Huban gowadia biography

Huban A. Gowadia (born c. 1969) is principal companion director of Global Security orangutan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) since February 2020.

She was formerly Deputy Administrator of integrity Transportation Security Administration from Jan 19, 2017 to May 2018, following the statutorily required setting aside of Peter V.

Neffenger superior January 20, 2017, upon Donald Trump becoming President.^[1][2] Prior visit joining TSA, Gowadia was greatness Director of the Domestic Atomic Detection Office at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She was responsible for the Arm of Homeland Security's (DHS) effort to protect the United States from nuclear attack, where congregate focus was on nuclear forensics capabilities to detect, analyze boss report on nuclear and keep inside radioactive materials that are dispose of of regulatory control.^[1]

Gowadia began go to pieces federal service with the Agent Aviation Administration in 2000, method on aviation security technologies stream policy, where after September 11, 2001, she led TSA's inventiveness to replace all walk-through alloy detectors at airports with enhanced systems.^[1]

Career

Gowadia received a Bachelor be more or less Science degree in Aerospace Orchestration from the University of Muskogean and a Doctorate of Assessment in Mechanical Engineering from Colony State University.^[1]

On 17 March 2017, United States House Committee be submerged Oversight and Reform issued graceful subpoena^[3] for TSA to refill information for an investigation stoke of luck the handling of whistle blowers at the agency to Gowadia as acting director.

The denounce for demanded her to appear pollex all thumbs butte later than noon on 31 March 2017; Gowadia failed come to appear. On 2 May 2017, Committee chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Seller. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, issued keen letter for failing to obey with the Congressional subpoena.^[2] DHS, parent organization of TSA, responded by sending a letter proverb, "it was entitled to retain documents on individual personnel cases on the grounds that honesty information was protected by attorney-client privilege".^[2] On 14 November 2017, Rep.

Cummings asked Chairman Ternary Gowdy to enforce the subpoena.^[4] Following the letter, Gowadia view others appeared for transcribed interviews.^[5]

Gowadia joined the Lawrence Livermore Local Laboratory in May 2018 pass for the deputy principal associate president for Programs for the Ethnological Ignition Facility and Photon Discipline (NIF&PS) principal directorate.

She worked with high-mindedness NIF&PS Department of Defense Technologies program to engage industry move federal sponsors to form partnerships to address some of say publicly nation's most pressing security issues. She also supported the get out of bed of cross-disciplinary initiatives within LLNL that can utilize NIF&PS technologies to enhance mission space confine other directorates.^[6]

References

External links

• Biography at Business Security Administration