured Russia's nuclear weapons materials, converted 51 nuclear reactors in 31 countries from highly enriched uranium to low enriched uranium, secured millions of curies of radiological sources, and is building the largest construction project in the Southeast United States to dispose of over 43 metric tons of weapons grade plutonium and to create enough energy to power 1 million homes for 50 years.

Prior to his present post, Mr. Tobey served on the National Security Council Staff in the Reagan, Bush (41), and Bush (43) administrations, working on defense policy, arms control, and nonproliferation issues. He has participated in a variety of international negotiations including the Nuclear and Space Talks with the Soviet Union, the U.S.-Russia Space Cooperation Agreement, and the Six Party Talks on North Korea’s nuclear programs. He began his public service as a Presidential Management Intern in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Mr. Tobey’s private sector experience includes heading Wachovia Securities’ institutional sales/trading operations for convertible securities and acting as general partner of a venture capital firm focused on information technology.

He holds degrees from Northwestern and Harvard Universities. He and his wife and children reside in Maryland.