The Facilities Division serves as a key strategic and operational partner charged with stewardship of the Laboratory’s infrastructure. We are continuously planning for future facilities needed to enable scientific research at Berkeley Lab as well as maintaining and improving our current infrastructure. We provide 24-hour high quality support services to ensure continuity of scientific research.
“Our Science is Service” and our mission is to deliver exceptional services and facilities to support world-class science through the institution of our core values, our key actions, and measures. Read more about our True North Chart: 2021 Facilities True North
Facilities Services
The talented women and men of the Facilities Division support Berkeley Lab by providing the following facility services:
Cost Estimating Services (Managed By PIM Division)
Craft Support (HVAC, Electrical, PMT, Rigging Services, Etc.)
Division Leadership
Brent Henderson
Director, Facilities Division
Phone: (510) 486-5438
Location: 076-0208 | Mail Stop: 76R0225
LBHenderson@lbl.gov
Brent joined the Laboratory in January 2019 as the Director of Facilities, responsible for stewardship of the Laboratory’s infrastructure. Brent has over 30 years of experience in facilities and infrastructure management, most recently at the Nuclear Waste Partnership in Carlsbad, New Mexico, which manages and operates the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). He has also spent time at Lawrence Livermore National Lab as the Deputy Associate Director of Facilities and Infrastructure, and twenty years at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas where he served as the Utilities and Plant Maintenance Department Manager. Brent is a veteran of the US Navy nuclear submarine force.
Christopher Lundell
Deputy Director of Business
Phone: (510) 486-6647
Location: 076-0222H| Mail Stop: 76R0225
CALundell@lbl.gov
Dean Sedlachek
Department Head, Facilities Engineering
Phone: (510) 486-4216
Location: 076-0200| Mail Stop: 76R0225
DRSedlachek@lbl.gov
Heather Pinto
Department Head, Site Services
Phone: (510) 495-2647
Mail Stop: 76R0225
HMPinto@lbl.gov
John Kim
Department Head, Facility Operations
Phone: (510) 486-7571
Location: 076-0222F| Mail Stop: 76R0225
JohnKim2@lbl.gov
Ryan Velasco
Department Head, Site Utilities & Maintenance
Phone: (510) 486-4216
Location: 076-0200| Mail Stop: 76R0225
RCVelasco@lbl.gov
Ryan provides leadership for teams of mechanics, electricians, building controls technicians, custodians, riggers, painters, and laborers who serve the Laboratory’s infrastructure needs on a 24/7 schedule. Ryan joined LBNL in 2003 as an electrician and has held positions in work planning and control and electrical management prior to assuming his current role as Acting Department Head of Site Utilities and Maintenance Department. Prior to coming to LBNL, Ryan was an electrician for the IBEW Local 595. Ryan has a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Cal State University.
