Physicist Kim Budil will take over as director of Lawrence Livermore National Lab on March 2, becoming the first woman to lead the lab. She came to Livermore in 1987 as a graduate student and held numerous positions before becoming VP of national labs for the University of California. https://www.llnl.gov/news/kim-budil-selected-director-lawrence-livermore?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,78565,1LGPJM,TAB35,1