[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3347]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          RECOGNIZING JAN TULK

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                           HON. ERIC SWALWELL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 16, 2016

  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and 
I rise today to recognize Jan Tulk, who recently retired after 30 years 
of dedicated service with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) 
and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
  After years of service at the California Coastal Commission, Jan 
began as LLNL's first environmental attorney in 1985. In 1994, she was 
named Laboratory Counsel, managing a staff of 25 and offering advice 
and representation to senior managers on a wide range of complex legal 
issues.
  In 2001, Jan became Associate Director for Administration and Human 
Resources while also retaining her Laboratory Counsel position for 
another three years. In this new role she led a staff of about 340 
employees fulfilling all of the lab's personnel and administrative 
functions.
  In 2007, Jan was named Senior Advisor to the Director and Special 
Counsel--a member of the senior management team giving advice on a 
variety of issues while also providing support in environmental law and 
litigation.
  In 2012, Jan moved to SLAC to lead the Contract Management Group and 
the Research Partnership and Commercialization Office. In 2013, she 
became the lab's Chief of Staff, helping director Dr. Chi-Chang Kao 
work efficiently with SLAC staff and key stakeholders. She also played 
a major role in SLAC's transformation over the last few years and, 
being one of the few female leaders in the Department of Energy 
national laboratory system, Jan championed diversity and inclusion in 
the lab.
  We rise today to recognize Jan Tulk's decades of service to these 
institutions which push our knowledge and our technology ever forward. 
She has been an invaluable asset, and we wish her the very best in her 
well-earned retirement.

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