About LLF

The Livermore Lab Foundation (LLF) incorporated in 2016 with a simple goal:
To advance scientific knowledge and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Our Mission

To advance fundamental scientific knowledge and create transformative technologies to enhance human health, safety, and quality of life for current and future generations. LLF carries out this mission by seeking philanthropic contributions to support scientific education, research and innovation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to open the doors to the future.

History

In 2015, senior leaders from LLNL and the University of California met to discuss the opportunities associated with private philanthropic support, as well as the establishment of a 501(c)(3) independent foundation. Based on best practices at other foundations associated with Department of Energy laboratories, they created a defining mission, vision and conceptual framework. It identified how LLNL’s ground-breaking science, research and solutions for some of the world’s most pressing issues could be of interest to philanthropists and private foundations.

Members of the LLF founding board of directors

The vision was strongly supported by then UC President Janet Napolitano and Livermore Lab Director Bill Goldstein, setting the stage for the official incorporation of the Livermore Lab Foundation in 2016 as an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization (EIN#81-2567763).

LLF’s founding Board of Directors, all affiliated with LLNL or the University of California, included:

Dona Crawford, former Associate Director of Computation, LLNL
Kim Budil, Vice President for National Laboratories, University of California
Michael Carter, former Program Director for Department of Defense Technology Programs, LLNL
Bill Goldstein, Laboratory Director, LLNL
Brett Henrikson, Director, National Laboratory Governance and Chief of Staff, University of California
James ‘Buck’ Koonce, former Director of Economic Development, LLNL
Greg Suski, Associate Deputy Director for Science & Technology, LLNL

As one of the co-founders, Dona Crawford, was elected President and Chair of the LLF Board. In 2019, the Foundation began a transition from an all-volunteer, ‘working’ board of directors to a governing model, adding seasoned nonprofit executive Sally Allen as the organization’s first paid staff and Executive Director. As the Foundation continues to grow, LLF hired its first Development Associate, Emily Pezzutti, in 2021.

Now, as the new decade begins and LLF enters its sixth year of operation, the Foundation remains focused on enabling philanthropic support of the game-changing science and research opportunities at LLNL and in creating Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs to ‘open the door’ for the next generation of scientists and engineers.