Who is the LOC?

The Board of Directors
The Citizens' Advisory Panel
The Staff
Are you Interested?

Board of Directors

The LOC is governed by local officials representing communities most affected by DOE activities in Oak Ridge.

These officials come from both city and county governments, and they include hosting communities, neighboring communities and communities downstream from the ORR:

Anderson County
City of Oak Ridge
Knox County
Loudon County
Meigs County
Morgan County
Rhea County
Roane County

The following public officials comprise the current LOC Board.

Tom Beehan
Oak Ridge Mayor
(865) 425-3410
425-3409 (fax)

Ellen Smith, Chair
Oak Ridge City Council
(865) 574-7396
576-8646 (fax)

Ken Jones
Meigs County Mayor
(865) 334-5850
334-2687 (fax)

Becky Ruppe
Morgan County Mayor
(865) 346-6288
346-3609 (fax)

Rex Lynch
Anderson County Mayor
(865) 457-6200
457-6254 (fax)

Doyle Arp
Loudon County Executive
(865) 458-4664
458-1784 (fax)

Norman A. Mulvenon
Chair, LOC CAP
(865) 482-3153
483-9234 (fax)

Mike Ragsdale
Knox County Mayor
(865) 215-2005
215-2002 (fax)

Robert Peelle
Roane County Environmental Review Board
(865) 483-8974
483-8974 (fax)

Billy Ray Patton
Rhea County Mayor
(865) 775-7801
775-5553 (fax)

Mike Farmer
Roane County Mayor
(865) 376-5578
376-4318 (fax)

Citizens' Advisory Panel

The LOC also hosts a Citizens' Advisory Panel that consists of 15 to 18 concerned residents of local communities.

Current members are:

Norman A. Mulvenon, Chair
Luther Gibson, Vice Chair
Alfred A. Brooks, Ph.D.
Scott Ellis
David Hetes
Jan Lyons
Roger L. Macklin
Fay M. Martin, Ph.D.
Larry McNamara
Al Skyberg
Ronald Taylor
Jacqueline Wagoner
Barbara A. Walton

The staff

The LOC has a two member professional staff:

Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D.
Executive Director

Joyce Cardwell
Administrative Assistant

Interested?

Download a copy of the CAP application form in PDF format.

The LOC can be reached in all the usual ways.

By mail:
102 Robertsville Road
Suite B
Oak Ridge, TN 37830

By phone:
(865) 483-1333 or (888) 770-3073

By fax:
(865) 482-6572

And by e-mail