In addition to being a trained nuclear physicist, Dr. Victor Alessi has extensive hands-on experience running arms control and non-proliferation programs in both the public and private sectors. As the U.S. representative on the Governing Boards of the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow and the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine, Dr. Alessi participates in policy and decision making on scientific threat reduction projects throughout the former Soviet Union. These centers coordinate international non-proliferation projects between private companies, governments, and industry. Dr. Alessi is president emeritus of the U.S. Industry Coalition, an international trade association that fosters nuclear non-proliferation by engaging WMD experts in peaceful commercial projects. He is past president of DynMeridian, a private company that specialized in matters of arms control, non-proliferation, and information technology.
As director of the U.S. Office of Arms Control and Non-proliferation, Dr. Alessi oversaw arms control and non-proliferation activities in the Department of Energy during the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton; he played an instrumental role in implementing the U.S. unilateral nuclear initiatives in 1991. Later, as executive assistant to the director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Dr. Alessi advised on nuclear arms control and non-proliferation and oversaw the agency’s daily operations. He has been a delegate to or a participant in the negotiation of several foundational international agreements, including START I, START II, SALT II, the CTBT, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Threshold Test Ban Treaty, the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty, and the INF Treaty.
Along with his governmental, business, and industry savvy, Dr. Alessi brings valuable scientific expertise to the Lightbridge board as a trained nuclear physicist: he holds a master’s and Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Georgetown, as well as a licentiate in philosophy from Fordham University. Dr. Alessi joined Lightbridge in 2006 and is chairman of the Compensating Committee.
