Design Verification International, Ltd

In the early 2000's, Gwendolyn served as the key infrastructure executive at Argonne National Laboratory. With an annual operating budget of over $56 million, she led the Plant Facilities and Services organization to a dramatic $5 million operational cost reduction. During this same time, the division achieved performance improvements in safe work behaviors leading to a 60% reduction in the number of OSHA recordable incidents. After being recognized in 2004 as a National Laboratory Pacesetting Employee for her work for the fast track completion of a homeland security initiative, Morrison received her second Pacesetter award for outstanding performance as divisional director. Gwendolyn also served as the Laboratory's Energy Champion - with focused attention on site wide energy efficiency and conservation and on the development of a robust energy management program. During her tenure at the laboratory, the organization posted an 18% reduction in energy usage*.