He handles contract negotiations for the Center as well as oversight on issues dealing with intellectual property and technology transfer. Outreach Manager The Center's Outreach Manager, Theresa Chatman , is responsible for all internal and external communication strategies, conference and event planning, technical report publications, the center's visitor program, and contact with the general public. Director of Education and Human Resources Richard Tapia , the Center's Director of Education and Human Resources, is responsible for fostering and overseeing the various educational programs and programs to involve minorities and women in computational science and the activities of the Center. The Executive Committee includes each of the project directors, site managers who are not project directors, the Facilities Director, and the Director of Education and Human Resources. Each project director is responsible for management, budgeting, and financial oversight of the project.
Site managers are responsible for management and financial oversight of activities at their site.
The project directors and site managers all report to the Director. The Executive Committee is appointed by the Director with approval by the Institutional Oversight Committee . Paul Messina is an emeritus member of the Executive Committee. The Director serves at the discretion of the Institutional Oversight Committee, which consists of the Provosts of Rice University and the California Institute of Technology and appropriate administrators from Los Alamos and Argonne National Laboratories. The External Advisory Committee includes prominent figures from academia, government, and industry who provide the Director with an external view of the progress, plans, and management of the Center.