NICOLE M. LIND

DOE Representative on the U.S. Delegation to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) U.S. Department of Energy
January 2024 – Present

• Leadership and Representation: Spearheaded the technical agenda of the U.S. delegation to the NSG, the primary nuclear export control regime. Represented the United States government at the FY 2025 Fall NSG meetings and contributed to the FY 2024 Spring and Plenary meetings, negotiating updates to the NSG guidelines, including the trigger list and dual-use lists.
• Strategic Planning: Developed and maintained a comprehensive playbook of internal proposals for the U.S. on the multilateral stage, outlining the technical strategy from FY 2025 to FY 2028. This playbook includes timelines and strategies to counter adversaries.
• Budget Management: Managed a $5M budget funding 44 laboratory export control-related studies for FY 2025. Reviewed all studies and provided substantive feedback on content areas such as artificial intelligence, inertial confinement fusion, space, floating nuclear power plants, advanced reactors, industry outreach activities, tritium, lithium, and other relevant topics.
• Collaboration and Coordination: Collaborated with laboratory leads nationwide, providing financial analysis, forecasting, and budget formulation to ensure effective program management.
• System Management: Oversaw the NISS multilateral document repository system in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) staff, ensuring no outages and proper filing of international best practices and logistics documents used by all 48 participating governments.
• High-Level Briefings: Briefed high-level leadership in the Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control (NPAC) on portfolio priorities for upcoming years and reported on lessons learned from previous years.
• Interagency and International Collaboration: Worked with interagency counterparts from the State Department, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Defense, and other agencies to maintain NSG guidelines and identify proliferation concerns. Engaged with international counterparts to address proliferation concerns in small group meetings and during NSG sessions.
• Event Planning: Organized a visit for Canadian counterparts to the Savannah River Site to discuss joint nonproliferation concerns. Coordinated a visit for BAFA leadership from Germany to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to discuss export control regulations of mutual interest to Germany and the United States.

• Leadership Development: Selected as a member of the highly competitive Mid-Level Leadership Development Program (MLDP) for high-performing future leaders within DOE/NNSA for the 2024-2025 cohort. Secured leadership approval and recommendation for entrance into the program, which includes a one-to-three-month developmental detail in any field or office within DOE/NNSA.
• Policy and Administrative Support: Following a rigorous interview process, chosen to support the Nuclear Safeguards Attaché in Vienna, Austria. Provided comprehensive policy and administrative support for key international events, including the November Board of Governors (BoG) meeting, the Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC), and the IAEA Ministerial Conference.
• Document Preparation and Editing: Drafted cables, edited speeches for the Ambassador, and took live notes during meetings. Edited documents in real-time to ensure accuracy and clarity.
• Meeting Attendance and Participation: Attended Safeguards meetings and other relevant sessions, contributing to discussions and providing support as needed.
• Event Coordination: Attended nightly events with the Ambassador, assisting with logistics and ensuring smooth execution of diplomatic engagements.
• Negotiation Assistance: Supported negotiations on Ministerial declarations, providing critical input and facilitating consensus among international stakeholders.

• High-Level Coordination: Maintained consistent contact with high-ranking officials throughout DOE and Congress, coordinating between multiple program offices to best serve their needs in a timely manner.
• Portfolio Management: Served as the lead action officer expert for the Office of Stockpile Management (NA-12) and the Office of Research and Development (NA-11) portfolios within the Office of Defense Programs (NA-10). Provided expert knowledge and analysis of all NA-12 and NA-11 deliverables to Congress and the President, offering substantive reviews and adjudicating edits to maintain version-controlled documents. Acted as liaison and main point of contact between NA-11, NA-12, and multiple program offices to coordinate efforts to achieve the program’s expansive strategic objectives and benefits.
• Program Management: Led NA-10 program management efforts, responsible for briefing high-level Defense Programs officials daily, including the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs (DADP), on current correspondence activities tracked for approval to release to various external stakeholders. This included Questions for the Record to Congress, Congressional reports, interagency trip materials, legislative proposals, and slide decks for quarterly program updates.
• Strategic Messaging: In anticipation of FY 2025 budget rollout and congressional hearing activities, collaborated with programs to draft strategic messaging papers for NNSA leadership. Assisted the budget team in drafting appeals, impact statements, and anomalies to support Congressional funding of programs during the budget formulation process.
• Security Clearance: Holds an active Top Secret security clearance with Q/SCI access. Provided substantive edits and tracked the status of classified congressional deliverables and classified interagency documents.
• Testimony Support: Provided substantive support in reviewing formal joint testimony for the Nuclear Weapons Council (NWC) Chairman, NNSA Administrator, and DADP to Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House on various program initiatives and budget matters, including B61-12, W80-4/Long Range Stand Off (LRSO), delivery of W76-1 to the Navy, and NNSA pit and tritium production.

• Records Management Expertise: Served as a subject matter expert in the eDocs records management system, leveraging extensive knowledge of interagency and intra-agency communications within DOE program offices to ensure accurate document tracking, signature, and issuance for thousands of official correspondence actions.
• Analytical Proficiency: Demonstrated extensive experience in analyzing the scope of each suboffice, expertly interpreting incoming reporting requirements, and identifying relevant suboffices with equities that need to be involved in the drafting process.
• Project Leadership: Planned and conducted targeted study projects to gather and analyze data aimed at improving organizational performance.
• Data Management and Risk Assessment: Led the creation and management of the Nuclear Weapons Council (NWC) SharePoint website, which includes all mission-critical signed reports and public files. Conducted data management and risk assessment analysis, discerning which files met the criteria for public access for all NNSA employees and which files required secure handling.
• White House Action Tracker: Reviewed, edited, and submitted NA-10 inputs weekly to the White House Action Tracker, ensuring the Secretary’s awareness of key actions and updates.

• Funding Level Tracking: Monitored and tracked funding levels for key Leidos programs in appropriations and authorizations bills using Excel.
• Government Affairs Reporting: Compiled inputs, edited, and distributed weekly government affairs activity reports for the CEO. Drafted and edited bi-weekly comprehensive Capitol Hill update reports for senior leaders, which were subsequently reviewed and sent to the Leidos senior leadership team.
• Executive Briefings: Created presentations to brief the board of directors and executive leadership team on FY 2021 Congressional funding priorities. Prepared briefing packets for executive leadership team Hill meetings, outlining Leidos programs and employee presence in each congressional member's state and/or district.
• Legislative Analysis: Attended legislative hearings and drafted memos analyzing the implications for Leidos programs.
• Congressional Call Plans: Drafted Congressional call plans for Dynetics programs, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Capture Effort Support: Contributed to a live $4B capture effort by assisting in the creation and maintenance of a complex cost model. Spearheaded past performance research for the corporate priority capture effort.
• Customer Budget Reports: Created and presented customer budget reports to identify optimal areas for contract growth.
• Data Analysis and Visualization: Distilled complex analysis and research into digestible narratives for the capture team via reports, presentations, and graphics. Visualized trends in customer and competitor award history using data from debriefs and open-source forums such as Dacis and GovWin.
• Python Programming: Programmed a script using Python to produce hardware costs for over 4,400 FAA locations.
• Competitor Strategy Meetings: Orchestrated multiple competitor strategy meetings and provided relevant research to inform strategic decisions.

• Analyzed competitor data to gain insight into why competitors were awarded specific contracts.
• Programmed and designed Gantt resource management charts using Python programming.

• Created and organized digital filing system with standardized naming conventions.
• Worked on “green initiative” to analyze ways to reduce the company’s carbon footprint.