Participant Biographies

David Nokes

Former Vice President, National Security and Arms Control Division, Sandia National Laboratory

Mr. Nokes is the former vice president of Sandia’s National Security and Arms Control division. In this position he was responsible for arms control, threat assessment, security technology, nonproliferation, and international cooperative programs. Prior to this he was director of Systems Assessment and Research Center at Sandia. He has more than 40 years experience in the nuclear weapons program, and supporting the U.S. intelligence community, homeland security, and war on terror.