Jeff Salyers

Board Chairman

Mr. Salyers served as the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Pro2Serve, where he provided executive oversight for a 300-person engineering and environmental services firm supporting DOE, NNSA, and DoD, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In this capacity, he directed strategic alignment and financial sustainability across four business lines and led capture strategies that secured over $500M in contract awards. Prior to joining Pro2Serve, Mr. Salyers served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and COO for a Small Business technical services firm where he was a key architect of the company’s growth from $5M to $100M in annual revenue and also provided governance as a board member for multiple joint ventures overseeing $400M in environmental remediation projects. Throughout his career of more than 25 years, Mr. Salyers has been instrumental in guiding organizations through complex enterprise transitions—including the simultaneous transition of three major DOE prime contracts totaling $8.5B—and in the advancement of high-level financial stewardship and regulatory compliance standards across the Federal sector. He holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee and has been recognized for his expertise in enterprise risk oversight and organizational transformation.

Sherry Browder

Board Member

Ms. Browder serves as the President and CEO of Pro2Serve, where she oversees all corporate operations and cross-cutting functions, including contracts, human resources, and information technology for a firm supporting DOE, NNSA, and DoD. In this capacity, she leads the strategic expansion of services across the Federal Government and ensures the execution of diverse engineering, environmental, and national security projects through offices located nationally. Prior to her current role, Ms. Browder served as a Vice President at SAIC/Leidos, where she managed accounts and divisions with annual revenues up to $80M and directed a workforce of 350 personnel providing remediation and compliance services nationwide. Throughout her 37-year career, Ms. Browder was instrumental in leading the reindustrialization and closure initiatives for the DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM), successfully transferring hundreds of acres for industrial reuse, and was a key negotiator for the first Record of Decision for the Oak Ridge Reservation. She is a recipient of the East Tennessee Economic Council’s Muddy Boot Award and holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Tennessee Technological University..

Jimmy Stone

Board Member

Mr. Stone served as the Director of Facilities and Operations for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), where he provided strategic leadership for 11 divisions responsible for laboratory operations, facility protection, engineering, construction management, and utilities. In this capacity, he held programmatic responsibility for the operations and maintenance of approximately 400 facilities and led an organization of more than 400 personnel. Prior to his tenure at ORNL, Mr. Stone held senior executive roles at the Y-12 National Security Complex, including Director of Enriched Uranium Operations, where he oversaw a $100M organization and managed complex chemical and metallurgical processing for nuclear manufacturing. Throughout his career, Mr. Stone was instrumental in the modernization of critical research infrastructure, the successful restart of Category II nuclear facilities, and the implementation of operational efficiencies that achieved a 90 percent improvement in safety performance. He is a recipient of the Lockheed Martin Nova Award and has been recognized across the industry for his contributions to environmental engineering and the advancement of best practices in facility management and laboratory protection.

Gerald Boyd

Board Member

Gerald Boyd is the former Vice President of Strategic Business Development, Nuclear and Environmental Group, Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). In that role, he was responsible for business development for three HII entities: HII Nuclear, HII Energy and HII Mechanical. Prior to joining HII, Mr. Boyd was Manager of the DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office (ORO) for eight years. Before heading up the DOE Oak Ridge Office, he managed ORO’s EM and waste management programs. Previously for DOE Headquarters, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology in the Office of Environmental Management, and was the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology and Director of the Transportation, Emergency Management and Analytical Services Division. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, East Tennessee Economic Council, Tennessee Valley Corridor, and Covenant Health System. He is a past Board Member of the Energy, Technology, and Environmental Business Association and Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee.

Lloyd Caldwell

Board Member

Mr. Caldwell served as the senior civilian executive of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He retired as the Director of Military Programs, where he was responsible for the policy and technical functions of the Corps’ worldwide Defense and International/Interagency programs for engineering, construction, real estate, and environmental activities in support of the Army, Air Force, Defense Agencies, other Federal Agencies, and foreign nations. As the top civilian leader for Defense and Interagency programs, he was responsible for a program valued at approximately $35B. He served on the Command Council for the 36,000-person agency. In his career, Mr. Caldwell was instrumental in executing infrastructure and engineering programs critical to the Nation and its allies, in the advancement of best practices in engineering and partnering with industry, and in developing the professionals of the Corps.