Commencement Speaker

Jeffrey D. Mousseau, '81

Jeffrey D. Mousseau is president and general manager of the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project, managed and operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by an affiliate of Bechtel National, Inc. Located at the Department of Energy's Idaho site, the mission of the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) is to safely and compliantly retrieve and treat some 65,000 cubic meters of legacy plutonium-contaminated mixed waste and safely ship it out of Idaho. The majority of the waste will be shipped to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, New Mexico, for disposal.

Prior to this assignment, Mr. Mousseau served as vice president and plant manager of AMWTP. In this capacity, he consistently and successfully worked with DOE's Idaho Operations and Carlsbad Field Offices to facilitate difficult compliance requirements and shipping schedules. His leadership also was instrumental in AMWTP obtaining DOE's Integrated Safety Management System validation that has helped the project compile one of the DOE's best safety records.

Mr. Mousseau's background includes 20 years of progressive responsibilities at the Idaho National Laboratory. In total, he has more than 28 years experience working and managing environmental cleanup and plant operations that include compliant disposition of radioactive and hazardous waste for both commercial and federal customers. An engineering graduate of the University of Idaho, Mr. Mousseau is licensed as a professional engineer in mechanical engineering in the state of Idaho. He currently serves on the Idaho board of directors of the American Red Cross, as co-chair of the United Way of Idaho Falls and Bonneville County, and was recently named to the board of directors of the YMCA of Idaho Falls.

Mr. Mousseau is a native of Idaho Falls where he lives with his wife, AJ, who is a procurement specialist with AMWTP. The Mousseau's have made a serious investment in the University of Idaho, from which four of their five children have graduated.